What is a natural hazard?

What is a natural hazard?

• A natural event that does not threaten vulnerable populations

• A natural disaster

• A natural event that threatens vulnerable populations

What is a 'disaster'?

• When a hazard has limited impacts upon people

• When a hazard causes damage and destruction to people and property

• When a hazard has no impact upon people

Which of these is only a natural event?

• A hurricane in the USA

• A tsunami in the Indian Ocean

• A tornado in the centre of Antarctica

• An earthquake in Cranleigh

What ONE type of hazard is an earthquake?

• Tectonic

• Climatic

• Technological

• Biological

What ONE type of hazard is a hurricane?

• Tectonic

• Climatic

• Technological

• Biological

What ONE type of hazard is a nuclear explosion?

• Tectonic

• Climatic

• Technological

• Biological

What THREE types of hazard would wildfires be categorised into?

• Tectonic

• Climatic

• Technological

• Biological

What THREE types of hazard would a flood be categorised into?

• Tectonic

• Climatic

• Technological

• Biological

Generally, where is the level of natural hazard risk highest?

• Low Income Countries

• Newly Emerging Economies

• High Income Countries

Which of the following HICs (High Income Countries) is an anomaly to that pattern?

• France

• Australia

• Saudi Arabia

• Japan