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Gemmell, Alastair M. D.; Finlayson, Ian G.; Marston, Philip G. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2010
This paper reports on the construction and initial testing of a computer-based interactive flood hazard management simulation, designed for undergraduates taking an applied geomorphology course. Details of the authoring interface utilized to create the simulation are presented. Students act as the managers of civil defence utilities in a fictional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Physical Geography, Natural Disasters
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Tizard, Barbara – Journal of Adolescence, 1989
Introduces special journal issue devoted to young people's response to the nuclear threat by reviewing research in the field which began in the United States in the early 1960s. Various paradigms proposed to explain this response are discussed, including the medical paradigm and the coping strategies paradigm. (NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anxiety, Civil Defense, Disarmament