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Hazard resistant design in developing countries mitigates the impact of earthquakes. Simpe changes reduce the cost of repair and minimise risk of injury. For example, houses are built with steel rod found...

Volcanic hazards have many effects that can be split into two catagories: those affecting people and those affecting the environment. Volcanoes can be made through both constructive and destructive fault ...

There's four main types you'll need to know. These are constructive, destructive, collision and conservative - these basically are just different ways that two tectonic plates could interact.

Const...

MEDCs do not rely on produce from their own country to feed their population, and instead, import a lot of it from other countries. Therefore, in a drought they are still able to feed their population des...

In the lower course of the river, meanders (bends in the river) form when water is moving faster on one side of the channel than the other. The greater energy of the faster moving water causes lateral (ho...