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AMITY SCHOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING,
NOIDA
COURSE TITLE : DISASTER RESISTANT PROGRAMME : B.ARCH
ARCHITECTURE
COURSE CODE : ARCH SEMESTER : V
351

ALPNA ROHATGI

1
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LECTURE OVERVIEW

Introduction to Climate change, Causes and Consequences

Introduction to Tropical Cyclone, types, origin, effects and
its impacts.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
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NATURAL CAUSES - CLIMATE

CHANGE

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
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NATURAL CAUSES - CLIMATE

CHANGE

OCEAN CURRENT
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NATURAL CAUSES - CLIMATE

CHANGE

SOLAR VARIATION
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HUMAN CAUSES - CLIMATE CHANGE

DEFORESTATION
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HUMAN CAUSES - CLIMATE CHANGE

Coal Mining

Burning of Fossil Fuels

Industrial processes
Agriculture
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CONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Expansion of
Green House Effect

Source : NRDC
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CONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

GLOBAL
WARMIN
G
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HUMAN CAUSES - CLIMATE CHANGE

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE RISE IN SEA LEVEL

 Melting ice sheets
 Sea level rise
 Heavy rainfall across the globe
 Extreme drought
 Decline in crop productivity
 Ecosystems are changing
 Hurricanes
 Rise in temperature
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HUMAN CAUSES - CLIMATE CHANGE

 Risk to human health
 Increase in number of heat-
related and cold- related
deaths
 Risk for wildlife extinction
 Loss of habitat and species –
 Imposes heavy cost on society
and economy
 Agriculture, forestry, fisheries,
tourism, infrastructure
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CONCLUSION – CLIMATE CHANGE

To conclude, the changes because of climate change, include:
 Atmosphere and sea-level pressure
 Wind fields
 Sea ice drift
 Melting ice coverings
 Change in precipitation patterns
 Changes in hydrology
 Change in ocean current
 Water mass distribution
 Carbon cycle altered
 Biological systems affected
 Arctic oscillation
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HOW MANY
OCEANS ARE
THERE IN THE
WORLD ?
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TROPICAL CYCLONE

A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating

storm system characterized by a low-
pressure center, a closed low-level
atmospheric circulation, strong winds,
and a spiral arrangement of
thunderstorms that produce heavy rain
or squalls.
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TROPICAL CYCLONE
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CATEGORY
 TROPICAL CYCLONE
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EFFECTS
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Anatomy Of A
Cyclone
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How Hurricanes,
Form, Move
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 Global warming has

‘changed’ spread of
tropical cyclones around
the world.
 The world currently
experiences almost
100 tropical
cyclones a year.
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SEC A - STUDENTS

FIND OUT THE THREE LARGEST CYCLONE IN

THE WORLD
TYPES, ORIGIN, CATCHMENT AREA, VELOCITY, PRESSURE, IMPACT – POPULATION AFFECTED,
INFRASTRUCTURE

SEC B - STUDENTS

FIND OUT THE THREE LARGEST CYCLONE IN

THE INDIA
TYPES, ORIGIN, CATCHMENT AREA, VELOCITY, PRESSURE, IMPACT – POPULATION AFFECTED,
INFRASTRUCTURE
SEC C - STUDENTS

FIND OUT THE THREE LARGEST CYCLONE IN THE

TYPES, ORIGIN, CATCHMENT AREA, VELOCITY, PRESSURE, IMPACT – POPULATION AFFECTED, INFRASTRUCTURE
INDIA
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DISCUSSION ON LESSONS
LEARNT
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References and Important Readings –

1.Report by Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters - CRED on

Natural disasters 2019: Now is the time to not give up 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4kZG2SAr14
3.Report on Climate change by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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