surviving natural hazards
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Surviving Natural Hazards
Objective: To find out how people can reduce and manage hazard risk by forward planning
Preparedness now!• Watch the video below to find out how populations can
prepare themselves for natural hazard events.
Our Location
The Scenario
• You live in Pacific Heights, San Francisco. You have a small sturdy shed in your garden, well away from the house, which houses your garden tools.
• On the advice of local fire officers you are going to put together an earthquake emergency kit and store it in this shed so it would be accessible in the event of an earthquake.
Pacific Heights – San Francisco
Competition Time• You will see 30 items that could be packed
into a First Aid kit.• How many can you remember?
The Items
Camping gas and stoveSpare batteriesAvalanche transmitter
BlanketsMoneyDust mask
Dried foodTinned foodCredit Card
Spare batteriesTools including pipe wrenchDisinfectant
Mobile phoneSun screenRadio (battery operated)Toilet paperWater purifying tablets4 litres mineral water
Small tentSpadeTin opener
CandlesMatchesBoard games
TVTorchPlastic bucket
Swiss Army KnifeFirst Aid KitFire Extinguisher
The Venn DiagramThe Venn Diagram
• Discuss all your items on the list and place all 30 of your earthquake survival items into the Venn diagram in the appropriate section.
• Complete one Venn Diagram per person
• LEDC / MEDC / BOTH• So, which of your six original items
would be available if you lived in an LEDC such as Pakistan?
Over to You ….
• Complete this exam style question:
• Making reference to a case study, to what extent does the level of preparedness for hazards depend on where people live in the world? (10)
The Marketing Task
Or … you could go for the hero approach!
Group WorkGroup Work
• Produce a presentation guide suitable for the USA and Pakistan. Your two separate presentations should show the vulnerable populations how they can prepare for a major earthquake event.
• Make sure that your chosen media will reach the maximum number of people possible.