EV5454 : Natural Hazards - Environmental Science Assignment

Internal Code - MAS1743

Environmental Science Assignment

Questions - For your project you will be required to:

1. map the probable spatial extent of impact of a major natural hazard event on the immediate Cairns region;

2. outline the causes of this event or events;

3. discuss the magnitude and frequency of occurrence of this hazard, and explain how you arrived at these figures;

4. discuss the impact this event would have on the infrastructure, dwellings and people of Cairns;

5. discuss the vulnerability of those potentially affected, and why these people are vulnerable;

6. discuss ways of mitigating the impact of this natural hazard.