GEOL-2640 Advanced Geohazards & Risk Management Spring, 2012

 
WEEK DATE TOPIC CHAPTER#
0 1/4 NO CLASS: First Week 1
       
1 1/11 Course Overview; Introduction to Disaster Response 1
       
2 1/18 Emergency Management & Hazards Types ("The Top 5 for the US") 2
    This Week's Reading: National Response Framework  
       
3 1/25 Emergency Management: Assessment & Mitigation 3
    This Week's Reading: FEMA Strategic Plan  
       
4 2/1 Field Trip: Allegheny County Department of Emergency Services --
    Individual Project Paragraph Due  
    This Week's Reading: ACEM Newsletter
    This Week's Reading: UN Disaster Management and Response Report
       
5 2/8 Emergency Management: Preparedness & Communications 4, 5
    This Week's Reading: World Bank: "Data Against Disasters", chap. 2
       
6 2/15 Emergency Management: Response & Recovery 6, 7
    Group Project Team Assignments  
    This Week's Reading: Tannera & Shedlock (2004)  
    This Week's Reading: Few (2003)  
       
7 2/22 Flooding Hazards ** // 1
    Case Study: Pittsburgh, PA (1936) ** // 1
    Individual Project Presentations Due --
       
8 2/29 NO CLASS: Instructor Travel --
    Group Project Plan Due via email  
    Individual Project Reports Due via email --
       
9 3/7 NO CLASS: Spring Break --
       
10 3/14 Hurricane Hazards **
    Case Study: Katrina (2005) **
    This Week's Reading: Congressional Report 109-377 (Executive Summary)  
    This Week's Reading: Grauman, A., et. al. (2005)  
       
11 3/21 NO CLASS: Instructor Travel / Group Debate Preparation --
       
12 3/28 Wildfire Hazards & the National Fire Policy **
    Case Study: Idaho & Montana (2000) ** // 8, 9
    First Group Team Debate  
    This Week's Reading: Miller & Yool (2002)  
       
13 4/4 Earthquake Hazards **
    Second Group Team Debate  
    This Week's Reading: Tralli et al. (2005)  
    This Week's Reading: Solomon, K.A. (1987)  
       
14 4/11 NO CLASS: Group Project Preparation --
       
15 4/18 Group Project Presentations #1 & #2 --
    Class OMET Review (7:00pm) --
       
16 4/25 Group Project Hazard Reports Due --
       
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# numbers before the // refer to the Haddow, Bullock & Coppola text, whereas numbers after refer to the Amdahl text

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