Activity 4.5
Similar to Activity 4.3, what I now want you to do is consider the questions that you will need to answer in order to fully understand the geographical implications relevant to your selected event. I have included a table document for this activity below. Add your questions to those provided as an initial guide and then analyse your event’s geographical implications and include the answers to those questions. Save the file on your computer in order that you can then revisit it when drafting that section of your final assignment.
Selected Event:	

Category of Event:  	

Geographical Implication Considerations, Questions and Answers

Considerations and Questions	Answers/Comments	
1. 	Siting of the facility - industrial incident, was it in a built up area, proximity to other hazardous storages/industries, Central Business District, schools, hospitals etc.		
2.	Remoteness of the incident from resources - did the event occur in a remote area. An example of this would be aircraft accidents (e.g. Mt Erebus disaster, 28 November 1979)		
3. 	Did the incident occur in a known hazardous area (for example cyclones, flooding). Was the area in a known flood plain? Had there been flood plain mapping done to identify potentially vulnerable areas		
4. 	Was there any historical data available to show that the event had occurred in this area previously? Was the event a rare occurrence that had not been identified in the hazard analysis; thus, no planning had been invested in developing strategies to either prevent or minimise its effects		
5. 	Accessibility - if your event was, for example, a mining disaster, building collapse or earthquake, was access a problem?		
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