Section: Module 5: Lesson 1: Natural Disasters | Environmental Health | NextGenU.org
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Learning Objectives:
- Understand common natural disasters at a global and local level and their consequences on environmental health services
- Apply their knowledge on risk assessment, communication, and control on a natural disaster case study.
- Understand the relationship between climate change and natural disasters
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Students mustViewLook for your region in the list and read the common natural disasters registered. Then, read for common natural disasters in at least the other five regions of your interest.
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Students mustViewRead from the beginning of the page to the end under the heading "Effects of Hazards."
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Students mustViewRead the entire paper.
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Read from the heading "Disaster Impact" on page 6 to the end of page 12.
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Read the entire page.
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Students mustViewRead from the heading "Introduction" on page 3 to the end of page 6.
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Students mustViewRead the content under the heading "Vulnerability to Hazards and Disasters" to the heading "This Course."
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Students mustViewRead the entire article.
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Students mustViewRead the entire page.
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Students mustViewRead the content under the headings "Abstract" and "Conclusions."
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Quiz: Module 5: Lesson 1
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TO PASS THIS QUIZ, YOU MUST OBTAIN A SCORE OF 26/32
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Students mustViewClick on the following links in the left menu and read its content(The links appear below the main text in mobile):
- Hurricanes and COVID-19
- Earthquakes
- Extreme Heat
- Floods
- Hurricanes
- Landslides & Mudslides
- Lightning
- Tornadoes
- Tsunamis
- Volcanoes
- Wildfires
- Winter Weather
- Understand common natural disasters at a global and local level and their consequences on environmental health services