GEOG 1216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Economy
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% of pop mortality expectancy fertility under age 15. % of pop over 65 pop) pop) increase (%) rate at birth rate. 2050 lifetime risk of population dying from maternal causes (1 in ) (2008) national income per cap (us$) % with access to improved water sources (2008) * real data come from the population reference bureau"s 2008 and 2021 world population data sheets (www. prb. org); riski data imagined. You are an advisor to the government of a small country in asia called riski. You have been presented with the data on the attached sheets and are asked to develop policy recommendations for preparing for and coping with potential environmental hazards. First, list the environmental hazards that you have identified. Second, note down human vulnerabilities that may make the populations especially vulnerable to these hazardous events. Mitigating actions could reduce a physical hazard, reduce people"s exposure to a hazard, or reduce underlying vulnerabilities.
