EAS106A

SPRING 2016 : EAS* : B106 : 10759 : Course ID

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Writing Assignment
You will complete a written analysis comparing a significant 
natural disaster in Connecticut’s history with a similar natural 
disaster in a different part of the world.

        For Next Week

          Posted on: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 10:03:19 PM EST

     Homework: Using examples from lecture and the video, write a paragraph or two explaining the relationship between natural disasters and population.

    Begin reading Chapter 2 (If time: Chapter 1)

    Read Syllabus
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Quiz Next Week

Posted on: Thursday, January 28, 2016 9:11:34 AM EST

Almost Forgot: Quiz next week on Chapter 1.  (10 Total Questions: True/False, Multiple Choice, and Short Answer)

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 10759 https://youtu.be/ySeHY6Kvkj4

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NATURAL DISASTERS CRN 10759
class notes 1/27/16
http://bit.ly/23uGgFw

EAS106 - Troy Schinkel
Taught at :
CCSU
Southington High
Middlesex Community College

ABOUT US (28)
Natural disasters
& human population.

Examples flood of 55 in CT
SANDY, KATRINA, IRENE
WILDFIRES, SNOW STORMS

Deadliest natural disasters
Bhola 1970
Quake Haiti 2010
Quake China 2008
Andrew. 25$ billion
Katrina 78+ billion

Pop density
Underdeveloped & developing nations (weak structures)

Disasters vs hazards

Examples of hazard prone areas
Shorelines beaches fault lines
Volcanos rivers landslides

MITIGATION -
Prior : disaster preparedness
Exit plans, building , monitoring, early warning

Post: monitoring warning

Why do people return & rebuild
They like it. Cost, History home
Fertile soil for farming - river, volcano
Fishing tourism economic reasons

MAGNITUDE FREQUENCY CYCLE
size scale
how often (often low/ rare high
years between same sized events
Larger events, longer return period

REASON FOR HIGH FATALITY
High population areas
Us and world population clock at
CENSUS.GOV

pop growth rate - rule of 70 used to determine length of time it takes pop to double 70/GR= # of years for pop to double

Today's global growth rate is 1.2%
Takes 58 years

China at 2.8 = 25 years

Reason for high rate
Technology, medicine, food production

Agri revolution
Indust rev
Techno rev

HOW GR FOUND
Fertility minus mortality
17 births 27
9 deaths 13
per thousand

17-8=8
8/1000 x 100 = .8% of 8/10

27-13=14 = 1.4%

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THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
As a country becomes more industrial and more affluent, it undergoes a predictable shift in population growth

Pre industrial
Transitional
Industrial
Post industrial

EXTINCTION LEVEL EVENT E.L.E.

Limiting factors for species
Will humans reach
carrying capacity?

Are we constrained
by limiting factors ?

Ireland - potato famine

PAST SOCIETIES COLLAPSED
Greek
Roman
Maya
Angkor
Easter Island

WORLD IN BALANCE - video
P O P U L A T I O N
http://youtu.be/gubSO_U8MW0

WRITE A PARAGRAPH using examples from lecture and video,
explaining relationship between natural disasters and population

DOING STUDIES - accurate?
TELLING STORIES - true?
"Deceiving & being deceived " !

Not miraculous
Economic growth is
Demographic phenomena

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