Illustrations, graphs, tables

• Careful use will enhance your work.• Lists and tables• Conceptual flow chart / diagram• Data graphs (time series, correlation, etc.)• Maps• photos

The conceptual structure of the International Land Science ProgramSee:

GLP (2005) Science Plan and Implementation Strategy. IGBP Report No. 53/IHDP Report No. 19. IGBP Secretariat, Stockholm. 64pp.

Natural Events System

Human use System

Hurricane

Flood

Earthquake

Tsunami

wildfire

Populations

Agriculture

Settlement

Transportation

Housing

Natural Hazard Impacts Response

Prevention: modify the event

(Dams, levees, cloud seeding, etc.)

Magnitude, frequency, duration, extent

Adapt: reduce human vulnerability: (building codes, land use

regulations, etc.)

economic loss

Spread / Share the Loss: Disaster aid,

insurance

Vulnerability

Growth in the American West• More “boom” than “bust”