natural hazards
- Created by: jessica ashworth
- Created on: 19-02-20 10:55
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- Natural hazards
- types of hazard
- potential threat to human life or property.
- becomes disaster when seriously affects humans
- Geophysical
- earthquakes, eruptions, landslides, tsunamis
- Atmospheric
- tropical storms, wildfires
- hydrological
- floods, avalanche
- potential threat to human life or property.
- perceptions of hazards
- economic
- wealth if rich can move or build better house
- social
- education, some have more experience on mitigation and preparedness
- past experience, may have experienced hazards previously
- personality, some fear hazards some find them exciting
- cultural
- religion some people think its god punishing
- economic
- responses to hazards
- to reduce vulnerability or impacts
- prevention
- defences
- adapt
- retrofitting
- mitigate
- prediction, acidity of ground. seismomiters
- risk share
- insurance
- Models
- park
- pre disaster, disruption, relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction
- hazard management cycle
- mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery
- park
- types of hazard
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