GEOG 1350- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 48 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
**each week there will be a discussion in class. Hazards affect millions around the world each year. Within north america every location is at risk from at least one hazardous process. Natural hazards can arise from three main processes: Internal forces within the earth; driven by the internal energy of the earth. E(cid:454)ter(cid:374)al for(cid:272)es o(cid:374) the earth"s surfa(cid:272)e; driven by the suns energy. Gravitational attraction; driven by the force of gravity. Natural hazard; a natural process that poses a potential threat to people and property. Risk; the probability of an event occurring multiplied by the impact on people and property. Disaster; a brief event that causes great damage or loss of life. Hazards as potential catastrophes: natural hazards differ in their potential to cause a catastrophe based on the size of the area affected. More likely to be catastrophic: tsunami, hurricane katrina, haiti earthquake, tsunami japan. Both tsunamis were caused by earthquakes. tsunami, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, floods.
