Geography GCSE
Hazard classification
What Hazard classification means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Hazard classification
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The grouping of natural hazards by their physical processes, such as tectonic hazards and atmospheric hazards.
Topics that use Hazard classification
- Natural hazards (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Climate change
- Economic impacts of hazards
- Hazard mitigation
- Human-environment interaction
- Natural hazard
- Poverty
- Risk and vulnerability
- Urbanisation
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