I suggest that you read the first chapter of my book:
Albala-Bertrand, J.M. (1993) The Political Economy of Large Natural
Disasters. With Special reference to Developing Countries (Oxford,
OUP-Clarendon Press).
ISBN 0-19-828765-8
Good luck
At 22:49 22/11/00 -0000, you wrote:
>Dear Enrique
>Thankyou for your response, although it is not quite what I need.
>I was looking more along the lines of natural hazards or natural disasters
>are wrongly named because they are only classed as hazards or disasters if
>people are affected. If people didn't live in hazardous environments, such
>as flood plains, earthquake faults, etc then it wouldn't be a disaster but
>merely an event. I have this basic knowledge but I need to expand on it for
>my essay. I was looking for any ideas on this topic ut I don't think i
>explained very clearly.
>
>
>
>>From: IGP <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>>To: "[log in to unmask]"
>><[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: FW: natural hazard - disaster
>>Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 16:51:57 -0500
>>
>>
>>Dear rebecca:
>>
>>A quickly answer to your question may be in the time line. "Hazard" is
>>always indicating "could be" and "Disaster" is used referring when the
>>disaster "had happened". Is that ok with you?
>>
>>Best Regards
>>
>>Enrique Castellanos
>>IGP
>>
>>
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