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B6 Managing Hazards

Tectonics 2 MEDC earthquake case study: Kobe 1995

Chapter 6 pages 126-131

Tomorrow's Geography Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren,
published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X

6.3 How are earthquakes managed in MEDC's? Can they be predicted, what are the short-term responses and long-term recovery? What options are there for aid?

students should -

Describe and explain the measures to predict and take precautions, including reasons for the decisions made

Describe the short-term responses and the long-term recovery.

Evaluate the sources of aid available

Contrast the responses in the chosen LEDC and MEDC

Hazards - MEDC earthquake

case study: Kobe 1995

(3 lessons)

The elevated section of the Hanshin Highway, some of which collapsed on its unwrapped concrete supports, is rebuilt to a high specification.

Kobe burns the night after the earthquake. Gas leaks and the flimsy , and flammable, constructions materials of many of the houses helped spread the flames. Most Japanese like to cook on an open flame. The failure of the emergency services to get to grips with the fire risk was one of the black marks against the authorities in the aftermath of the earthquake; another was their failure to ask for specialist foreign assistance, such as sniffer dogs and thermal imaging teams.

The Kobe earthquake January 17th 1995 .. also called the Great Hyogo Earthquake

Earthquakes in Japan

map sheet of Japanese plates

data sheet of great Japanese Earthquakes

Plot the magnitude of the earthquakes on the graph sheet.

Make bar charts of the number of EQ's over 6.9 in the chart at the bottom of the page.

Is the occurrence of EQ's in Japan at regular intervals .. are any decades especially severely affected. If so, which ones?.

watch video: Tokyo Earthquake QED

What is the attitude of the Japanese authorities to predicting earthquakes? What have they set up to warn the people of an earthquake threat?

Make a list of all the way the people in the film die, and what causes their death.

Make some suggestions as to what the Japanese might do to reduce the killing effects of earthquakes.

The Kobe EQ

Graph plotting sheet of Japan's EQ's - date against intensity.

How to make notes using an internet site

summary map sheet of Kobe and Osaka Bay

Maps of the Kobe earthquake tremors

Kobe City site

GeoResources on Kobe

Virtual earthquake - get to the site and choose earthquake. This will let you choose one of three earthquakes, which you can locate by measuring their
earthquake waves. Very good fun!

Superb slideshow from the Guardian on earthquakes

Tectonics 1 plate boundaries
Tectonics 2 MEDC earthquake- Kobe
Tectonics 3 LEDC volcano - Pinatubo

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GCSE	EdExcel syllabus 1312
B6 Managing Hazards	Tectonics 2 MEDC earthquake case study: Kobe 1995
Chapter 6 pages 126-131	Tomorrow's Geography Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren, published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X
6.3 How are earthquakes managed in MEDC's? Can they be predicted, what are the short-term responses and long-term recovery? What options are there for aid?
students should - Describe and explain the measures to predict and take precautions, including reasons for the decisions made Describe the short-term responses and the long-term recovery. Evaluate the sources of aid available Contrast the responses in the chosen LEDC and MEDC
Hazards - MEDC earthquake case study: Kobe 1995 (3 lessons) The elevated section of the Hanshin Highway, some of which collapsed on its unwrapped concrete supports, is rebuilt to a high specification. Kobe burns the night after the earthquake. Gas leaks and the flimsy , and flammable, constructions materials of many of the houses helped spread the flames. Most Japanese like to cook on an open flame. The failure of the emergency services to get to grips with the fire risk was one of the black marks against the authorities in the aftermath of the earthquake; another was their failure to ask for specialist foreign assistance, such as sniffer dogs and thermal imaging teams.	The Kobe earthquake January 17th 1995 .. also called the Great Hyogo Earthquake Earthquakes in Japan map sheet of Japanese plates data sheet of great Japanese Earthquakes Plot the magnitude of the earthquakes on the graph sheet. Make bar charts of the number of EQ's over 6.9 in the chart at the bottom of the page. Is the occurrence of EQ's in Japan at regular intervals .. are any decades especially severely affected. If so, which ones?. watch video: Tokyo Earthquake QED What is the attitude of the Japanese authorities to predicting earthquakes? What have they set up to warn the people of an earthquake threat? Make a list of all the way the people in the film die, and what causes their death. Make some suggestions as to what the Japanese might do to reduce the killing effects of earthquakes. The Kobe EQ Graph plotting sheet of Japan's EQ's - date against intensity. How to make notes using an internet site summary map sheet of Kobe and Osaka Bay Maps of the Kobe earthquake tremors Kobe City site GeoResources on Kobe Virtual earthquake - get to the site and choose earthquake. This will let you choose one of three earthquakes, which you can locate by measuring their earthquake waves. Very good fun! Superb slideshow from the Guardian on earthquakes
Tectonics 1 plate boundaries Tectonics 2 MEDC earthquake- Kobe Tectonics 3 LEDC volcano - Pinatubo GCSE home