Natural Hazards, an Introduction: Floods, Earthquakes and Tsunamis

• Autores: Luis E. Hernández Gutiérrez
• Localización: Riesgos naturales y cambio climático / coord. por Juan Carlos Santamarta Cerezal, Luis E. Hernández Gutiérrez, María Paz Arraiza Bermúdez-Cañete, 2014, ISBN 978-84-617-1060-7, págs. 9-24
• Idioma: español
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  • The best-known geo-hazards occur suddenly, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, landslides and floods. These can be catastrophic and cause great damage to people and objects. However, coastal and soil erosion, slow landslides, natural radiation or land subsidence are much slower processes. These are difficult geo-hazards to discern because sometimes a lifetime is not a sufficient time interval for them to take place. They rarely cause fatalities and therefore do not usually generate media headlines, though they can cause important economic losses.