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Chapter 1: Hazards and Disasters
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Chapter 2: Preparedness, Hazard Mitigation, and Climate Change Par
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t 1 Introduction
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Chapter 3: Meteorological and Hydrological Hazards: Hurricanes, Sea Level Rise, Floods, Drought, Wild
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fire, Tornadoes, Severe Winter Weather, and Extreme Heat
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Chapter 4: Geological Hazards: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes, Landslides, Coastal Erosi
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Made Hazards: Terrorism, Civil Unrest and Technological Hazards Part 2 Introduction
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Chapter 6: Role of the Federal Government in Disaster Management
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Chapter 7: Mitigating Hazards at the State Level
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Chapter 8: Local Government Powers: Building Resilience from the Ground Up Chapte
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Part 3 Introduction
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Chapter 10: Risk Assessment: Identifying Hazards and Vulnerability
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Chapter 11: Preparedness Activities: Planning to Be Ready When Disaster Hits Chap
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ter 12: Hazard Mitigation Planning: Creating Strategies to Reduce Vulnerability Part 4 I
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ntroduction
Chapter 13: Disaster Resilience: Living With Our Environment
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, Answers at the end of each chapter
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d. remain unchanging components in the delicate balance of nature
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Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness
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Chapter 1: Hazards and Disasters
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Chapter 2: Preparedness, Hazard Mitigation, and Climate Change Par
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t 1 Introduction
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Chapter 3: Meteorological and Hydrological Hazards: Hurricanes, Sea Level Rise, Floods, Drought, Wild
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fire, Tornadoes, Severe Winter Weather, and Extreme Heat
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Chapter 4: Geological Hazards: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes, Landslides, Coastal Erosi
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on, and Land Subsidence
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Made Hazards: Terrorism, Civil Unrest and Technological Hazards Part 2 Introduction
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Chapter 6: Role of the Federal Government in Disaster Management
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Chapter 7: Mitigating Hazards at the State Level
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Chapter 8: Local Government Powers: Building Resilience from the Ground Up Chapte
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r 9: Community Resilience and the Private Sector
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Part 3 Introduction
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Chapter 10: Risk Assessment: Identifying Hazards and Vulnerability
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Chapter 11: Preparedness Activities: Planning to Be Ready When Disaster Hits Chap
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ter 12: Hazard Mitigation Planning: Creating Strategies to Reduce Vulnerability Part 4 I
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ntroduction
Chapter 13: Disaster Resilience: Living With Our Environment
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, Answers at the end of each chapter
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Multiple-Choice, True/False WQ
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a. economic
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a. can cause human-made disasters
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d. lose their ability to regenerate animal life
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d. remain unchanging components in the delicate balance of nature
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a. extraterrestrial
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, c. hydrological
d. meteorological
5. Systems of hazard measurement used by meteorologists, hydrologists, and other scientists
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include:
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except:
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d. the effects of climate change
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8. Who finances activities of local, state, and federal governments before, during, and after a
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