This document provides guidance and materials for comparing the social, economic, and environmental impacts of hazards in California and the Philippines. It includes instructions to create Venn diagrams and annotate the risk equation with facts from the two case studies. Students are also given the option to choose either California or the Philippines as the topic for an exam question explaining why it is considered a disaster hotspot.

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1.3 d California &
Philippines

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Aim
To bring together the two case studies California and the Philippines.

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Need social, economic, environmental Venn diagram for California, then another
one for the Philippines.
Compare the causes and the impacts of hazards in California and the Philippines.

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Hazards: risk, trends and hotspots
How could you annotate the risk equation with facts from
both case studies?

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Exam Question
Choose either the Philippines or California and explain
why it is considered a disaster hotspot. (15 marks).
• Please see the 2 brief fact sheets on the Philippines and
California Coast.
• These give an idea of the hazard events that should be
studied.

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Expanding sentences
California has many earthquakes
Bush fires can endanger movie stars
Some houses are built on hills
El Nino bring floods
Deforestation does not help smog
Extension
Can you make a table of “opposites” – to contrast between the two case studies.

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