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How are tectonic hazards perceived and managed?
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AS Level Geography AS G1 Mind Map on How are tectonic hazards perceived and managed?, created by CGreen1997 on 05/08/2014.
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How are tectonic hazards perceived and managed?
Why people live in potentially hazardous places
Hazards are unpredictable
The level of risk may have increased since they moved there
They accept hazards as an inevitable possibility
Benefits of living there outway the hazard consequences
Unable to move elsewhere
Management
Preperation
Store emergency equipment such as tents, clean water, food supplies, first aid and search and rescue gear.
Train specialist workers for a hazardous event.
Raise public awareness
Set up warning systems and evacuation plans
Set up insurance
Ensure households have emergency kits available and ready
Immediate response
Coordinate search and rescue
Establish medical reception centres
Establish alternative accommodation and emergency shelters
Provide clean water, wood and sanitary facilities
Set up communication channels
Ensure households and businesses turn off gas supplies to prevent fires
Longer-term response
Construct safer buildings
Improve prediction and monitoring systems
Carry out land use zoning - the areas that are at most risk use for recreation and low-rise buildings.
Provide aid and government support for reconstruction.
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