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Hazard City: Assignments in Applied Geology, 3/E
Hobart A. King
Brett Carpenter
Nicole Wilson

ISBN-10: 0131566822
ISBN-13: 9780131566828

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: CD-ROM Only
Published: 01/17/2007

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For introductory courses in Environmental Geology or Physical Geology.

 

This CD-ROM makes the most of students' natural curiosity surrounding hazards such as volcanoes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, and landslides, turning them into learning opportunities via the fictional town of Hazard City. Assignments place students in the role of practicing geologists – gathering and analyzing data, evaluating risk, and making assessments and recommendations.

• Self-contained assignments – Engage students in active problem solving and serve as the basis for class discussion as students apply what they’ve learned to practical situations.

 

• Ground water contamination – Students use field and laboratory data to prepare a contour map of the water table, determine the direction of ground water flow, and map a contaminated area.

 

• Volcanic hazard assessment – Researching volcanic hazards, collecting field information, and decision-making are used to determine the potential impact of a volcanic eruption.

 

• Landslide hazard assessment – Students research the factors that determine landslide hazard at five construction sites and make recommendations for development.

 

• Earthquake damage assessment – Students explore the effects of earthquakes on buildings and determine the number of people needing emergency housing given an earthquake of specific intensity.

 

• Flood insurance rate maps – Flood insurance premiums are estimated using a flood insurance rate map, insurance tables, and site characteristics.

 

• Snowpack monitoring – Students utilize climatic data to estimate variables that are key to flood control and water supply management.

 

• Coal property evaluation – Potential value of a property is estimated by learning about mining and property evaluation, then applying that knowledge in a resource calculation.

 

• Landfill siting – Students use maps and geological data to determine if any of five proposed sites meet the requirements of the State Administrative Code for landfill siting.

 

• Shoreline property assessment – Provides information on four related water-front building sites, and asks students to analyze the risk each faces due to shoreline erosion processes.

 

• Three sets of assessment questions for each activity – Allow instructors to quickly and easily alter assignments each semester.

 

• Thoroughly class tested – Refined through testing in both traditional and online classrooms.

 

• Substantial critical thinking assignments – Require students to gather and analyze real data, participate in real issues, encounter uncertainty, and make decisions.

 

• Multiple-choice questions – Make grading quick and easy. Solutions are available only in the Instructor’s Manual, helping preserve integrity for assignments in later semesters.

 

• Student flexibility for submitting answers – Allows students to print and complete worksheets from the CD-ROM, or answer questions online at the Hazard City website (www.hazcity.com).

• New assignment on map reading – Builds map-reading skills and gives students the confidence they need to solve map-based problems in later assignments.

 

• New assignment on tsunamis and storm surge – Helps students understand the impact of a tsunami or storm surge and how to conduct a risk assessment.

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