Teaching about Risk and Resilience Real-world Examples

These real-world example descriptions have been submitted by faculty from a range of disciplines as part of the 2014 workshop: Teaching about Risk and Resilience.


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2009 Disastrous landslides in Nilgiris
Dr.G.P.Ganapathy
A real-world case study page detailing the 2009 Nilgiris landslides in India, covering landslide hazard zonation, risk evaluation, damage assessment, and teaching applications in geoscience education, with supporting PDF resources and classroom integration strategies. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability
Special Interest: Sustainability

The Story of Big Moose Lake: Resilience, Tipping Point, and Restoration
Bill Stigliani, University of Northern Iowa
A case study detailing the environmental history of Big Moose Lake, examining ecosystem resilience, tipping points in lake acidification due to industrial sulfur emissions, delayed ecological responses, and recovery driven by the Clean Air Act and natural soil buffering, used to teach systems thinking in environmental science. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Non-Point Source Pollution, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Sustainability, Natural Hazards, Chemistry:Environmental Chemistry
Special Interest: Hazards, Data, models, or simulations, Sustainability, Local Issue

Earthquake Preparedness in Christchurch, New Zealand
Patricia Stapleton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
A real-world case study page analyzing the 2011 Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand, covering seismic hazards, risk assessment, urban preparedness failures, liquefaction impacts, and interdisciplinary insights from geoscience and policy, designed for teaching risk and resilience in educational contexts. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards
Special Interest: Hazards, Sustainability

Historic Flooding in Atlanta, September 2009
Anne Hall, Emory University
Case study page analyzing the September 2009 historic Atlanta floods, covering urban stormwater management, wastewater infrastructure failure, floodplain policy, resilience strategies, and classroom applications in geoscience education. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Land Use and Planning, Sustainability, Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes
Special Interest: Hazards, Sustainability, Quantitative

Tsunami scenario affecting California coastal communities (USGS SAFRR project)
Corrie Neighbors, University of California-Riverside
A case study page detailing the USGS SAFRR tsunami scenario for California, covering seismic sources, coastal impacts, socio-economic risks, and preparedness strategies, used in teaching natural hazards and resilience in geoscience education. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Coastal Hazards:Tsunami
Special Interest: Hazards, Sustainability

30 homes lost, lessons learned from the 2005 Santa Clara Utah river flood
Kelly Bringhurst, Dixie State College of Utah
Case study page analyzing the 2005 Santa Clara, Utah river flood that destroyed 30 homes, emphasizing floodplain dynamics, stream bank erosion, risk assessment, and post-disaster community response, with teaching resources on natural hazards and resilience. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Sustainability, Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes, Extreme Weather, Environmental Science
Special Interest: Hazards, Sustainability

Acid Mine Drainage in Lower Salem, OH
Tej Gautam, Marietta College
This educational webpage presents a real-world case study on acid mine drainage (AMD) in Lower Salem, Ohio, detailing its geochemical processes, environmental impacts on surface and groundwater through heavy metal contamination, and pedagogical implementation as an undergraduate hydrogeology class project involving field sampling, lab analysis, and EPA standard comparisons. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Contaminant hydrology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Groundwater , Point Source Pollution, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Sustainability, Natural Hazards
Special Interest: Hazards, Sustainability, Local Issue

Ocean Acidification and the West Coast of North America
Richard Rueb, Clackamas Community College
Richard Rueb, Science, Clackamas Community College Summary The world's oceans are becoming increasingly acidic as a result of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The coastal waters of the West ...

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Marine Hazards, Geoscience:Oceanography, Biogeosciences , Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Sustainability, Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science, Economics
Special Interest: Hazards, Sustainability, Global/National Issue, Local Issue

Resilience: The Teton Dam Disaster of 1976
Robert Clayton, Brigham Young University-Idaho
A teaching case study page detailing the 1976 Teton Dam failure, covering geologic causes, flash-flood impacts, and community resilience driven by regional culture and organized volunteerism, used in natural disaster education through field trips and firsthand accounts. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Geology, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Natural Hazards, Policy, Environmental Science, Engineering
Special Interest: Hazards, Sustainability

Disaster Resilience 2015-2025: What will it look like in Cascadia?
Monica Gowan, Central Washington University
A real-world teaching example exploring how the post-2015 global disaster resilience framework (HFA2) aligns with regional efforts in the seismically vulnerable Cascadia region, emphasizing interdisciplinary strategies for risk reduction, geoscience education, and societal resilience to megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability
Special Interest: Sustainability


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