Geography 2152F/G Lecture 2: Lec2 - Disaster and Risk Research
19 Feb 2019
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Eastern canada 1998 ice storm people without power from the ice storm = disaster. Some people may consider certain events to be disasters while other people may not. Walkerton tainted water e. coli got into the water and 7 people died from drinking it = disaster. 14-hour power blackout august had 14-hour blackout = not a disaster. Love canal toxic water spill niagara falls on the us side where people were born with birth defects. Three mile island nuclear meltdown no people were affected = not a disaster. Therefore, a specific definition of a disaster has been developed. A threshold has been developed by the centre for research on the epidemiology of disasters (cred) 100 or more persons affected (injured, homeless, etc. : what events officially qualify as a disaster", government declaration of disaster. For droughts or famines, at least 2000 persons affected. For technological disasters, 5 or more deaths per event.
