Global hazards

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  • Created on: 17-04-13 14:53
Hydro-meterological and Geophysical hazards
Atmospheric, hydrological or oceanic processes such as cyclones, floods, earthquakes
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Natural disaster
When a natural hazard cause severe loss of life, injury and economic damage
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Capacity to cope
How readily available recovery systems, emergency response etc are at a time of disaster
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Vulnerability
A rating on how vulnerable an area is, measured by development, poverty, population, types of infastructure etc
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Disaster equation
R (risk of disaster)=H (probabilty of a hazzard) X V (vulnerability)/ C (capacity to cope)
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When a natural hazard cause severe loss of life, injury and economic damage

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Natural disaster

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How readily available recovery systems, emergency response etc are at a time of disaster

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Card 4

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A rating on how vulnerable an area is, measured by development, poverty, population, types of infastructure etc

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Card 5

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R (risk of disaster)=H (probabilty of a hazzard) X V (vulnerability)/ C (capacity to cope)

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