GEO 210 Lecture 1: LEC 1 GEO 210 Definitions
9 Mar 2016
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Average number of years to live from date of birth. Built in danger and they exist in place. Hazards are there regardless of quanity and or use. Risk is probability of danger happening change depending on use. Risk is the probability of adverse efects occurring. Risk will change depending on quanity and or use. Likely hood of injury (seen as fracion i. e. 1 in a million) We don"t really have anxiety over tsunami"s and such. There fore how we do things inluences the risk (rate of incidence) When jaws came out people would not go into the water. Between 1958-2014 there were 2,778 conirmed shark atacks. Moivaion may drive us into higher risk areas . Europeans explored and conquered much of the planet. Reason- greed- gold, silver, spices, precious stones and so on. Ponce de leon looking for the fountain of youth to stay alive forever. Ironically looking in florida (highest percent of reired seniors there)
