AQA A Level Geography – Hazards questions and answers correctly illustrated.

AQA A Level Geography – Hazards questions and answers correctly illustrated. Hazard - correct answers.Something that is a potential threat to human life or property. Natural hazards - correct answers.Are caused by natural processes What are the three types of natural hazards? - correct answers.Geophysical hazards, atmospheric hazards and hydrological hazards. Disaster - correct answers.When a hazard actually seriously affects humans. Vulnerability - correct answers.How susceptible a population is to the damage caused by a hazard. Impacts of hazards - correct answers.Hazards can have significant impact while they are occurring and often need an emergency response. Impacts can also go on for a long time after the Hazard has passed. How do you people circumstances affect their perception of hazards? - correct answers.People view hazards in different ways for example some people believe that they will never experience a hazard and some adapt their lifestyle to minimise risk and some accept hazards as being beyond their control How do peoples circumstances affect the perception of hazards? - correct answers.Their perceptions are affected by their economic social and cultural background. Wealth if they can afford to move away, religion some people feel they are acts of God to punish people, education they have a better understanding of the risks and how they may be able to reduce them past experiences and personality. There are many responses to hazards that individuals and the government may take, to try to reduce vulnerability and its impacts. - correct answers.People may try to prevent a hazard or juices magnitude for example building flood defences. Risk sharing involves sharing the cost of reducing hazard, the benefits of preventing it and the cost of not preventing it. People may try to mitigate the impacts of a hazard this could be by protection and adaptation. Fatalism Governments may coordinate responses to a hazard to manage effectively. Hazard incidence - correct answers.How often a Hazard occurs. Magnitude or intensity - correct answers.How powerful the hazard is Distribution - correct answers.The areal extent of the hazard. Low incidence and high magnitude hazards are - correct answers.More destructive. Level of development can affect how well countries manage hazards affectively - correct answers.Because of lack of wealth and technology. What does the park model show? - correct answers.The park model shows the different phases of response to a hazard. The park model - predisaster - correct answers.Before the event the situation is normal. The park model - disruption - correct answers.During and directly after the hazard event occurs there is destruction of property and loss of life before people begin to respond. The park model - relief. - correct answers.In the aftermath of the event rescue efforts focus on saving people and preventing further damage. The park model - Rehabilitation - correct answers.Once the immediate impact is under control people can start to resolve longer term problem. The park model - reconstruction - correct answers.This involves rebuilding permanent houses and infrastructure this results in one of two outcomes buildings being built to the same standard as before and the area returned to normal or buildings are built to a higher standard than before and the area improves. How is the park model good? - correct answers.Shows how responses progress during a disaster which may help learners predict what resources will be needed for each stage, also helps planners to prepare for future hazard events for example the reconstruction phase of the model shows that conditions can be improved after a disaster which will help to mitigate the impacts of future hazard events.