6 Understanding Hazards: Five Concepts
Keller and Devechio[1] use five concepts in their framework for understanding natural hazards.
Key Takeaways
The Five Concepts of Understanding Natural Hazards are:
- Hazards are predictable from scientific evaluation
- Risk analysis is an important component in understanding the effects of hazards
- Linkages exist between different natural hazards
- Hazardous events than in the past would have been disasters, are now producing catastrophes
- Consequences of hazards can be minimized.
Source: “Natural Hazards: Earth’s Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes”, 2012. Pearson.
These five concepts are key elements of this course and the entire enterprise of natural hazards research.
- Sources: "Natural Hazards: Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes", 2012. Pearson. ↵
