EARTHSC 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: San Andreas Fault, 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake And Tsunami, North Anatolian Fault
18 Dec 2016
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Slide 3: pictures show examples of natural disasters. (landslide, avalanche, flood, volcanic eruption) In north america you have a greater likely hood of getting (killed maybe) in a big car accident vs. being affected by a natural disaster. Amount of people being killed and affected and the number of natural disasters have all been rising during the past 30 years. Many of these could have been prevented. Hazard: a phenomenon that causes problems for people. Disaster: an event involving a significant number of people and/or significant economic damage. Catastrophe: an event kills or injures large number of people or causes extensive property damage. Disaster must be responsible for: a minimum of 30 deaths. Over 500,000 is when canada helps another country. In canada a disaster is defined when it causes ,000 in damages. Geophysical hazards earthquakes, hydro- meteorological hazards floods. More common ones are related to climate and weather. These ones have increased greatly in the past 100 years.
