Natural Hazard - Any natural process that is a potential threat to human life and property
Factors affecting hazard risk - Urbanisation, poverty, development, climate change
Constructive plates - Two plates move apart, magma forces way along gap and causes earthquake, erupted lava cools and forms volcano
Ecotourism - The practice of using an area's natural environment to attract tourists which is sustainable and won't damage area
Destructive plate - Two plates moving towards one another, oceanic plate subducts under continental plate and friction causes melting of oceanic plate, triggers earthquake
Conservative plate - Two plates moving alongside, friction can send shockwaves causing earthquakes
Where are volcanoes distributed? - Coastline and tectonic plate boundaries
Where are earthquakes distributed? - Coastline and tectonic plate boundaries
Chile HIC earthquake - 27th feb 2010, 8.8 Richter scale, caused on destructive plate margin
PE- 5000 deaths, Santiago airport damaged
SE- 1500km road damaged by landslide
IR- Emergency service floating bridge, field hospitals
LTR- President said 4 years to recover
Nepal LIC earthquake - 25th april 2015, 7.9 Richter scale, caused by collision of eurasian and Australian plate
PE- 3 mil homeless
SE- Avalanche 250 missing
IR- Social media search, field hospitals
LTR- Homeless rehoused, tourist site reopened
Why would people live next to natural hazards? - Rarity of volcano explosion, poverty, fertile flood plain soils
How to reduce risk from tectonic hazard - Monitoring- using scientific equipment to detect warning
Prediction- historical events
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