GEOL 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Truism, Risk Perception

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering
• Course: GEOL 106
• Professor: John Hanes

Document Summary

Resource: something that is useful to us. Hazard: something which might cause harm to people (death, injury, property damage) The distinction is important because of: governmental aid, historical perspective ( how often do really big event occur?) Depends of nature of the infrastructure where they live, how many resources they have. 90% of the deaths are in the less industrialized countries. 75% of economic damage is in the more industrial countries. Civil strife drought earthquakes/volcanoes storms/floods others (e. g. epidemics) I. e. how risky is it to be exposed to that hazard. What"s the risk to humans from that hazard we need to define risk. Risk = (the probability of the hazard occurring) (the severity of the consequences if the hazard happens. E. g. risk of bumping toe = 1 = . E. g. risk of serious injury in a car accident = 1/10 0000 100.