Hazards

=** Hazards and disasters **=


 * http://www.intute.ac.uk/hazards/ **

** Explain the characteristics and spatial distribution of either earthquakes or volcanoes: **
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Risk assessment:
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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Haiti earthquake:


http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/haiti-seismic-map-110520-1549/


 * // Explain the causes and impacts of one disaster resulting from a human induced hazard: //**



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See @http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bp-oil-spill for human induced hazard = Gulf oil spill

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See NG, October 2010, Special Report: The Spill

**//Examine the ways in which the intensity and impact of disasters vary in space and have changed over time.//**
[] - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters [] - graphs [] - maps

Japan quake, March 2011
[] before / after pics =** [] **= =** [] **= [] = debris lines streets [] = Tsunami sweeps through Kesennuma City in Japan [] **= how plates caused quake and tsunami**
 * Japan hit by earthquake and tsunami**=
 * Japan earthquake: What caused Japan's massive tsunami?**= [] = tsunami wave sweeps inland