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What are hydrological natural hazards
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natural hazards caused by water processes
2
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what are geophysical natural hazards
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caused by earth’s processes
3
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what are biological natural hazards
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caused by living organisms
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what are climatological natural hazards
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caused by the climate
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what are meteorological natural hazards
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hazards caused by weather
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what are the three factors affecting hazard risk
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nature of hazard, exposure to hazard, capacity to cope for hazard
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examples of nature of hazard
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magnitude, intensity, size, predictability, frequency, etc.
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examples of exposure to hazard
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distance from it, population density, natural protection, education, etc.
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examples of capacity to cope
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management strategies, wealth, government, etc.
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