Environmental science homework help. Term Paper Guidelines
Length: 2,500-3,000 words (approximate; not including endnotes or bibliography, no marks deducted or gained if it is longer, e.g. 4,000 words)
Requirements: You will write a term paper on a how a certain group is affected by a certain type of disaster and give recommendations of what can be done to help this group
Instructions:
- Pick a type of disaster and country (or city) — preferably Asian but doesn’t have to be
- Don’t pick a specific disaster (e.g., don’t pick 2011 Bangkok floods but instead pick flooding in Bangkok)
- Pick a group which is vulnerable to the disaster (e.g., women, children, indigenous communities, slum dwellers)
- Discuss how they’re vulnerable (e.g., economic losses, deaths, livelihood problems, health risks, etc.)
- Give examples
- Discuss why they’re vulnerable, including the political, economic and cultural drivers/reasons
- Give examples if possible
- Discuss the role of the government in affecting their vulnerability
- It might be helpful to use the Pressure and Release Model
- Imagine that you’re a NGO with some funding to help them – what would you do to reduce their vulnerability?
- Link your solutions to the drivers of vulnerability
