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.
Seismic St. Louis
Emily SekineI'm interested in better understanding the ongoing geological processes that shape St. Louis and the Mississippi Valley region. So far, I've been looking into the history of seismicity in the region, focusing on the fascinating but little known history of the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 -- the most devastating earthquakes to have hit the US east of the Rockies. I've also been exploring how St. Louis and surrounding areas are dealing with the possibility of another earthquake occurring in the future. According to one article I read, one of the biggest uncertainties is what would happen to the heavily engineered Mississippi River in the case of another major tremblor. The shaking could break the levees, flooding wide areas along the river and creating cascading effects. The flow of the river might also reverse completely, as occurred during the New Madrid earthquakes.
On these possibilities and the lack of scientific consensus surrounding intraplate seismicity in this zone, see this article in The Atlantic.
On current efforts to create earthquake hazard maps in St. Louis, see this overview on the US Geological Survey site.
For a deeper dive into the history of the New Madrid earthquakes, see this book by historian of science Conevery Bolton Valencius.
This is a powerpoint slide on Spatial Representation.