To know primary and secondary impacts of tropical storms & understand how these impacts can be classified as environmental, social, economic and political
To explore short and long term responses to tropical storms
To apply this understanding to the case study of Hurricane Katrina
Specification content: Impacts: primary/secondary, environmental, social, economic, political. Short and long-term responses: risk management designed to reduce the impacts of the hazard through preparedness, mitigation, prevention and adaptation. Impacts and human responses as evidenced by two recent tropical storms in contrasting areas of the world.
describe the spatial and temporal setting of the tropical storm
assess the perception of the tropical storm, and the factors affecting those perceptions at a range of scales – eg, magnitude, frequency, population characteristics etc.
explain the causes of the tropical storm
explain and assess the impacts of the tropical storm
explain, assess and justify the response to the tropical storm – including the factors affecting this response.
You may wish to work on this task in pairs. There is also information about Hurricane Katrina on pages 213-214 in your textbook (https://slaveevo.com/goto/?ai=2745).
Review
What has surprised you most about what you have learnt this lesson?
Homework
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Learning outcomes:
To be able to:
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