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Decks in this class (21)

1.1 Japan
What is the magnitude of an earth...,
The intensity of tectonic hazards 2,
Mercalli scale 3
14  cards
1.2 Kashmir Pressure/Release
Pressure and release model 1,
Root causes 2,
Dynamic pressures 3
6  cards
1.3 Park Model
Park model 1,
Pre disaster stage 2,
Relief stage 3
10  cards
1.4 Earth Conveyer Belt
Earth s internal structure 1,
Ridge push slab pull 2,
Mantle convection 3
12  cards
1.5 If It Congo Wrong
Lava flows 1,
Pyroclastic flows 2,
Ash falls 3
6  cards
1.6 Desperate For A Cure
Tectonic mega events 1,
Global significance iceland 2,
Global economic significance 3
5  cards
1.7 Losing Out
Land use zoning 1,
Hard resistant design 2,
Engineering defences 3
6  cards
1.8 Making Waves
Submarine earthquakes 1,
Subduction zones 2,
Steps in tsunami 3
4  cards
1.9 Chile Con Carnage
Composite volcanoes 1,
Shield volcanoes 2,
Stress caused on land 3
7  cards
1.10 Manilla Has Fallen
Multiple hazard zone 1,
Hydrometeorological hazards 2,
Philippines 3
11  cards
1.11 Containing Contain
Hazard response cycle 1,
Hazard response cycle stages 2,
Preparedness 3
11  cards
1.12 Shaking & Stirred
P waves 1,
S waves 2,
L waves 3
9  cards
1.13 Structural Problems
How nepal government changed vuln...,
How government changed peoples re...,
Nepal eq 3
7  cards
1.14 Bam!
Geographical factors affecting vu...,
Other factors affecting vulnerabi...,
Isolation accessibility bam 3
7  cards
1.15 Spurious Contexts
Spurious contexts 1
1  cards
1.16 Turkey
What we can predict 1,
What we can t predict 2,
Turkey istanbul 3
3  cards
1.17 San Andreas
High tech monitoring 1,
Prediction 2,
Education 3
13  cards
1.18 Ecology Of Fear
Strategies to modify loss 1,
Insurance san francisco 2,
Emergency short long term aid san...
5  cards
1.19 Too Hot To Handle
Causes of intraplate earthquakes 1,
Hotspots 2,
Mantle plumes 3
4  cards
1.20 Hazard Routes
Natural hazard trends since 1960 1,
Reasons for increased vulnerabili...,
Reliability on trend data 3
3  cards
1.21 Value Of Uniqueness
Hazard profiles 1,
How event likelihood is measured 2,
How vulnerability is measured 3
6  cards

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