EOSC 114 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Convergent Boundary, Volcanic Arc, Andesite
22 Mar 2016
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Level of risk is afected by: o o o o o. Complex, modern infrastructure and technology (although it has its beneits, it also means that people may depend too heavily on it. Things that people rely on can easily be damaged or cost a lot to protect) Level of aluence (greater level of poverty means more vulnerable in terms of fataliies, but richer places are more vulnerable to huge costs by damage to expensive infrastructure). Very high hazard does not guarantee very high risk. The earthquake in haii killed so many people because the warnings were irrelevant because there were no building codes and the buildings collapsed. Carrying capacity of the earth is impacted in part by technological innovaions and is inite. Caldera: extremely large erupion empies magma chamber and volcano collapses inwards. Not info that should have warned residents of hazard: lack of warning system. Volcanic landform from largest to smallest: shield volcano, composite cone, cinder cone.
