Using a hazards based view to look at a natural hazard, such as where the hazard was located, and the nature of the event.
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill
-- This was a very good link for information on the behavioral approach to the Exxon Valdez oil spill because it gave information on the location of the spill and the reasons as to why the spill occurred how and where it did.
http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/freak-gusts-during-western-wind-storm/
--This leads us to the story of the stronger than hurricane winds that tore through the western united states, and it the explanation it gives is a simple one, global warming.
Developmental Paradigm:
Using a long term, disaster based view to look at a natural hazard, such as why a certain area is vulnerable to a natural disaster, what aid was dispersed and why the rescue efforts did/didn't help lessen the negative affects of the disaster. It contains other factors in a disaster that contributed to the effects or that did help or could have helped prevent negative affects, such as modern construction.
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/24/20_years_after_exxon_valdez_oil
-- This link was very useful when looking at why the ecosystem and the people around Prince William Sound, Alaska were so vulnerable to an oil spill. It also described how rescue efforts were implored after the spill.
http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/alaska-storm-slamming-already-vulnerable-communities/
--This story was a very good example of a way to look at a severe Storm in Alaska in the Developmental Paradigm. They discuss the reasons why anthropogenic influences have increased the vulnerability of the Alaskan coast line to erosion and the state in general to more severe storms.
Engineering Paradigm:
Using a structure and science based view to look at a natural hazard, such as utilizing satellite imagery to predict a storm approaching, or using geospatial technology to see what major fault lines lie underneath what regions of the earth.
http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/science-a-environmental/27597-exxon-valdez-oil-lingering-in-environment-feds-say.html
--This link explained how technology was used to sample waters in the area of the Exxon oil spill and produced results saying that even 20 some years later there are still lethal concentrations in those waters.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/18/bangkok-defences-thailand-floods
-- This link is to an article that is all about the engineering techniques being put into effect due to the major floods that have been happening in Thailand over the last few months. This really shows that they are almost solely relying these ideas (building dykes, sandbags, etc) to help keep them from the flood waters.
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/extreme-measures-the-push-to-make-climate-research-relevant/
-- This is a great article that discusses a variety of ways in which new technologies and advances in meteorological sciences are attempting to prove that human emissions have a huge influence on the frequency and intensity of environmental hazards.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/05/world/asia/japan-radioactive-water-leak/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
-- This link is about a technological disaster that occurred in Japan. A leak of Cesium 137 was found in the Fukushima nuclear plant.
Complexity Paradigm:
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/?source=NavEnvND--This link is hard to place, but I feel it fits the best under the complexity paradigm because the information and videos that it provides portrays extreme natural events in both the behavioral and developmental paradigms. This is a link to the natural disasters page of the National Geographic website. I enjoy it because it is informative and it does a good job of striking emotion in people. Although, currently, they have a lot of information about America's natural disasters that are pretty small in comparison to other natural disasters that have occurred recently around the world.
