Geography 2152F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: International Decade For Natural Disaster Reduction, Natural Hazard, Natural Disaster
19 Jan 2015
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Describe the impact this had on hazard research. Was the first to suggest that hazards were not isolated geophysical events as traditionally viewed, but were closely tied to society. He suggested that control of hazards (like flooding) through traditional physical mitigation (such as dams or levees) was not the best solution. The idndr concluded that while hazards are a local occurrence, impacts are increasing due to worldwide factors such as poverty, rise of mega-cities and climate change. Natural disaster losses cast doubts on the sustainability of further population growth: describe the relationship between the losses to u. s. government infrastructure caused by disasters with the amount of the u. s. federal budget devoted to u. s. disaster relief. Hybrid hazards refer to the fact that very few hazards are truly natural anymore they are a combination of social, environmental and technological processes. Flooding is a natural occurring hazard that is being exacerbated by human processes such as deforestation and land drainage.
