Posted: February 4th, 2016
How are the impacts of natural hazards linked to population growth?
Population growth concentrates people and resources, such that the impacts of an individual natural hazard can be greater.
Population growth changes the rates of geologic processes, in turn changing the frequency of hazardous events.
Population growth weakens societal defenses against natural hazards.
Natural hazards strongly influence population growth.
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