Why live in the danger zone?

List 5 reasons

why people

may live in

tectonic zones.

Why live in Bam?

Why live in Bam?

• Surrounded by desert, it is a natural oasis area

• Access to water

• Rich soils

• Can create economic advantage

Why live in Ijen Java,

Indonesia?

Matches and white sugar are among the products made with sulphur hewn by hand from an active volcano in Indonesia. Provides economic investment + employment.But, is this one of the most dangerous jobs in the world?

The miners break the cooled sulphur into chunks, and load up their wicker baskets for the 200 metre climb back up out of the crater. Each man carries up to twice his body weight.

What are the human & physical advantages of living in the danger zone?

• Mind-map why different groups of people live in active tectonic areas

• Use : Human Planet, textbooks & the internet

List the primary and secondary effects of the

Iceland volcano

List the primary and secondary effects of the

Haitian earthquake

How can people and places be protected from the effects of

tectonic activity?

Podcast task

• Listen to the GCSE podcast about planning, prediction and preparation. Record notes on:

• Methods of Prediction for a Natural Hazard

• Emergency Planning for a Natural Hazard

• Protection in the Danger Zone

• Why Live in a Danger Zone?

• Attitudes Towards Living in a Danger Zone

Try to include details of actual places etc.

New Key Geog

• Draw a diagram of an earthquake proof building from New Key Geography p67.

• Annotate

• Make suggestions of your own for how to improve earthquake preparedness

How would you prepare for an earthquake?

• Earthquake survival kits?

• What would you include?

• How could you prepare yourself, your family, your home, etc.?

Role of modern technology

• Tsunami warning systems• Computer-aided prediction models• Earthquake proof buildings• Hurricane survival kit• Prediction of volcanoes (Iceland metoffice website is

ace)• Google ‘person finder’ app used for Haiti / Japan?• Earthquake drills• Measurement and prediction• Evacuation plans & disaster planning• Prediction models and the use of GIS

Preparing for hazards

• New Key Geog p66-67, p70-71

• Mind-map how you can prepare for a hazard using the textbook and your ideas

• Consider LEDCs and MEDCs and what is available to them

• Consider tectonic hazards (earthquakes & volcanoes) and climatic hazards (hurricanes)

Response & Recovery

Response & recovery

Exam Q

• Describe and explain how the impact of a hazard can be different between LEDCs and MEDCs. Refer to examples where possible. [4marks]

• How does the level of development affect the speed and efficiency of recovery from a hazard?

[4marks]