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Detailed notes of all theories in the Hazards topic of AQA A-level geography, organised in order of the syllabus. All theory is also supported with examples and contextual information. The required case studies are; Volcanic Eruption - Eyjafjallajökull Iceland 2010 Earthquake - Nepal April 20...

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‭AQA A-level Hazards Knowledge Booklet‬



‭Fundamental Concepts‬

‭1.‬ ‭Hazard Perception:‬
‭a.‬ ‭Wealth → HICs and wealthier people are often less vulnerable BUT their possible‬
‭losses are greater‬
‭b.‬ ‭Experience → previous experience can cause people to think it won’t occur again OR‬
‭they could be fatalistic‬
‭c.‬ ‭Education → hazards will be perceived differently based on a person’s knowledge of‬
‭the risks‬
‭d.‬ ‭Religion/Beliefs → many people believe hazards are God’s will → they are fatalistic‬



‭2.‬ ‭Response Types:‬
‭a.‬ ‭Fatalism → the view that hazards are uncontrollable → accepting of fate‬
‭b.‬ ‭Adaptation → changing lifestyle practices to reduce vulnerability and live around the‬
‭hazard‬
‭c.‬ ‭Prediction (e.g seismic monitoring)‬
‭d.‬ ‭Mitigation (preparedness) → strategies to reduce the impacts (eg. sandbags for‬
‭flooding, evacuation etc.)‬
‭e.‬ ‭Prevention → strategies to reduce the change of a hazard (eg. controlled burning to‬
‭prevent large wildfires)‬



‭3.‬ ‭Hazard Models:‬
‭a.‬ ‭The Park Model‬

‭Benefits:‬
‭-‬ ‭It considers time frame‬
‭-‬ ‭It is visual‬
‭-‬ ‭It considers the QofL and compares it to the normal QofL‬
‭-‬ ‭Detailed step by step displays a recovery progress‬
‭-‬ ‭It can easily be adapted to different hazards‬
‭Limits:‬
‭-‬ ‭Linear which is unrepresentative of reality (it ignores secondary hazards)‬
‭-‬ ‭It doesn’t consider the severity of the hazard when determining the‬
‭neccessary recovery time‬

‭b.‬ ‭Hazard Management Cycle‬

‭Benefits:‬
‭-‬ ‭Cyclical which is representative of hazard reality‬

, ‭-‬ T‭ he before and after stages act as a guide to help structure management‬
‭efforts‬
‭Limits:‬
‭-‬ V ‭ ariable effectiveness‬
‭-‬ ‭It’s oversimplified‬




‭Landforms at Plate Margins‬

‭ onstructive (divergent) - plates move apart or diverge‬
C
‭Destructive (convergent) - plates move together or converge‬
‭Collision - destructive margin with two continental plates‬
‭Conservative (transform) - plates sliding past each other‬

‭1. Constructive Plate Margins:‬
‭A)‬ ‭Ocean Ridge eg. Mid-Atlantic Ridge‬
‭B)‬ ‭Rift Valley eg. East African Rift Valley‬

‭2. Destructive Plate Margins:‬
‭A)‬ ‭Deep Sea Trenches eg. Mariana Trench‬




‭ )‬ I‭sland Arcs eg. Japan‬
B
‭C)‬ ‭Volcanoes (see diagrams above)‬

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