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Class 15a: Natural hazards

Class 15a: Natural hazards. Natural hazards and disasters. Natural disaster: damage to life or property Natural hazard: risk of natural disaster. Natural hazards and disasters. Trigger events are natural But “disasters” are man-made. Four types of impacts. 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.

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Class 15a: Natural hazards

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  1. Class 15a: Natural hazards

  2. Natural hazards and disasters • Natural disaster: damage to life or property • Natural hazard: risk of natural disaster

  3. Natural hazards and disasters • Trigger events are natural • But “disasters” are man-made

  4. Four types of impacts

  5. 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

  6. 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

  7. 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake

  8. 1991 East Bay Hills Fire

  9. 1991 East Bay Hills Fire

  10. Natural hazards and disasters

  11. Hurricane Jeanne (2004)

  12. Natural hazards and disasters

  13. Four stages of response

  14. Types of mitigation

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