Global hazards key terms

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  • Created by: Jaylea
  • Created on: 09-05-16 22:04
a global hazard such as climate change
chronic
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naturally occuring procces that has the potential to effect people
hazard
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when a process causes deaths and damage
disaster
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process that happens in unhabited areas
events
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type of disater caused by water or weather
hydrometeological
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type of disater caused by earth processes
geophysical
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disaster risk id frequency or magnitude x vulnerability divided by ?
capacity
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how often an event occurs
frequency
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the size on an event
magnitude
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frequent high magnitude events = ? years
busy
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70% population at risk of
draught
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85% population live on a floodplain in
bangladesh
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6% population live on a floodplain in
california
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100% of phillipines is at risk to
earthquakes
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name of typhoon casuing 6340 deaths
hiyan
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hurricane costing $81.2 billion
katrina
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naturally occuring procces that has the potential to effect people

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hazard

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when a process causes deaths and damage

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process that happens in unhabited areas

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type of disater caused by water or weather

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