Course Description

GG396 Natural Hazards 0.5

The nature and distribution of risk from geo-physical processes including floods, earthquakes, storms and droughts. Emphasis upon the incidence of damaging events and their relation to ecological setting, settlement patterns, land-use and contemporary socio-economic conditions.

Prerequisite: One of GG230, GG231, GG280*.

Exclusion: GG346.

Official electronic version updated on November 10, 2000

M. Watson, Editor