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
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 Main Campus
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
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
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
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
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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
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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 ...
Special Interest: Hazards, Sustainability, Global/National Issue, Local Issue
Finding a Partner in a Disaster
Jun Zhuang, SUNY at Buffalo
This educational case study page, part of the InTeGrate project, presents a game-theoretic classroom activity modeling post-disaster partnership formation between NGOs and volunteer groups, using the 2011 Joplin tornado response to explore organizational cooperation, resource allocation, and decision-making in disaster recovery scenarios. 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