EARTHSC 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Water Cycle, Sea Level Rise, Coastal Erosion
15 Apr 2016
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Hazards afect millions of people around the world each year. Within north america, every locaion is at risk from at least one hazardous process. Natural hazards can arise from three main processes: Natural hazards = a natural process that poses a potenial threat to people and property/possessions. Risk = probability of an event muliplied by the impact on people or property (higher risk are more immediate) acceptable risk is the amount of risk you (or society) are willing to take. Consequences = damage to people, property, the environment, the economy. Disaster = a brief event that causes great damage or loss of life. Earthquake that caused a tsunami in japan (2011) Predicion = a speciic ime, date, locaion, and magnitude of the date. Forecast = a range of probability for the event (more general) Natural hazards difer in their potenial to cause a catastrophe missed.
