Earthquakes

Question 1

What can be done to reduce the risks of earthquakes?

Answer 1

1. Earthquake resistant buildings
2. Emergency plan
3. Earthquake drills
4. Tsunami warnings

Question 2

Why do people live in earthquake prone zones?

Answer 2

1. Economic opportunities (eg. Good resources and job opportunities).
2. Poverty
3. Inertia (people are unwilling to move).
4. Infrequency
5. Overpopulation

Question 3

How can the effects of volcanic eruptions be reduced?

Answer 3

1. Monitoring volcanoes
2. Cooling lava
3. Looking a at volcanic history
4. Sweeping roofs
5. Making evacuation routes
6. Exclusion areas (and evacuating people who live within those zones).

Question 4

Why do people live near volcanoes?

Answer 4

1. There are often springs near volcanoes
2. Land around volcanoes in typically very fertile
3. Poverty
4. Infrequency
5. Inertia
6. Overpopulation
7. Complacency or naivety