natural hazards

• What are natural hazards?

  Natural hazards are sudden, severe events that make the natural environment difficult to manage.
• Types of natural hazards?

  Floods (most deadly), tropical storms, earthquakes, droughts
• What is a hazard risk?


  The chance of being affected by a natural hazard
• What factors affect hazard risk?


  As population grows, so does hazard risk

  -Urbanisation- densely populated urban areas concentrate those at risk

  -Poverty-shortage of housing leads to building on risky ground

  -Farming-the attraction of fertile silt on floodplains puts people at risk

  -Climate change-global warming raises sea levels and generates more extreme weather