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NATURAL AND HUMAN- INDUCED HAZARDS AND …
www.fanrpan.org15 Induced Hazards and Disasters proposes the establishment of a research, capacity building 16 and outreach programme aimed at reducing the risk of disasters and increasing resilience. 17 The main focus of the proposal is the development of a truly regional and inter-disciplinary
The Impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters
www.ssec.wisc.eduHurricane Katrina can contribute to explain the severity of the impact of a natural hazard. A natural hazard like a landslide in a deserted mountainous region is hence not a natural disaster as it is lacking the human involvement. Based on these deÞ ni-tions of hazards and disasters, disaster risk is a function of the prevailing conditions