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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Landuse Planning in Landslide Country: The Washington State Oso Slide
Rebekah Green
This educational case study page examines land use planning and risk management in landslide-prone regions through the 2014 Oso, Washington landslide, detailing geological hazards, policy frameworks like the Washington State Growth Management Act, and interdisciplinary considerations for teaching risk and resilience in environmental science. auto-generated
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Special Interest: Sustainability
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
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Special Interest: Sustainability
Earthquake Scenarios: Evaluating Potential Ground Shaking and Damage
Carla Whittington, Highline College
This educational case study page examines earthquake scenarios in the Pacific Northwest, focusing on ground shaking and damage potential from Cascadia Subduction Zone, deep, and shallow crustal earthquakes, using FEMA's HAZUS-MH and Washington's Seismic Scenario Catalog to evaluate community vulnerability and inform risk mitigation strategies for students, planners, and emergency responders. auto-generated
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Special Interest: Hazards, 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
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Special Interest: Hazards, Data, models, or simulations, Sustainability, Local Issue
Land Locked Community Impacted From Sea Level Rise 6200 Miles Away: Teaching an Audience Centered Approach to Risk and Resilience in Environmental Displacement
Carrie Nelms, University of Arkansas
This educational case study page examines how sea-level rise threatens island nations like the Marshall Islands and drives environmental migration to inland U.S. communities such as Northwest Arkansas, emphasizing an audience-centered pedagogical approach to teaching risk, resilience, and socio-economic adaptation in environmental displacement contexts. auto-generated
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Special Interest: Hazards, Sustainability, Global/National 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
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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
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Special Interest: Hazards, Sustainability, Quantitative
Key Biscayne: An Island Paradise in Jeopardy?
Julie Lambert, Florida Atlantic University
This educational case study page examines the vulnerability of Key Biscayne, Florida, to sea level rise and coastal hazards, detailing its geological history, socio-economic profile, sustainability initiatives like the Village Goes Green program, and classroom applications for teaching risk, resilience, and environmental planning in the context of climate change. auto-generated
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Special Interest: Hazards, Sustainability
New York City and Hurricane Sandy's Storm Surge
David Kobilka, Central Lakes College-Brainerd
This educational case study page examines Hurricane Sandy's storm surge impact on New York City, emphasizing the critical role of tidal timing, coastal development, and sea level rise in exacerbating flood damage, and is designed for teaching natural disaster and oceanography courses with real-world applications. auto-generated
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Special Interest: Hazards, Sustainability
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
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Special Interest: Hazards, Sustainability