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    Tectonic Activity and Hazards Discuss the relationship between the nature of tectonic hazards and human responses to them. The Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991 is an example of a tectonic hazard. The response to this hazard will be different to the response in Iceland to the Mount Pelee eruption. The human responses to tectonic hazards are affected by several different factors: the income level of the location‚ the frequency‚ the magnitude‚ the population density of the area the hazard takes place

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    “The extent to which tectonic processes represent hazards depends on when and where they are experienced.” Tectonic hazards are dangers caused by the movement of the earth’s plates. The majority of hazards represent by plate tectonic occur at plate margins where two plates meet. These natural processes become hazardous when they affect people and cause material losses such as the destruction of infrastructure as this inhibits sustainable development. These hazards can be reduced depending on when

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    Environmental Hazards Kenya Lewis Environmental science Instructor:  Donald Demoulin Everest University June 11‚ 2011 What are the four categories of human environmental hazards? Culture Hazards are a person risky choice of their lifestyle. People engage in risky behavior and subject themselves to hazards. They may smoke cigarettes‚ eat too much‚ drive too fast‚ use addictive and harmful drugs‚ consume alcoholic beverage‚ sunbathe‚ engage in risky sexual practices‚ get too little exercise

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    There are certain hazards out there that without considering social‚ economic‚ and political factors‚ a person will be without access to certain needs to protect them from these hazards. The four categories of human environmental hazards are cultural hazards‚ biological hazards‚ physical hazards and chemical hazards. Cultural hazards come from people that take risks and don’t think about the consequences until it’s too late. A few types of cultural hazards include‚ smoking‚ drinking‚ wreck less

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    Evaluate the strategies used to reduce the impact of tectonic hazards. Tectonic hazards are comprised of earthquakes and volcanoes; they are named ‘tectonic hazards’ as it is ultimately the movement of tectonic plates that cause these events. These hazards have the potential to kill thousands and devastate the region it strikes. Although the main hazard causes destruction‚ events that follow can be equally‚ if not more‚ devastating‚ for example an earthquake can often trigger a tsunami. Many strategies

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    HUMAN ENVIROMENTAL HAZORDS 1 Human Environmental Hazards HUMAN ENVIROMENTAL HAZORDS 2 Human Environmental Hazards The four major categories of human environmental hazards are Cultural Hazards‚ Biological Hazards‚ Physical Hazards‚ and Chemical Hazards.

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    of the town was covered with ash deposits and many people were made homeless there and from smaller settlements closer to the crater. The short term response to this eruption was the actions of the Philipino Army‚ police and with the support of the US airforce personel and equipment to evacuate thousands of people from these settlements‚ taking them away from danger. Around 200‚000 lowland people evacuated either before or during the eruption phase from the 12th June. The government also provided

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    Choque Political Science Reading Response “And therefore if any two men desire the same thing‚ which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy‚ they become enemies‚” stated Thomas Hobbes‚ an eminent English philosopher. One of Hobbes’ masterpieces is “The Leviathan” where he records his thoughts about absolutism‚ and his dissatisfactory view on the nature of man before government. John Locke‚ another well-known philosopher‚ opposes Hobbes’ conclusions about human nature. He wrote “Of Civil Government‚”

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    Spanish Conquest of the Aztec and the Inca Empires tell us about the nature of human kind? My essay is about the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec and the Inca Empires. Who the Aztecs and the Incas were‚ how they lived and why they got attacked by the Spanish. Why the Spanish went to America. Who were the leaders of the Spanish conquest‚ the leaders of the Aztecs and the Incas. When and why the Spanish conquest happened. What is human nature and why does it affect my topic so much. The Spanish in some ways

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    Human Nature Margaret Mead once said‚ “ Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.” (brainyquote.com) Evil and good are both in human nature. There are times when people show their evil side and later they show their good side. These two combinations make up someones human nature. Along with human nature is the loss of innocence. Clint Eastwood once said‚ “The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals” (brainyquote.com)

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