Date

Topic

Readings (assigned)

DuE

Jan

29

Introductions, overview of environmental hazards

(Th): Tobin and Montz (1997);  Smith (2004)

Due: statement of expectations

31

Overview (cont)

Feb

5

Definitions, history and scope

Due: Research blurb (identify topic for term paper)

7

Intro to urban hazards

• Prater & Lindell (2000)
• Pelling (1999)
• Godschalk (2003)

12

Guest: Mr. Bill Anderson, Minneapolis Office of Emergency Preparedness

• Changnon et al. (1996)
• Mitchell (1999)
• Sanderson (2000)
• Bull-Kamanga et al. (2003)
• Lindell & Prater (2003)

Due: Preliminary reference list for term paper

14

Urban haz (cont)

19

Urban hazards: Inside Hurricane Katrina

• ISDR (2004), Ch. 1
• ISDR (2007): Drought Risk Reduction (through chapter 5)
• Pelling & Uitto (2001)

21

26

Non-urban Hazards

• Meaty and controversial essay/excerpt from Daniel Quinn
• (distributed in class) Ch. 10 (“Earthquakes and Tsunamis as Hazards”) in Bryant, E., 2005, Natural Hazards, Cambridge Univ. Press
• E-book through Mac: Ch. 6 (Tectonic Hazards: Volcanoes) in Smith, K., 2004, Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster, Routledge

Due: annotated reference list

28

Tectonic hazards

Mar

4

 More tectonic Hazards

• Another Changnon paper, this time El Niño
• Extreme weather trends: Easterling et al. (2000)

6

Volcanoes; Atmospheric Hazards; Mitigation outlines

11

Atmospheric hazards

•  IPCC Working Group I: FAQ

• IPCC Synthesis Report: Summary for Policymakers
• (optional) See their vulnerability and mitigation pages

Due: flowchart/outline of relevant hazard mitigation program

13

Atmospheric hazards: Global and regional climate change

15-23

No class—SPRING BREAK

25

Climate change

§         E-book through Mac: Ch.9 (“Biophysical Hazards”) in Smith, K., 2004, Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster, Routledge

27

Climate change; Short paper assigned! (due before May 1)

§         Ch. 13: John Snow’s Legacy, in Monmonier, M., 1997, Cartographies of Danger, Chicago Press

Apr

1

Biological hazards

Due: 1^st draft term paper

3

Biological hazards

8

Intro to toxicity and pollution

10

Toxicity and pollution

15

No Class—AAG meeting, Boston

17

No Class—AAG meeting, Boston

22

Synthesis, review

24

Synthesis, review

29

Presentations

Presentations; meet with Kenny (out of class)

Presentations; meet with Kenny (out of class)

Final Papers Due May 1, No Exceptions

May

1

Presentations

6 (Last day of class)

Meet at Coffee News Café (bring ID if applicable)

Wine/Beer/non-alcoholic drinks menu

10 (Saturday) 1:30- 3:30 PM

Meet with Kenny if you could not during previous week