Natural Hazards 3

LIVING WITH TECTONIC HAZARDS

VOLCANOES

• They can both harass and help mankind
• Good crops because of fertile soil
• Expensive/interesting rocks/crystals- precious minerals
• Good views can encourage tourists= more tourism
• Produces geothermal energy
• Building materials

CASE STUDY: GEOTHERMAL POWER IN ICELAND

• Iceland is between 17-20 millions years old
  • 103,000 km 2
  • settled in the year 874
  • 280,000 inhabitants
• 55% of the country's energy needs comes from geothermal energy
  • renewable, non-polluting energy from volcanoes
• 27% of the energy comes from oil products
• 17% comes…