9936 (v.2) Geography 113 - Natural Hazards - Geography of the Global Distribution, Causes and Impacts of Natural Hazards and Strategies Used to Minimise Risks


Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.5
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Fieldwork:

1 x 0.5 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

1436 (v.4) Geography 111 - Natural Hazards - Geography of the Global Distribution, Causes and Impacts of Natural Hazards and Strategies Used to Minimise Risks or any previous version

Other Requisite(s):

Admission: to a course outside the School of Social Sciences.
 

Syllabus:

Natural hazards. Climatic hazards. Geologic and geomorphic hazards. Increased risks through urbanisation and poor management of agricultural and pastoral land. Hazard prediction and perception.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

10799 Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Supplemental

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y    
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2     Y
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area