GEOG 3340 - Geography of Disasters and Emergency Management

Meets with GEOG 5340. Graduate students should enroll in GEOG 5340 and will be held to higher standards and/or more work. Well-known natural disasters are examined in terms of threat, risk, vulnerability, impact, human consequence and change. Students monitor global disasters and become familiar with the extremes of nature. Disaster analysis concepts are applied to current and historic disaster situations. Internet laboratories assist students in monitoring global disasters.