Hazards - Key Words Flashcards
1
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Adpatation
A
The attempts by people or communities to live with hazardous events and reduce their vulnerability.
2
Q
Fatalism
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A view of a hazard event that suggests that people cannot influence or shape the outcome, therefore nothing can be done to mitigate against it.
3
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Natural hazard
A
Events which are percieved to be a threat to people, the built environment, and the natural environment, occuring in the physical environments of the atmosphere, lithosphere, and the hydrosphere.
