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2023 Year 8 Geography

Geography

Task timeline

Week 6B

In class

Review work samples to help you understand the task. Commence task

Week 6B

In class

Confirm the name of hazard that you are researching – submit to Canvas

Week 8B

Monday 28th August

Bring evidence of your work to class for peer feedback

Week 9A

Thursday the 7th of September

WORK DUE - Submit task on Canvas AND as a hard copy to your class teacher

Do NOT research a hazard that….

  • Is very recent.  Information can change all the time so it can be difficult to obtain ‘accurate’ information
  • Is older than 10 years

Learning Intention

  • To understand an atmospheric or hydrologic hazard

Success Criteria

  • I can list causes of atmospheric/hydrologic hazards
  • I can explain the impacts of atmospheric/hydrologic hazards
  • I can evaluate responses to atmospheric/hydrologic hazards
  • I can propose relevant strategies to minimise damage of future atmospheric/hydrologic hazards

The task

The United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team is the international emergency response system for sudden-onset emergencies. UNDAC was created in 1993 and is designed to help the United Nations and governments of disaster-affected countries during the first phase of an emergency.

You have been asked by UNDAC to investigate a recent hazard event (within the last 10 years) and suggest ways in which the emergency response could be improved so as to minimise loss of life, economic and environmental damage for similar hazard events in the future.  You should present your findings as a report using the following structure.

  • 50-100 words - Introduction to the hazard – Where, when, what was the size/scale?
  • 50 -100 words - What was the cause of the hydrologic/atmospheric event?
  • 500 words - What were the impacts?
    • Social – how did the hazard event affect people?
    • Economic – how did the hazard event affect the economy?
    • Environmental – how did the hazard effect the environment?
  • 200-300 words - What was the response? – How did people/the government/organisations respond to the event?
  • 200-300 words - What recommendations could you make for similar hazard events which may happen in the future to minimise damage and loss of life?

You should incorporate relevant maps, graphs, diagrams and statistics into your report.

Scaffold

INTRODUCTION

Name of your chosen hazard event

When did it occur?

Where did it occur?  How big was it?

CAUSE

Why did it occur?

IMPACTS

Social impacts

Were there many deaths?  How many?

Were there many injuries?  How many?

Environmental Impacts

Was agricultural land destroyed?  Were particular ecosystems damaged?

Economic Impacts

Were homes and businesses destroyed? Is there a dollar value on the damage? 

Were some people impacted more than others?  Who? Why?

RESPONSES

How did the local community respond?

What was the government response?

How did the international community respond?

RECOMMENDATIONS

Based on what you have learned about your hazard event, what would you recommend to UNDAC to minimise damage and loss of life for similar hazard events which may happen in the future?

Below is a link to the entire Assessment document