An analysis is made of the human perception of disasters as well as preparedness and recovery planning. Emphasis is placed on the role of technology in altering natural processes and how society copes with the increasing risks posed to life, limb, and property. Population growth leads to increased levels of resource depletion. Human population dynamics are analyzed and an examination is made of the relationships among human population dynamics, resource depletion, and pollution. An examination is made of the urban environments.
Consideration is given to the urban environmental problems.
Water Resources Management and Modeling . Quantitative analysis and deterministic simulation of processes in the hydrologic cycle including precipitation, evaporation, infiltration, runoff, erosion, and open channel flow. Surface water quality as impacted by both natural and anthropogenic pollutant sources. Environment decision-making in light of model output. Economic theory is not emphasized, except as necessary for the investigation of geographic patterns of resource utilization and the dynamic interactions of human, economic and physical environments.