Hazards

Hazard

A hazards is a naturally occurring event that has the potential to cause harm to people, property and the environment

perceptions of hazards can be altered by:

• previous experience

• Socio-economic status

• Religion

• Education

• Employment

• Family/marital status

• values, personality and expectations

Types of perception

• fatalism

• fear

• adaptation

Fatalism

They would accept their fate and not do anything to protect against them as they may believe that they are the work of god

Fear

Wanting to protect their self out of fear of the impacts of the hazards

Adaptation

Adapting to the possible impacts of the hazards

The structure of the earth

• crust - outer layer of the earth

• asthenosphere - where the tectonic plates are found

• mantle - composed of semi-molten rock

• outer core - liquid layer made up of nickel and iron

• inner core - referred to as the ‘engine rooms of the earth’

Different types of crust

Oceanic crust - denser than continental crust, it can sin (on the plate that will subduction) can be renewed

Continental crust - less dense, the plate cannot subduct and cannot be renewed