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19 Cards in this Set
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Oso landslide - Short term |
-search and rescue -use of thermal cameras -rescue dogs |
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Oso Mudslide - long term |
-USGS has 8 stream gauges along the river -date past landslides and measure frequency of events - soil samples taken in effort to better understand landslide characteristics |
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Tewkesbury flooding - short term |
-825 homes evacuated -local people used sandbags |
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Kashmir earthquake - short term management |
- search & rescue : delayed by isolation - e.g in Neelum valley rescue was delayed by 6 weeks due to massive landslides |
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Haiti earthquake - short term |
- camps set up for homeless: although only 15,000 toilets set up - 60% of need - only 3 out of 450 camps had potable water |
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Haiti earthquake - long term |
- reconstruction - around 1,179 new houses built - 700 Haitians trained in construction skills - removal of rubble (40% 2 years on) |
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Montserrat eruption - short term |
- evacuation - exclusion zones set up (60% of island) |
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Montserrat eruption - long term |
- UK launched 3 year reconstruction programme - new airport opened in 2005 - redevelopment of Little Bay - waterfront town, resort hotel, 29 luxury villas |
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Cyclone Pam - Vanuatu mitigation |
-Tradditional building materials are lighter -Roofs are designed so they come down to the ground -SMS warning system -Red cross trained people in communties to prepare for cyclones |
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Oklahoma, Moore Tornado - long term |
1) Better advanced warning systems 2) Residents have rebuilt homes with storm shelters or safe rooms |
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Depression system: Flooding |
- Defenses: e.g Thames Barrier - £535 million protects areas of West London such as Richmond -Monitor risk: e.g EA have 1000s of gauging stations -Prepare & evacuate: e.g 2013 Dec storm surge - army put on standby |
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Climate change: Mitigation |
1) Nuclear energy strategy 2) Globally agreed carbon emission reduction targets 3) Reduce use of petrol cars, increase research into hydrogen cars and electric vehicles 4) Increase use of renewables |
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Climate change: Adaption |
1) Technological solutions to water shortages 2) Technological solutions to reduce risk of failing crops 3) Change land use, Evacuate/resettlement options 4) Reduce effects of coastal erosion/ flooding |
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Mali: drought |
-Government assisting farmers by providing meteorological info via radio and guidance on which seeds to plant and when -UN emergency response fund has give $1 million to the World Food Program to secure air transportation to deliver aid within Mali |
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Wildfire: Australia's 'Black Saturday Bush-fires' - Feb 2009 - Before event |
1) vegetation removal by the state governemt 2) township protection plans 3) 'Residential Building Australian Standard' |
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Wildfire: Australia's 'Black Saturday Bush-fires' - Feb 2009 - During event |
1) Catastrophic Level fire warning issued 2) 3,582 firefighters put on standby 3) Aircraft dropped water ahead of fire wall to soak vegetation & attempt to divert away from densely populated areas |
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Guangdong, CHINA - Low economic development |
- Government polices allowed free trade and attracted FDI through economic zones
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Mali - Fair trade |
- cotton production provides livelihood for 3.2 million people - Fair trade Premium (additional cost paid by consumers that goes to the local community) has resulted in 95% of farmers children attending school in Mobiom region (national average is 45%) |
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Mali - Climate smart farming |
- Sorghum & Pearl Millet (drought resistant) - inter cropping |
