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Component 3: Geographical Debates
Quick questions on Hazardous Earth: plate tectonics, hazards, vulnerability and management - OCR A-Level Geography
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What are management of tectonic hazards?Show answer
Tectonic hazards are managed, not prevented, through three approaches, usually framed by the hazard management cycle (mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery) and the Park model of disaster response. Prediction and monitoring work reasonably for volcanoes (warning signs allow evacuation) but poorly for earthquakes (timing is not reliably predictable). Protection reduces vulnerability through aseismic building design, tsunami walls and land-use planning that keeps people away from the highest-risk zones. Preparedness (education, drills, emergency planning, insurance) builds capacity to cope.
What is q1?Show answer
State the risk equation and define each term. [3 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain why conservative plate margins produce earthquakes but not volcanoes. [3 marks]
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