Managing the impacts of natural hazards

Students should be able to describe and assess various strategies for managing the effects of natural hazards before, during, and after an event. This includes: - For tectonic hazards: monitoring and warning systems, land use zoning, building structures, disaster preparedness (including plans, drills, emergency supplies, and rescue teams), evacuation procedures, reconstruction of affected areas, and international assistance. - For tropical cyclones: monitoring and warning systems, building structures, disaster preparedness (including plans, drills, emergency supplies, and rescue teams), evacuation procedures, emergency shelters, reconstruction of affected areas, and international assistance. - For flooding: monitoring and warning systems, utilizing storm hydrographs (including run-off, through-flow, and groundwater flow), shelters, rescue operations, reconstruction of affected areas, and flood management techniques. - For drought: monitoring, emergency water supplies, water conservation methods, increasing water supply (through dams, reservoirs, wells, aquifers, water transfer, desalination, and rainwater harvesting), and international assistance.