Disasters




 * Hazard: ** a threat (whether natural or human) that can cause loss of life, injury, property damage, socio economic disruption or environmental degradation.


 * disaster:** a major hazard that causes widespread disruption with significant demographic, economic and / or environmental losses, and which the affected community is unable to deal with adequately without outside help.


 * 1) When is a disaster NOT a disaster?**

__**2) Stages in a disaster: p221 course companion.**__

Apply each of these stages to your hazard case studies. Use evidence to support each one.

__**3) Why did so many people die in Haiti?**__ []



3) Use [|http://imgur.com/a/KdyTV#0] EM-DAT and your case study notes to create a mind map for the following question:

=__**Examine the ways in which the intensity and impacts of disasters vary in time and space**__=