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2. Degg's Model - Wikipedia

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   The Degg's Model shows that a natural disaster only occurs if a vulnerable population is exposed to a hazard. [1] It was devised in 1992 by Martin Degg, [2] head of the geography department at the University of Chester, in England. It also depends on how far people are from the epicentre of an earthquake, volcano, or any other natural tectonic ...

3. Hazard - Wikipedia

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   A natural disaster is the highly harmful impact on a society or community following a natural hazard event. The term "disaster" itself is defined as follows: "Disasters are serious disruptions to the functioning of a community that exceed its capacity to cope using its own resources. Disasters can be caused by natural, man-made and ...

4. HAZUS - Wikipedia

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   Hazus is a geographic information system-based natural hazard analysis tool developed and freely distributed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).. In 1997 FEMA released its first edition of a commercial off-the-shelf loss and risk assessment software package built on GIS technology.

5. Hazard map - Wikipedia

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   Hazard maps are created and used in conjunction with several natural disasters. [1] Different hazard maps have different uses. For instance, the hazard map created by the Rizal Geological Survey is used by Rizalian insurance agencies in order to properly adjust insurance for people living in hazardous areas. [2]

6. Bow-tie diagram - Wikipedia

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   A bow-tie diagram is a graphic tool used to describe a possible damage process in terms of the mechanisms that may initiate an event in which energy is released, creating possible outcomes, which themselves produce adverse consequences such as injury and damage. The diagram is centred on the (generally unintended) event with credible initiating ...

7. Disaster - Wikipedia

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   A disaster is a result of a natural or human-made hazard impacting a vulnerable community. It is the combination of the hazard along with exposure of a vulnerable society that results in a disaster. In modern times, the line between natural and human-made disasters is difficult to draw. In fact, the term natural disaster was called a misnomer ...

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9. Natural disaster - Wikipedia

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   The term natural disaster has been called a misnomer already in 1976. [6] A disaster is a result of a natural hazard impacting a vulnerable community. But disasters can be avoided. Earthquakes, droughts, floods, storms, and other events lead to disasters because of human action and inaction.