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Natural Hazards, Causes and Management

ICSE · Class 11 · Geography

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1. Hazards and Disasters

  • Hazards are phenomena that pose a threat to people, structures, or economic assets and may cause a disaster.
  • A natural hazard is a natural phenomenon near people and property that can cause harm due to geographical, biological, geological, seismic, hydrological, or meteorological conditions.
  • Disaster is a serious disruption of society causing widespread human, material, or environmental losses beyond the ability of the affected society to cope using its own resources.
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2. Classification of Natural Disasters

  • Natural disasters are classified by origin.
  • Atmospheric disasters include thunderstorms, tornadoes, tropical cyclones, drought, and hailstorm.
  • Terrestrial disasters include earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and soil erosion.
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3. Volcanoes and Their Hazards

  • Volcanic eruptions can destroy life and property through hot lava, volcanic materials, fires, river blockage, floods, and climatic changes.
  • The Laki fissure eruption in Iceland in 1783 was extremely violent and the lava flow travelled 350 km.
  • The Laki eruption killed about one-fourth of Iceland's population.
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4. Earthquakes: Magnitude, Intensity, and Risk

  • Earthquakes are tremors produced by vibratory waves passing through the rocks of the earth.
  • They may be caused by tectonic forces, volcanic eruptions, rock bursts, subsidence in mines, and impounding of reservoirs.
  • Magnitude is measured by the Richter scale.

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A hazard is a threatA disaster is a serious disruptionVulnerability is the extent toMagnitude measures the seismic energy releasedThe Richter scale was developed by

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