EARTHSC 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Caveat Emptor, Riprap, Sea Surface Temperature
6 May 2016
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Natural hazards assessment and mitigation: contemporary and future. November 29, 2012: problems, problems arise when people put themselves where they can be impacted by major natural events. Simple solution would be to keep people from hazardous locations. Seller, purchaser, developer or agent, or government. Government held responsible because deeper pockets than others. Zoning restrictions are often limited: after a disaster, da(cid:373)age (cid:373)ay (cid:271)e i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed (cid:271)y ho(cid:373)eo(cid:449)(cid:374)er(cid:859)s (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)es. Scenic sites may be dangerous: cause and effect may be difficult to determine. Should landowners be permitted to do whatever they wish with their property: governmental policy has shifted to emphasize mitigation, but not consistently. Funds for rebuilding in safer ways or locations. Insurance companies refuse to renew policies: education, anti-taxation attitudes should make people receptive to reducing costs in efforts to control nature. Billions of tax dollars are spent to protect inherently high-risk areas for benefit of few.
