socio natural hazards with example
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A natural hazard[1] is a natural phenomenonthat might have a negative effect on humansor the environment. Natural hazard events can be classified into two broad categories:[2]geophysical and biological. Geophysical hazards[3][4] encompass geological and meteorological phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, wildfires, cyclonic storms, floods, droughts, and landslides. Biological hazards can refer to a diverse array of disease, infection, and infestation.
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Socio-natural hazard — 'the phenomenon of increased occurrence of certain geophysical and hydrometeorological hazard events, such as landslides, flooding, land subsidence and drought, that arise from the interaction of natural hazards with overexploited or degraded land and environmental
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