Overview
Here are the questions that need answered
- Discusses the dynamic and complex nature of Tectonic Hazards in terms of their relationship to the concept of risk. In specific:
- Why is it difficult to assess risk in terms of tectonic hazards?
- What is the concept of resilience?
- What are the social and economic impacts of tectonic hazards?
- Shifting to the consideration of mass movement hazards which often accompany tectonic hazards, discuss:
- Slope stability;
- The role of gravity and the role of water in mass movement events;
- Whether or not one (gravity or water) can mitigate the effects or either (Gravity or water); How so?
- Finally, explore triggering events related to potential mass movement events.
- Can mass movement hazard predictions be made on the basis of understanding of slope stability and triggering events?