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This century has seen the costliest hurricanes in US historybut who bears the brunt of these monster stormsConsider this Five of the most expensive hurricanes in history have made landfall since 2005 Katrina 160 billion Ike 40 billion Sandy 72 billion Harvey 125 billion and Maria 90 billion With more property than ever in harms way and the planet and oceans warming dangerously it wont be long before we see a 250 billion hurricane Why Because Americans have built 3 trillion worth of property in some of the riskiest places on earth barrier islands and coastal floodplains And they have been encouraged to do so by what Gilbert M Gaul reveals in The Geography of Risk to be a confounding array of federal subsidies tax breaks lowinterest loans grants and government flood insurance that shift the risk of life at the beach from private investors to public taxpayers radically distorting common notions of riskThese federal incentives Gaul argues have resulted in one of the worst planning failures in American history and the costs to taxpayers are reaching unsustainable levels We have become responsible for a shocking array of coastal amenities new roads bridges buildings streetlights tennis courts marinas gazebos and even spoiled food after hurricanes The Geography of Risk will forever change the way you think about the coasts from the clash between economic interests and nature to the heated politics of regulators and developers. Coasts. Coastal Erosion [Date]. Today I will:. Know the key terms. Know how a bay and wave cut platform is formed . Geography. Coasts. Processes of Erosion at the Coastline. 1. Hydraulic Action: . The sea is a windy place.. The wind makes waves. Waves become tall and break as the sea becomes shallow. . Some coasts are always battered by waves. . Some coasts don’t get big waves. . Big waves during storms can erode the coastline. . This belongs to:. ______________________. You should know…. RAG. How rock type (geology) and structure influence coastal . landforms (Concordant. and Discordant coasts).  . How . landforms . such as . the Early Greeks. EQ: How did the geography of Greece help shape early Greek civilization?. Mountain and Settlements. Mountains cover much of Greece, few flat areas for farmland . People settled in flat areas along the coast and in river valleys in villages and towns separated by mountains and seas.. Aaron Reeves, MS PhD. Quantitative Epidemiologist. Epidemiology Research Unit. SRUC. About EPIC. EPIC is the Scottish Government’s Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks. Our aims:. T. o provide an evidence base and scientifically informed advice to support Scottish Government policy regarding exotic diseases of livestock and poultry. The Odyssey. Journal (4-5 Sentences). What makes a hero? What are the qualities a hero must possess?. What is an Epic?. A long story in poem form.. An epic has a hero.. The epic is the story of the hero’s travels and his fights with monsters.. Aaron Reeves, MS PhD. Quantitative Epidemiologist. Epidemiology Research Unit. SRUC. About EPIC. EPIC is the Scottish Government’s Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks. Our aims:. T. o provide an evidence base and scientifically informed advice to support Scottish Government policy regarding exotic diseases of livestock and poultry. of . C. entral America and the Caribbean. Unit 2: Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Lesson 1: Geography, History, and Government. I can define . a . cultural region . and explain the . geography, history (or common history), economy and governments . Today I will:. Know the key terms. Know how a bay and wave cut platform is formed . Geography. Coasts. Processes of Erosion at the Coastline. 1. Hydraulic Action: . Waves crash against a cliff and drive water under great pressure into cracks in the rock. This pressure squeezes the air and as the wave falls back the air expands explosively, loosening pieces of rock.. © 2002 Brooks/Cole, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc.. What is a Coast?. * A coast is the strip of land that is met by the water’s edge; it leads to the open ocean.. * . Coasts . are temporary structures, often subject to rapid change.. Coasts Are Shaped by Marine and Terrestrial Processes. Erosional Processes Dominate Some Coasts. Beaches Dominate Depositional Coasts. Larger-Scale Features Accumulate on Depositional Coasts. Biological Activity Forms and Modifies Coasts. Crossing the Land Bridge . The Bering Strait . The first American Indians came from Asia to No. America between 11-12,000 years ago via a land bridge over the Bering Straits. The Gap Today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1n47P2d1Fg&feature=BFa&list=PL1z67Fpyjorhh44M3J7T-wnTFFqO--iJv. Old maps lead you to strange and unexpected places, and none does so more ineluctably than the subject of this book: the giant, beguiling Waldseemuller world map of 1507. So begins this remarkable story of the map that gave America its name. For millennia Europeans believed that the world consisted of three parts: Europe, Africa, and Asia. They drew the three continents in countless shapes and sizes on their maps, but occasionally they hinted at the existence of a fourth part of the world, a mysterious, inaccessible place, separated from the rest by a vast expanse of ocean. It was a land of myth--until 1507, that is, when Martin Waldseemuller and Matthias Ringmann, two obscure scholars working in the mountains of eastern France, made it real. Columbus had died the year before convinced that he had sailed to Asia, but Waldseemuller and Ringmann, after reading about the Atlantic discoveries of Columbus\'s contemporary Amerigo Vespucci, came to a startling conclusion: Vespucci had reached the fourth part of the world. To celebrate his achievement, Waldseemuller and Ringmann printed a huge map, for the first time showing the New World surrounded by water and distinct from Asia, and in Vespucci\'s honor they gave this New World a name: America.The Fourth Part of the World is the story behind that map, a thrilling saga of geographical and intellectual exploration, full of outsize thinkers and voyages. Taking a kaleidoscopic approach, Toby Lester traces the origins of our modern worldview. His narrative sweeps across continents and centuries, zeroing in on different portions of the map to reveal strands of ancient legend, Biblical prophecy, classical learning, medieval exploration, imperial ambitions, and more. In Lester\'s telling the map comes alive: Marco Polo and the early Christian missionaries trek across Central Asia and China Europe\'s early humanists travel to monastic libraries to recover ancient texts Portuguese merchants round up the first West African slaves Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci make their epic voyages of discovery and finally, vitally, Nicholas Copernicus makes an appearance, deducing from the new geography shown on the Waldseemuller map that the earth could not lie at the center of the cosmos. The map literally altered humanity\'s worldview.One thousand copies of the map were printed, yet only one remains. Discovered accidentally in 1901 in the library of a German castle it was bought in 2003 for the unprecedented sum of $10 million by the Library of Congress, where it is now on permanent public display. Lavishly illustrated with rare maps and diagrams, The Fourth Part of the World is the story of that map: the dazzling story of the geographical and intellectual journeys that have helped us decipher our world. \"An incisive portrait of the American landscape that shows how geography continues to determine America\'s role in the worldBook Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times - There is more insight here into the Age of Trump than in bushels of political-horse-race journalism.--The New York Times Book Review (Editors\' Choice)At a time when there is little consensus about who we are and what we should be doing with our power overseas, a return to the elemental truths of the American landscape is urgently needed. In Earning the Rockies, New York Times bestselling author Robert D. Kaplan undertakes a cross-country journey, traversing a rich and varied landscape that still remains the primary source of American power. Traveling west, in the same direction as the pioneers, Kaplan witnesses both prosperity and decline, and reexamines the history of westward expansion in a new light: as a story not just of genocide and individualism but also of communalism and a respect for the limits of a water-starved terrain. Concluding at the edge of the Pacific Ocean with a gripping description of an anarchic world, Earning the Rockies shows how America\'s foreign policy response ought to be rooted in its own geographical situation.Praise for Earning the RockiesUnflinchingly honest . . . a lens-changing vision of America\'s role in the world . . . a jewel of a book that lights the path ahead.--Secretary of Defense James MattisA sui generis writer . . . America\'s East Coast establishment has only one Robert Kaplan, someone as fluently knowledgeable about the Balkans, Iraq, Central Asia and West Africa as he is about Ohio and Wyoming.--Financial TimesKaplan has pursued stories in places as remote as Yemen and Outer Mongolia. In Earning the Rockies, he visits a place almost as remote to many Americans: these United States. . . . The author\'s point is a good one: America is formed, in part, by a geographic setting that is both sanctuary and watchtower.--The Wall Street Journal A brilliant reminder of the impact of America\'s geography on its strategy. . . . Kaplan\'s latest contribution should be required reading.--Henry A. KissingerA text both evocative and provocative for readers who like to think ... In his final sections, Kaplan discusses in scholarly but accessible detail the significant role that America has played and must play in this shuddering world.--
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