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13 Cards in this Set
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Little Ice Age |
15th to 19th century, crops failed, shipping stopped, people starved. |
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South-west USA |
Arid area with only the Colorado river, 2002 04 and 07 were droughts in Las Vegas, less irrigation due to constraint, rapidly increasing population. |
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Haïti 2010 |
Conservative, 86% of people in Port au Prince in slums, 7 magnitude, 220,000 died, 80% of schools destroyed, 1.5 million living in camps, 19 million cubic metres of debris. |
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Montserrat 1997 |
Destructive, 50% evacuated, 2/3 of the island covered in ash, forest fires from pyroclastic flows, now an exclusion zone, roads and an observatory. |
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Nyiragongo 2002 |
Constructive African rift valley, 100m lava river into Goma, 14 villages destroyed, 100 killed, 12,500 homes destroyed, UN sent 260 tonnes of food.` |
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River Don flood 2012 |
Prolonged month long rain, saturated soil, 2 tributaries, steep slopes, M1 closed, reservoirs, drains, 1200 hours flooded, 7000 businesses shut, 2 drowned, 13,000 without power. |
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Sichuan 2008 |
Collision, no warning, 70,000 died, 400,000 injured, 5 million homeless, $75bn damages. |
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Methods of prediction |
Seismometers for micro quakes before a big one, thermal imaging for volcanoes, gas samples to test sulfur levels. |
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Local management |
Zoning, participatory planning in St Lucia |
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MARPOL |
Prevents 99% of ships from polluting. |
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UNCLOS |
Prevents ocean abuse |
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CITES AND RAMSAR |
Endangered species and wetlands respectively |
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Local/national schemes |
SSSIs, National Parks and Community forests |
