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Spatial Representation - Eric Arguelles

This is a powerpoint slide on Spatial Representation.

Fast Disaster (Hazardous Waste)

Fast disasters are environmental hazards that erupt quickly, that often require an emergency response.

Slow Disaster (Asthma)

This indicator represents an asthma rate. It is an estimate of the number of emergency department visits for asthma per 10,000 people over the years 2015 to 2017.

Community Assets (AHS)

At the school there are various community assets.

Indigenous Past/Present Tongva Tribe

There is one main indigenous group that settled in Azusa. They are called the Tongva Tribe.

Eric Arguelles Biographical Profile: UCI EcoGovLab Internship Program Azusa 2023

Eric Arguelles talks about his academic and career interests, where he sees himself in 2050, his interest in environmental issues.

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Lessons in the Rubble: The World Trade Center and the History of Disaster Investigations in the United States

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Describe at least three ways that the argument is supported.

This arguement is supported by looking at 4 specific case histories and examining the factors contributing to the investigations in each.

1. The 1814 Burning of the Capitol Building - Investigation of the disaster conducted by one engineer, B.H. Lathobe, who was given vast resources with very few obsticles, except for financial constraits and an impatient congress, to complete his investigation and reconstruct the building.

2. 1850 Hauge St. Explosion - After a major boiler explosion in Manhattan's Lower East Side, a pannel of "jurrors" and "experts" were called together to complete investigations, bring forth the history of the fauty boiler, and place the blame for the accident in an effort to "memorialize the dead and bring them justice." Because of the way this investigation was conducted, the blame could not be accurately placed so everyone involved was blamed for the failure.

3. 1903 Iroquois Theater Fire - John Ripley Freeman, a fireproof engineering expert and factory inspector, was brought in to complete a report and provided one of the first "modern" scientific disaster investigations. He utilized a new network of investigators, engineers, insurance companies, testing labs, and inter-industry coordination that characterizes modern disaster investigation.