Geo 1013 - The Third Planet

Project 2: Analysis Project

People live their lives day to day with little consideration of the potential dangers or the
safeguards in place to protect them. This project will have you looking at a city of your
choosing and evaluating the potential disasters, the safeguards put into place, and how
new safeguards could be used.

DUE: December 1, 2023 by 11:59PM EST

INSTRUCTIONS:
• Choose any city
o Can be global, does not have to be in the U.S.
• Research general properties of that city
o Population
o Location
• Describe the general environment of the city
o Climate
o What environment surrounds it?
o What is the geology of the area?
• What are the potential natural disasters that could impact the city?
o Describe the factors that cause them to form?
o How could they be hazardous to the city?
• Describe any safety measures the city has in place to prevent disasters
o What are they?
o When were they implemented?
• Evaluate the state of preparedness for your city
o How effective have safety measures been?
o Will the safety measures be effective
o Is there more than can done?
o What would you do?
o How would you implement it?
o What limitations are there?

REFERENCES/CITATIONS:
• Include a "Works Cited" page and include any sources you use
o Use in-text citations for any information obtained from these sources
▪ Use Author-Date citations (APA)
o No minimum number of sources, but information should not be from one source.
FORMAT:
• Structure
o Title Page
▪ Title & Your Name
o Body of Paper
▪ No header at beginning
o Images & Screenshots (If included)
o References/Works Cited
• 5-7 pages (Not including title page, images, or Works Cited section)
• Times New Roman font
•Double-spaced
1-inch margins
12-point font
No quotations.
Indent start of each paragraph
No extra spacing between paragraphs
Submit as .pdf
Paper written as a response paper and not a series of short-answer questions
Will only accept submissions to Canvas/Turnitin
o Will not accept writing projects sent to me through email or Canvas message
attachments

RUBRIC: (100 points total)

• General properties of the city (10 points)
o Name of City
o Location
o Population

• General environment of the city (10 points)

o Description of Climate
o Description of Environment
o Description of Geology

• Potential Natural Disasters (15 points)

o Description of what natural disasters could impact the city
o Factors that cause or create each of these disasters
o Description of damage hazards could cause to city

• Safety Measures to Prevent Disasters (10 points)

o Description of safety measures implemented
o When were safety measures implemented?
• Evaluate the state of preparedness for your city (15 points)
o Effectiveness of safety measures
o Is there more than can done?
o What would you do?
o How would you implement it?
o What limitations are there?

• Citations & References (30 points)

o In-text Citation (15 points)
▪ Citations formatted properly (3 points)
o List of references/works cited (15 points)
▪ Formatted properly (3 points)

• Syntax & Organization (10 points)

o Proper spelling & grammar (2 points)
o Clear & concise thesis statement (6 points)
▪ Something simple like “Carbon emissions are a problem because of X.” or “This paper
looks at the reactions to the impact carbon has on our lives and my contribution.”
o Paper flows smoothly from topic to topic (2 points)
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Late Submissions
o 1 day late: -30 points off of the student’s earned score▪
Example: A project that is 1 day late that would have earned 100 points if submitted on
time will be given a score of 70 points.
o Over 1 days late: 0

▪ If there is an issue with Canvas you need to provide documentation of the error
• Screenshot of your entire screen that has error message or issue, date and time, and
indication
that it is you