sometimes natural hazards are very, very local
We often define natural hazard as natural disaster and vice versa even though they are of clearly different character. Natural hazard defines the potential for a destructive confluence between society and nature, whereas natural disaster describes the outcome. There is...Posted on June 22, 2006 12:28 PM • 5 Comments
Kevin Vranes has a phud in Physical Ocean- ography and Cli- matology. He now studies sci- ence policy and politics at the 
