Kolb Chapter 5 Key Terms
Kolb Chapter 5 Key Terms
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- volcanism
- The phenomena connected with volcanoes and volcanic activity.
- anticipatory
- Perceiving, avoiding and adjusting to hazards. Hazard reduction programs depend upon attitudes of those who will be affected. Insurance, preparadness, evaculation plans. Legislation, such as mandatory installation of sprinkler systems, etc. Land use planning: avoid building on floodplains, etc.
- catastrophe
- Any situation where the damages to people, property and society are sufficient such at recovery or rehabilitation is a long and involved process.
- precursor event
- An event that predicts that a natural disaster will happen.
- shale
- A fine-grained detrital sedimentary rock, formed by the compaction of clay, silt, or mud.
- frequency
- The reoccurrence interval of a disaster.
- reactive
- Impact and recovery from disasters. Phase 1 includes rebuilding roads, utilities, etc. Influx of money from federal programs, insurance companies, etc. Allows opportunity to rezone areas, etc. Federal relief funds
- hazard
- predictable from scientific evaluations
- repetitive
- Happening over and over.
- nevado del ruiz
- 1845: This Columbian volcano erupted. Eruption caused a mudslide that killed 1,000 people. The resulting soil was so fertile that everyone moved here for great agriculture
- levee
- A wall used along rivers to hold water in.
- deforestation
- The destruction and removal of trees and forests.
- acceptable risk
- The risk that a society or an individual is will to endure depends upon the situation.
- consequences
- The negative effect after something happens.
- land use planning
- The framework for how land is used and developed is largely provided by the town and country planning system.
- magnitude
- The amount of energy released by a disaster.
- reactive/anticipatory response
- They are the preparation and after response to a disaster.