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Tectonic Hazards - Multiple Hazard Zones
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What factors makes the risk of disasters even worse?
What factors makes the risk of disasters even worse?
- Wealth of the country
- How prepared/ planned the country is
- Government stability and decision making
- Population – NEE infrastructure able to support
Define disaster hotspot
Define disaster hotspot
A zone that experiences multiple hazards. These areas were recognised by the World Bank’s Disaster Management Facility and the centre of Hazard Risk and management, Columbia university in 2001 – the project assessed the risk of damage and death
Give an example of Californian earthquakes
Give an example of Californian earthquakes
- 1989: Loma Prieta, 62 deaths and $6bn damage
- 1994: Northridge, 72 deaths and $12bn damage
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