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'''Hazards''' research is a branch of [[environmental geography]] that includes study of human-made (anthropogenic), environmental (natural), and blended disasters. Hazards frequently studied include: [[fire]], [[drought]], [[earthquake]]s, [[flood]]s, [[volcano]]es, [[hurricane]]s, [[tornado]]s, [[toxin]]s, [[pollution]], and more. This study is intricately tied to [[risk analysis]].
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'''Hazards''' research is a branch of [[environmental geography]] that includes study of human-made (anthropogenic), environmental (natural), and blended disasters. This study is intricately tied to [[risk analysis]].


==History==
==Causation==


==Schools of thought==
Hazards have their roots in either natural of human-caused processes, but become hazards or disasters because of their impacts to humans.  Natural hazards include:  [[earthquake]]s, [[volcano]]es, [[hurricane]]s, and [[tornado]]s.  Human-caused hazards include: [[toxin]]s, [[pollution]].  Many hazards have blended causation including: [[fire]], [[drought]], and [[floods]].  Current scholars highlight this blended causation, largely driven by research into [[global climate change]]. 


==External links==
==Schools of thought==[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]
 
*The US Geological Survey [http://www.usgs.gov/hazards/ Natural hazards gateway]
 
*NASA's Earth Observatory [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/ Natural hazards main page]
 
 
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Hazards research is a branch of environmental geography that includes study of human-made (anthropogenic), environmental (natural), and blended disasters. This study is intricately tied to risk analysis.

Causation

Hazards have their roots in either natural of human-caused processes, but become hazards or disasters because of their impacts to humans. Natural hazards include: earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, and tornados. Human-caused hazards include: toxins, pollution. Many hazards have blended causation including: fire, drought, and floods. Current scholars highlight this blended causation, largely driven by research into global climate change.

==Schools of thought==