GeographyNatural hazards: large areas subject to severe weather (tropical cyclones); natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions)volcanism: volcanism is a fundamental driver and consequence of plate tectonics, the physical process reshaping the Earth's lithosphere; the world ...
NeogeographyPlaces of memoryIn the last decade, interest in geoethics and the ethical, sociological, and cultural implications of Earth Sciences has increased considerably. This involves emphasizes the fundamental role of geological and geographical studies in finding solutions to practical problems which ...
Natural Hazards and Disaster Studies in Geography: Conceptual Developments and Underpinnings 来自 钛学术 喜欢 0 阅读量: 1 作者: VBS Chandel 摘要: Snow avalanche is a common phenomenon in high mountain landscapes like Himalayas where the sheer force of the down sliding snow uproot rocks, trees...
About this book series The Springer Natural Hazards series seeks to publish a broad portfolio of scientific books, aiming at researchers, students, and everyone interested in Natural Hazard research. The series includes peer-reviewed monographs, edited volumes, textbooks, and conference— show all...
Natural hazards map based on data from FEMA shows annual expected losses from disasters including coastal flooding, earthquakes, and volcanic activity.
as they present a perfect case of the interaction of human and physical geography. The physical geography of the country, its expansive nature, makes it vulnerable to natural hazards. Canada stretches across six time zones and borders three oceans. It has a wide variety of weather patterns. The...
(Blaikie et al., 1994). Vulnerability is qualified by humanity's ability to perceive, control and adapt to natural hazards, often by adjusting activities to take account of the hazard (Burton et al., 1993). Broadly speaking,hazardmitigationcan be divided into two strategies. Structural ...
as they present a perfect case of the interaction of human and physical geography. The physical geography of the country, its expansive nature, makes it vulnerable to natural hazards. Canada stretches across six time zones and borders three oceans. It has a wide variety of weather patterns. The...
What happens in an Earthquake? An earthquake is a shaking or vibration of the Earth’s crust. The shock waves spread out from the Focus deep within the earth’s crust. Directly above this on the Earth’s surface is the Epicentre. The seismic waves/ Tremors that radiate out are known as...
Natural Hazards & Disasters: As/A2 Geography: Natural Hazards and Disasters This paper analyses the role of income, income inequality and geography in explaining recent time trends in global hazards from natural disasters such as floods and hurricanes. We seek to explain a pattern in the data whi...