Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

natural hazards and risk analysis  

Definition

  • Human beings live on a restless, dynamic planet. Our settlements and livelihoods depend on Earth's variations and variability, past and present, in the form of geology, topography, climate, and the distribution of vegetation and freshwater. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Natural Hazards And Risk Analysis]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/natural_hazards_and_risk_analysis

Download this concept: