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   Oct 3, 2024 · Characteristic Responses to Hazards. Different ways to respond to hazards. Fatalism is when people believe that hazards cannot be avoided and so must be accepted – this often leads to people doing nothing in response to hazards. More often, people respond to hazards actively to try to minimise the risk of harm through:

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   Chapter 3 focuses primarily on hazard vulnerability, disaster event characteristics, pre-impact interventions, and how they interact in determining disaster impacts from a cross-hazards perspective. Chapter 4 focuses primarily on post-impact responses and their interactions with pre-impact interventions, as both relate to the determination of ...

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   Comparing the characteristics of earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis (magnitude, speed of onset and areal extent, duration, frequency and spatial predictability) through hazard profiles.

4. www.tutor2u.net › geography › referenceCharacteristic Human Responses to Hazards - tutor2u

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   Mar 22, 2021 · Some of the most common characteristics of human responses to hazards are summarised below. Fatalism: This where people accept that there will be a risk but choose to do little about it prior to the event.

5. www.internetgeography.net › edexcel-igcseCharacteristics, distribution and measurement of natural hazards

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   A natural hazard is a severe phenomenon or condition in nature that can cause significant harm to people, their belongings, or their way of living. These hazards lead to disasters because human settlements exist in areas prone to such hazards.

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   Jan 1, 2016 · The human impact of hazards is the product of the interaction between hazard characteristics and the personal, community and societal factors implemented to influence people’s capacity to cope, adapt, and recover from hazard effects.

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   What are the characteristics of human responses to hazards?

   • Some of the most common characteristics of human responses to hazards are summarised below. Fatalism: This where people accept that there will be a risk but choose to do little about it prior to the event.

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   What is the human impact of hazard?

   • The human impact of hazards is the product of the interaction between hazard characteristics and the personal, community and societal factors implemented to influence people’s capacity to cope, adapt, and recover from hazard effects.

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   Which Hazard should be located in a known area?

   • Hazards that are located in known areas can be better prepared for and managed better. Areal extent: If a hazard covers a large area e.g. a drought covering the whole of East Africa, then the severity of the hazard is likely to be more severe, than a flood hitting just one village.

   Hazards and Disasters - Risk assessment and Response

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   What is a natural hazard?

   • A natural hazard is a severe phenomenon or condition in nature that can cause significant harm to people, their belongings, or their way of living. These hazards lead to disasters because human settlements exist in areas prone to such hazards. Natural hazards can be characterised in several ways, including:

   Characteristics, distribution and measurement of natural hazards

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   What is a hazard-scape?

   • The hazard-scape (the hazard, its characteristics and behavior) contributes to defining the risk hazards pose to the physical, social, and administrative infrastructure of human settlements (Lindell and Perry, 1992; Paton and Johnston, 2006).

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   How do people perceive a hazard?

   • Professional soldiers for example will perceive the risk of being shot differently from a civilian. Time scale: people perceive immediate impacts of a hazard as more severe and 'real' than long term ones. In an earthquake for example the risk of a building falling on you is more feared than the long term risk to your health.

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   Characteristics of Hazards. Key Terms. Hazard: a threat (natural or human) that has the potential to cause loss of life, injury, property damage, socio-economic disruption or environmental degradation. Hazard event: the occurrence of a hazard eg. an earthquake.