Edition By Sandler, All 13 Chapters Covered
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,Table of Contents h5 h5
Chapter 1: Hazards and Disasters h5 h5 h5 h5
Chapter 2: Preparedness, Hazard Mitigation, and Climate Change
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Part 1 Introduction
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Chapter 3: Meteorological and Hydrological Hazards: Hurricanes, Sea Level Rise, Floods, Drought,
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5Wildfire, Tornadoes, Severe Winter Weather, and Extreme Heat
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Chapter 4: Geological Hazards: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes, Landslides, Coastal Erosi
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on, and Land Subsidence
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Made Hazards: Terrorism, Civil Unrest and Technological Hazards Part 2 Introduct
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Chapter 6: Role of the Federal Government in Disaster Management
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h 5 Chapter 7: Mitigating Hazards at the State Level
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Chapter 8: Local Government Powers: Building Resilience from the Ground Up Cha
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pter 9: Community Resilience and the Private Sector
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Part 3 Introduction
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Chapter 10: Risk Assessment: Identifying Hazards and Vulnerability
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Chapter 11: Preparedness Activities: Planning to Be Ready When Disaster Hits Chap
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ter 12: Hazard Mitigation Planning: Creating Strategies to Reduce Vulnerability Part
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Chapter 13: Disaster Resilience: Living With Our Environment
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, Answers at the end of each chapter h5 h5 h5 h5 h5 h5
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1. The typical costs associated with hazards that affect the built environment include:
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a. economic
b. social
c. environmental
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2. After a hazard event, ecosystems:
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a. can cause human-made disasters
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b. fail to sustain further plant life
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c. can regenerate and plant and animal life can begin anew
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d. lose their ability to regenerate animal life
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3. Over the long-term, volcanic lava and ash:
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b. form fertile soils that stimulate new plant growth
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c. do not produce any beneficial results as compared to other natural hazards
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d. remain unchanging components in the delicate balance of nature
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4. The following are not considered types of geophysical processes involved in natural hazards:
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a. extraterrestrial
b. geographical
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, c. hydrological
d. meteorological
5. Systems of hazard measurement used by meteorologists, hydrologists, and other scientists
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c. Modified Mercalli scale h5 h5
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6. Natural hazards may appear to be increasing in frequency because of all of the following
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b. increased development in vulnerable areas h5 h5 h5 h5
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d. the effects of climate change
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7. We are experiencing more disasters than ever before in our Nation’s history because
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a. Disasters tend to occur in 50 year cycles h5 h5 h5 h5 h5 h5 h5
b. Developers are motivated more by profit than by building environmentally friendly
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c. The population doesn’t take disaster preparation seriously
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d. More development and more people are in harm’s way than ever before
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8. Who finances activities of local, state, and federal governments before, during, and after a
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