Disasters

Definition

• Distinguish between a hazard event and a disaster. Explain why this distinction is not always completely objective.

Measuring disasters

• Describe the methods used to quantify the spatial extent and intensity of disasters.
• Explain the causes and impacts of any one disaster resulting from a natural hazard.
• Explain the causes and impacts of any one recent human-induced hazard event or disaster.
• Examine the ways in which the intensity and impacts of disasters vary in space and have changed over time.