Ability to Cope With Natural Hazards
Geography: AQA GCSE, topic 1.1.5
Ability to Cope With Natural Hazards
Different populations of people do different activities and have different abilities to deal with natural hazards.
Income
- Poor populations (or nations) often have lower quality housing than rich nations.
- Hurricanes usually affect countries like Haiti worse than the USA because of differences in housing and the ability to cope.
Preparation
- High-income countries usually have governments that can build flood defences and evacuate the population.
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