Analyse how the character of the community reflects the presence and impacts of the hazard
Explore the community’s response to the risk
Specification content: Case study at a local scale of a specified place in a hazardous setting to illustrate the physical nature of the hazard and analyse how the economic, social and political character of its community reflects the presence and impacts of the hazard and the community’s response to the risk.
Watch the video to find out about the Great Hanshin earthquake that hit Kobe in 1995. Note key points in your booklet - When? What? Where? Why? Who?
TASK 1:
Read the Kobe case study on pages 224-226 in the Hodder textbook (https://slaveevo.com/goto/?ai=2745). What lessons have been learned from the 1995 earthquake?
Improved seismic resistance of existing buildings –
Improve the fire fighting capacity –
Protecting lifelines –
Community participation –
NGOs –
Disaster-resistant measures –
TASK 2:
To what extent are the measures not put in place in Kobe sustainable?
TASK 3:
Produce a case study of Kobe as a place in a hazardous setting. Make sure you include:
the physical nature of the hazard
how the economic, social and political character of its community reflects the presence and impacts of the hazard
the community’s response to the risk.
Review
Think back to your work on the Philippines. To what extent does wealth and level of development influence the ability of a place to manage hazards?
Homework
Complete Kobe case study by ________________
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Learning outcomes:
To be able to:
Where are we on our specification?