
A natural hazard is an event that occurs without the influence
of man. It is an event which contains a level
of possible danger. Examples
of natural hazards are those such as hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Development and levels
of development are locations where the state
of developing (expanding) is taking place. Where a
city or town is expanding and
building more
buildings and structural locations. The management
of an event is the way in which the event itself is controlled. The two types
of natural hazards that I will be discussing in relation to levels
of development are hurricanes and earthquakes. This is as they both effect locations differently as they are both different types
of hazards. An earthquake is a tectonic hazard and a hurricane is a climatic hazard. Levels
of development affect the ability to manage a hurricane as the more development there is, the harder it is to control the affect
of the hurricane. This is as the more development there is, the more chance
of the hurricane causing a bigger affect. An example
of this is Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans a developed
city on the coast
of the United States. As the
city is developed, the hurricane was able to cause a big affect and people were not able to manage it too well although many did leave the
city in search for a safer location