What determines the severity of a hazard?
- Created by: mariamikhael2404
- Created on: 23-01-18 18:48
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- What determines the severity of a hazard?
- measuring magnitude / explosivity of the hazard
- concentration of the population
- relief of the land
- low flatline land - flooding
- mountainous - avalanches
- vulnerability
- predictability
- intensity
- speed on set
- e.g. earthquake vs drought
- location
- if hazard = located on fault line = more dangerous
- frequency / regularity
- duration
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