GEOG 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: The Shock Doctrine, 1931 China Floods, Natural Disaster
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Natural disasters: the predators of new orleans there is nothing natural about a natural disaster. Nature is one of the most difficult words in the. English language, it contains an extraordinary amount of human history. (raymond williams, used as lens for topic) Disasters are defined by humans-reference to human preference what counts as the phenomena to which a natural disaster applies has changed. Distinction between natural hazard, the psychical event, and natural disaster (natural hazard plus humans) The history of catastrophe is the history of juxtaposition. The top disaster: 1931 china floods with death toll of. 1060 loss events(disasters with injuries, deaths, and property damage) in 2015 natural hazards are produced by release of various forms of energy-within the earth: Examples: - great tohuku earthquake, created tsunamis of 40. 5 metres, killed 22,000. January 2010, killed 316,000volcanoes are opening on the earth crust that release gas, molten and solid material. From the sun: heatwaves, drought, floods, winds, tropical cyclones/tornadoes. )
