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What is governance? |
Process through which individuals and institutions private and public, manage their common affairs |
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How many people died tohhoku tsunami? |
15,000 |
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What's the problem with tectonic mega disasters, despite good governance? |
Cannot be predicted nor stopped |
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How many people died boxing day tsunami? |
227,000 |
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What magnitude earthquake cause boxing day tsunami? |
9.2 |
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How many people died 2010 Haiti earthquake? |
160,000 |
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Magnitude of haiti earthquake? |
7.0 |
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When was Haiti earthquake? |
2010 |
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When was chilies earthquake? |
2010 |
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How many deaths chilie earthquake? |
550 |
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Why less deaths in Chile than Haiti? |
Better governance and resilience |
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Why do cliff profiles change? |
As result of sub aerial erosion, geology of cliff, and erosion from sea |
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What wayscan the sea erode cliffs? |
It can undercut through abrasion and hydraulic action
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What happens to soft and jointed rocks? |
Erode quicker |
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What impact might large boulders at the bottom of a cliff have? |
Abrasion |
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What is lithology, what does it determine? |
Lithology is a rocks strength Lithology determines a rocks porosity |
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What does differences in a cliffs profile at different points suggest? |
Suggest differential erosion due to either wave action or contrasting geology |
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What is an ICMZ |
Integrated coastal management zone |
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What are sediment cells? |
Concept that will him an area along the coast is a cell of which the processes such as erosion, transportation, deposition take place within. No sediment can be transported from one to an other fell. |
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How many sediment cells England and Wales? |
11 |
