Geography
This desert, the largest hot desert in the world, covers much of North Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This federal agency coordinates the federal response to disasters that receive a Presidential disaster declaration.
What is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)?
She authored the 1962 book Silent Spring raising alarm bells about the impacts of pesticide use.
Who is Rachel Carson?
This iconic UVA building was modeled after Rome's Pantheon.
What is the Rotunda?
The first official National Park established in the US.
What is Yellowstone National Park? Established in 1872 (though Yosemite has been protected longer, it only became a national park in 1890).
This Oregon city is famous for its urban growth boundary, a tool used to limit sprawl.
What is Portland?
This weather hazard is the leading weather-related killer in the United States.
What is extreme heat?
This writer and conservationist wrote eloquently about the need for a Land Ethic.
Who is Aldo Leopold?
Campbell Hall is named in honor of this longtime UVA art professor and administrator.
Who is Edmund S. Campbell?
This 1973 law became the cornerstone of federal efforts to protect biodiversity though is often controversial with private property owners.
What is the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA)?
This river flows through Egypt before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River?
These four phases make up the standard cycle of disaster management, guiding efforts before, during, and after emergencies.
What are Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery?
This landscape architect and University of Pennsylvania professor wrote the widely influential book Design with Nature
Who is Ian McHarg?
The University of Virginia's Academical Village is designated as this type of internationally recognized UNESCO site.
What is a World Heritage Site?
This important treaty protects birds like the Woodthrush, Chimney Swift and White-throated that migrate between Canada, the US and Central and South America.
What is The Migratory Bird Treaty of 1918?
This European capital is famous for its bicycle infrastructure and cycling culture.
What is Copenhagen?
The federal response to this 2005 disaster exposed major shortcomings in emergency management and helped inspire FEMA's Whole Community approach, introduced in 2011 to strengthen local resilience and engagement.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
This University of British Columbia professor created the concept of the Ecological Footprint.
Who is William Rees?
This author of The Raven attended UVA for only one academic session before leaving the university.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
This Act was passed by Congress in 1973 created the federal-state framework for managing the nation’s coastlines.
What is the Coastal Zone Management Act (or CZMA)?
The Hoddle Grid, laid out in 1837, forms the historic downtown core of this Australian city.
What is Melbourne?
Developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), this index uses demographic and socioeconomic data to help identify communities that may need additional support before, during, and after disasters.
What is the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI)?
This US President installed solar panels on the roof of the White House shortly after assuming office.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
When the Rotunda burned in 1895, this famous architect redesigned portions of the building that still stand today.
Who is Stanford White?
Which US state was the first to have its coastal management plan approved by the federal government under the Coastal Management Act (CZMA).
What is Washington State (1976)?