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Hazardous Processes in the Environment

ОК 2

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2022/2023

1 Semester

5

LO01. Apply the acquired theoretical knowledge and practical skills for the study of natural-territorial systems at different levels of spatial organization. LO05. Be able to identify, pose and solve scientific and applied problems, carry out a critical assessment of the decisions made. LO10. Apply geo-information technologies, create and research models of natural-geographic manifestations of the development of geosystems, determine the possibilities and limits of their application. LO11. Assess possible risks, socio-economic and geoecological consequences of the implementation of management decisions in the field of nature management, recreation and tourism.

Full-time form

1. Knowledge of the structure, functioning of processes and relationships in the Earth's lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. 2. To be able to analyze cause-and-effect relationships and interaction in the nature-society system. 3. Proficiency in English at a sufficient level to work with English-language specialist literature and other sources of information about dangerous natural processes in the environment.

The educational discipline includes three substantive modules, the first of which is related to the study of the basic concepts of dangerous natural processes, the international classification of natural hazards, patterns and mechanisms of the occurrence and spread of dangerous natural processes in space and time. The second module is related to the study of the internal structure of the Earth and considers geological and geomorphological types of dangerous processes, including: earthquakes (mechanism of occurrence, distribution in the world, Richter and Mercalli scales), tsunamis (mechanisms of occurrence and monitoring features), volcanic eruptions (classifications of volcanoes and types of eruption, pyroclastic and lava flows, lahars, features of protection), slope processes (landslides, avalanches, rockfalls, features of land use), floods (classification of watercourses, types of floods, types of flood prevention measures). The third module is related to climatic and meteorological types of natural hazards.

1. Hyndman D., Hyndman D. Natural Hazards and Disasters. 5th ed. // Donald Hyndman, David Hyndman. – Brooks Cole, 2016. – 576 p. 2. Keller E. A., DeVecchio D. E. Natural Hazards: Earth’s Processes as Hazards, Disasters and Catastrophes. 3rd ed. // Edward A. Keller, Duane E. DeVecchio. – Prentice Hall, 2012. – 528 p. 3. Smith K., Petley D. N. Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster. 6th ed. // Keith Smith, David N. Petley. – Routledge, 2013. – 504 p. 4. Wisner et al. At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters. 2nd ed. // Ben Wisner, Piers Blaikie, Terry Cannon, Ian Davis. – Routledge, 2003. – 496 p.

lecture, seminary occupation

Surveys and submission of seminar papers take place in class, according to their schedule. The maximum number of points on the exam is 40 points, the minimum number of points added to the semester ones is 24.

English