Earthquake Prone Countries: How They React to Adverse Situations
Assess the importance of the level of economic development in the response of people and governments to tectonic hazards and disasters.
Economic development generally refers to the sustained, actions of communities that promotes standard of living and economic health of a specific area. Such actions can involve multiple areas including development of human capital, critical infrastructure, regional competitiveness, environmental sustainability, social inclusion, health, safety, literacy, and other initiatives. Economic development differs from economic growth. Also with development can be measured in many different ways at industrial, social and economic levels this is through measures such as GDP for economic levels. Also with the question its asking about different levels of economic development so from high income countries e.g. Japan to low income countries e.g. Haiti and how different tectonic hazards and disasters affect theses areas and how people and governments cope with the events.
M= Magnitude F= Frequency
H= Hazard V= Vulnerability of population
C to C= Capacity to Cope
A hazard is a perceived natural event which has the potential to threaten life and property. Most hazards are dormant or potential, with only a theoretical risk of harm; however, once a hazard becomes "active", it can create an emergency situation. A hazardous situation that has come to pass is called an incident. Hazard and vulnerability interact together to create risk. A cause of a hazard can be both natural and man-made. A natural hazard is caused by a natural process e.g. two plates rubbing together and causing an earthquake, a man-made is caused by human activity e.g. adding to global warming. A disaster is a hazard becoming reality in an event that causes deaths and damage to goods and property is a natural or man-made or technological hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic
Economic development generally refers to the sustained, actions of communities that promotes standard of living and economic health of a specific area. Such actions can involve multiple areas including development of human capital, critical infrastructure, regional competitiveness, environmental sustainability, social inclusion, health, safety, literacy, and other initiatives. Economic development differs from economic growth. Also with development can be measured in many different ways at industrial, social and economic levels this is through measures such as GDP for economic levels. Also with the question its asking about different levels of economic development so from high income countries e.g. Japan to low income countries e.g. Haiti and how different tectonic hazards and disasters affect theses areas and how people and governments cope with the events.
M= Magnitude F= Frequency
H= Hazard V= Vulnerability of population
C to C= Capacity to Cope
A hazard is a perceived natural event which has the potential to threaten life and property. Most hazards are dormant or potential, with only a theoretical risk of harm; however, once a hazard becomes "active", it can create an emergency situation. A hazardous situation that has come to pass is called an incident. Hazard and vulnerability interact together to create risk. A cause of a hazard can be both natural and man-made. A natural hazard is caused by a natural process e.g. two plates rubbing together and causing an earthquake, a man-made is caused by human activity e.g. adding to global warming. A disaster is a hazard becoming reality in an event that causes deaths and damage to goods and property is a natural or man-made or technological hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic