global hazard trends
- Created by: Emily BIrch
- Created on: 06-05-13 20:29
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- global trends
- droughts are more common
- floods and storms increased significantly
- hydrometeorlogical hazards maybe more intense and more frequent
- greater number of people vulnerable to hazards
- rapid increase in a number of reported disasters since 1960'5
- geophysical disasters risen slightly and rising vulnerable population
- biological hazards have increased e.g. mosquitos- dengue fever, - malaria- heat ,water- increase in rainfall in tropical areas - increase spread
- human factors increasing disaster- land pressure, economic development, population growth and change , political change , rapid urbanisation and growth of megacities, economic growth , poverty and technological innovations
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