HAZARDS
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- Created on: 03-12-14 19:31
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- HAZARDS
- Types
- Geo-Morphological (Changing earth shape)
- Landslide
- 29th December 2012 - kenya http://goo.gl/E zDFUY
- Avalanche
- 23rd march 1014 - Sochi resort Russia http://goo.gl /XTgi3e
- Wildfire
- 16th jan 2012 - Colby Fire, California http ://en.wiki pedia.org/wiki/2014_Califo rnia_wildfires
- Landslide
- Meteorological (weather)
- Hurricane
- 2008 - Cyclone Nargis
- Drought
- East Africa http://goo.gl/oQtJst
- Flood
- 2011 Thailand http://en. wikipedia.org/ wiki/2011_T hailand_floods
- Hurricane
- Geological
- Earthquake
- 12th Jan 2010 - Haiti http://lis t25.c om/25-worst-earthquake s-in-history/
- Volcanoe
- 2014 - Baroarbunga, Iceland
- Earthquake
- Geo-Morphological (Changing earth shape)
- Classification (EM-DAT)
- Geophysical
- Hydro-meteorologial
- Human Factors
- Rapid Population growth
- Pressure on land leads to people living in high risk areas
- Growing numbers of very elderly people
- growing proportion of very young in developing countries
- Deforestation and Land degration
- to gain farm land leads to flooding, soil erosion
- destruction of mangroves
- Mumbai
- farming in marginal areas and deforestation for firewood
- Urbanisation
- squatter settlements development on areas of risk of landslides or flooding
- Poverty and Politics
- developing countries cant afford disaster prevention
- poor education and little technology can lead to poor preparation
- Aid can not be accessible for remote areas
- corrupt governments may misuse resources
- Rapid Population growth
- Risk
- To people
- Death and severe injury
- Boxing day Tsunami 2004 - 280,000 deaths
- Disease
- waterborne disease from dead bodies contaminating water supply
- Death and severe injury
- To goods
- Economic losses
- Infrastructure damage
- Hurricane Katrina 2005
- Property damage
- To the environment
- Pollution
- Loss of Flora and Fauna
- Delhi, India http://goo.gl/NQkbNf
- Loss of amenity
- To people
- Case Studies
- California
- The most hazardous zone is concentrated along the San Andreas fault
- Impacted by El Nino Southern Oscillation
- Wildfires - 1,000 more than a typical year in 2014 http://go o.gl/Lbt9Ba
- Earthquakes - network of active faults lay under San Francisco and Los Angles
- Earthquake - 4th April 2010 - Nothern Baja - 7.2 magnitude ht tp://en.wikipe dia.org/wiki/L ist_of_earthq uakes_in_ California
- Philippines
- Average of 10 Typhoons a season
- Lies on a belt of tropical cyclones and plate boundaries. Tropical monsoon climate leads to flooding, can lead to landslides
- Bohol Earrhquake - 15th October
- 222 killed
- 976 Injured
- Flood - 20th September 2014 http://www.bbc .co.uk /news/world -asia-29292064
- Typhoon - November 1991 (http://www. dec.org.uk/appeals/ philippin es-typhoon-appeal)
- Over 14 million affected
- 6000 killed
- Bohol Earrhquake - 15th October
- Population density 240 people per Km2
- Oceanic Philippines plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian plate
- California
- Distribution/ Patterns
- Earthquakes
- Plate boundaries (destructive/ constructive)
- Volcanoes
- Constructive, destructive and hotspots
- Landslides
- Mountainous areas after heavy rain or seismic activity
- Drought
- Dispersed pattern - over one-third of the world is exposed to drought
- Flooding
- 33% of the worlds area
- Storms
- Latitudes 5-20 degrees N and S of equator
- Tropical storms - over warm oceans(26 degrees), 70m depth and 5 degrees N or S of equator
- Earthquakes
- Global warming
- Greenhouse effect
- E.G CO2 and other greenhouse gases constant increased to 430ppm in 2007 - 150ppm above average (Edexel geography text book)
- rising ocean temperatures
- 0.1degreesC over the past century http://goo.gl/6Dl7K
- Climate changes affects ecology and widlife
- Ploar bears, sea turtles, whales, Giant pandas, penguins and elephants http://goo.gl/gjfnq0
- Sea level rise
- 3.2mm a year over the past 20 years http://goo.gl/1IbNi
- Greenhouse effect
- Types
- Lies on a belt of tropical cyclones and plate boundaries. Tropical monsoon climate leads to flooding, can lead to landslides
- Bohol Earrhquake - 15th October
- 222 killed
- 976 Injured
- Flood - 20th September 2014 http://www.bbc .co.uk /news/world -asia-29292064
- Typhoon - November 1991 (http://www. dec.org.uk/appeals/ philippin es-typhoon-appeal)
- Over 14 million affected
- 6000 killed
- Bohol Earrhquake - 15th October
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