Long-term responses
What Long-term responses means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Actions that take place in the months and years after the event, aiming to rebuild communities and improve future resilience.
Actions taken later to rebuild, recover, and prepare for future hazards.
Topics that use Long-term responses
- Tectonic hazards (AQA GCSE)
- Weather hazards (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Global distribution
- Immediate responses
- Monitoring
- Planning
- Prediction
- Primary effects
- Protection
- Secondary effects
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