Assess the relative merits of classifying hazards by their spatial occurrence and by their scale of impact.

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Assess the relative merits of classifying hazards by their spatial occurrence and by their scale of impact.

Many different events (natural or caused or modified by human activities) give rise to threats which might kill or injure humans, damage property and structures, change or alter the environment. These include natural disasters (like earthquakes, volcanoes, storms, floods and droughts).

Hazards can be defined as, a natural hazard as a naturally occurring process or event which has the potential to cause loss of life or property. There is an extremely wide range of natural hazards, some of which are increased due to the actions of man. Impacts of hazards can be increased by human activity. For example, heavy rainfall is more likely to lead to flooding if vegetation has been removed from hill slopes. Many people in Bangladesh choose to live in the low-lying Ganges Delta as it provides good farming land, but it is the area most vulnerable to flooding. The general rule is that the more people there are, the more vulnerable they are to a disaster the greater its impact will be.

There are different types of classifying hazards, this has raised the question of