GRY 525 - Environmental Hazards

Credit Hours: 3
Identification, recognition, and impact of hazards. Physical exposure to hazards and human vulnerability in LDCs and MDCs. Disaster trends and patterns. Behavioral and structural paradigms of hazards. EM-DAT: international disaster database. Statistical methods used in risk assessments. Risk perception, communication, and disaster management. Tectonic, mass movement, atmospheric, hydrological, biophysical, and technological hazards: analysis, preparedness, and mitigation. May be taught concurrently with GRY 625. Cannot receive credit for both GRY 525 and GRY 625.

Prerequisite: GRY 145 and GRY 146; or GRY 137 and GRY 138; and GLG 113 or GLG 114.
Lecture contact hours: 3

Typically offered: Demand