Tectonic Activity/HazardsTectonic activity generates lots of hazards including earthquakes and volcanic eruption. The main cause of his is plate tectonics. Tectonics can be defied as 'a key landscape-forming process which produces distinctive landforms in active regions, ranging from minor surface features such as faults or scarps to vast rift valleys and shield volcanoes'.
Tectonic hazards and hazard events create lots of risk factors to humans and their property & possessions, related to magnitude, frequency and vulnerability. Risk varies because of lots of factors eg economic development, education. Hazards and events can be categorised as short term and long term. People attempt to respond to hazard risk posed by tectonic activity. The level and success of responses to hazard events depends on lots of factors including tectonic, availability of resources and education. |
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