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Northern Illinois University Course Info
Dekalb, Illinois
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GEOG 406
Natural Hazards and Environmental Risk
Examination of processes that create environmental and atmospheric hazards, the spatial and temporal discontinuities associated with hazards, and societal aspects that affect and compound disasters. Historical and contemporary case studies are utilized to investigate the interaction between society and natural hazards
Units: 3.0
Prerequisites:
GEOL 120 - Planet Earth
or
GEOG 306 - Severe and Hazardous Weather
or
GEOG 105 - Weather, Climate, and You
or
GEOG 101 - Introduction to Environmental Geography