Educating for Earthquake Science and Risk in a Tectonically Slowly Deforming Region
| Autor: | Fernando Carlos Lopes, Susana Custódio, Graça Silveira, José Manuel Palma-Oliveira, Isabel Mata, F. L. Rocha, Catarina Matos, Luis Matias |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Engineering 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Earthquake science Population 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences Science education Civil engineering Large earthquakes education Public education 0105 earth and related environmental sciences E&O education.field_of_study business.industry Societal impact of nanotechnology Public relations Outreach Geophysics Tectonically slowly deforming region Preparedness Slow tectonic deformation Earthquake risk Earthquake risk culture business |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| ISSN: | 1938-2057 0895-0695 |
| DOI: | 10.1785/0220150239 |
| Popis: | Over the past decade, scientists have been called to participate more actively in public education and outreach (E&O). This is particularly true in fields of significant societal impact, such as earthquake science. Local earthquake risk culture plays a role in the way that the public engages in educational efforts. In this article, we describe an adapted E&O program for earthquake science and risk. The program is tailored for a region of slow tectonic deformation, where large earthquakes are extreme events that occur with long return periods. The adapted program has two main goals: (1) to increase the awareness and preparedness of the population to earthquake and related risks (tsunami, liquefaction, fires, etc.), and (2) to increase the quality of earthquake science education, so as to attract talented students to geosciences. Our integrated program relies on activities tuned for different population groups who have different interests and abilities, namely young children, teenagers, young adults, and professionals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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