Walden University North Vancouver Landslides Discussion

Questions

Your assignment should answer the following questions:

1.Describe the Saint-Jude Quebec and North Vancouver landslides. (6 pts)

Hint: As a minimum, you should include the date, time, number of deaths, number of injuries. You should also present more information. You can check Canadian Disaster Database for other important information, but if the event is not listed, you will need to find the information on your own.

2.Describe the science behind each event. (5 pts)

Hint: You should describe the primary factors that lead to the landslide. Here is a reference for the Saint-Jude event (CGEN – Geoscape Ottawa.pdf). As above, other government websites, municipal/provincial/federal, might also have relevant information.

3.Describe mitigation strategies used against these landslides. (5pts)

Hint: Here is a reference for the North Vancouver event (Prepared BC). As above, other government websites, municipal/provincial/federal, might also have relevant information.

4.Landslide caused by an earthquake. (6pts)

– Find a landslide caused by an earthquake for discussion. You will need to describe the event, the science, and mitigation strategies. If you aren’t sure what information you need to present, use the hints given above.

– The event cannot be one that was presented in class.

– The event can be from Canada or around the world.

Other requirements

1.Maximum 2 pages. Formatting instructions are below and in the answer template.

2.In addition to the above, the overall quality of your assignment will be worth 4pts.

3.Regarding references, 4 references are provided to help you get started. You will need to find 3 more references. This means you will have a minimum of 7 references in your assignment. These references should be from credible sources such as government websites, government publications, and newspaper articles. Social media can be used but will not count towards your 5 references. Wikipedia will not be accepted as a reference.