plate boundries

• Level of development (wealth)

  Capacity to cope: whether the countrie is more able to deal with the natural event 

  Eg building defences, recovery= less risk to population
• Population density (population per area)

  Vulnerability: more people= greater probability of being affected 

  Eg high density, floods
• Magbintude /strength of hazard

  Severity of the hazard allowed by magnitude

  Eg earthquakes are logarithmic scale so ever 1=10 times worse
• proximity to hazard zones(how close you are)

  closer=greater force of the hazards/less time to react