Tectonic hazards such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions greatly damage and disrupt our daily lives thus AFFECTING us. These IMPACTS can be classified into three main categories
social-Meaning how are people affected e.g deaths power shortage
Economic-how how the economy is affected e.g loss of PRECIOUS crops destroyed factories
environmental-how the environment is AFFECTED e.g change in landscape loss of species
these effects can be divided into sub categories primary and secondary impacts and short term and long term impacts.
How do they affect us?
TECTONIC ACTIVITY
IS VERY DANGEROUS IT AFFECTS US PEOPLE AND OUR SOCIETY, IT CAN CRIPPLE OUR
ECONOMY AND CAN ALTER OUR LANDSCAPE. THESE DEVASTATING AFFECTS CAN DIRECTLY AND
INDIRECTLY AFFECT US AND CAN LAST FROM WEEKS TO EVEN YEARS.
TECTONIC ACTIVITIES
CAN TAKE LIVES AND INJURE PEOPLE, THIS CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS A SOCIAL IMPACT.
THEY CAN DESTROY ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES THIS CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS A SHORT TERM
SOCI0-ECONOMIC IMPACT AS IT EFFECTS PEOPLE AS NOWADAYS WE ALMOST MUST HAVE
ELECTRICITY TO SURVIVE AND ECONOMIC BECAUSE MOST OF THE EXPORT BUSINESSES NEED
ELECTRICITY TO FUNCTION. IT IS A SHORT TERM IMPACT AS POWER IS USUALLY RESTORED
VERY FAST. DISEASES CAN SPREAD FROM POOR HOUSING IN REFUGEE CAMPS AND LIVING IN
THE COLD IF YOUR HOME IS DESTROYED THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS A LONG TERM SOCIAL
IMPACT AS DISEASES CAN LINGER FOR A LONG TIME.
VOLCANIC ACTIVITY CAN RELEASE
POISONOUS GASES AND SPEW ASHES THIS CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SOCIAL IMPACTS AS THE GASES CAN KILL ANIMALS, PLANTS AND PEOPLE.
DURING ALL THE
CHAOS MANY BUSINESS'S WOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND MANY PEOPLE WILL HAVE STOLE
GOODS MAKING THE BUSINESS'S GO BANKRUPT AND CLOSE. THIS CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS AN
ECONOMIC IMPACT AS IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE ECONOMY. ALSO DAMAGE TO TRANSPORT
SUCH AS ROADS, RAILWAYS AND BRIDGES ARE CLASSIFIED AS ECONOMIC IMPACT AS IT
STOPS PEOPLE FROM GETTING TO WORK. REBUILDING DAMAGED AREAS FORCES GOVERNMENTS
TO FOCUS THEIR MONEY TO REBUILD RATHER THAN INVESTING THEREFORE THE GOVERNMENTS LOSE MONEY AND SINCE BUILDINGS TAKE LONG TO BUILD THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS A LONG
TERM ECONOMIC IMPACT. PEOPLE WILL FEEL INSECURE AND SOME PEOPLE WILL LEAVE THEIR
HOMES FOR SAFETY THIS MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE LESS ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE IN THE
COUNTRY SO THE ECONOMY WILL BE BAD AND TAXES WILL RISE IN ORDER TO COMPENSATE
THE LEAVING WORKERS.
BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES CAN BE RUINED FOR EXAMPLE THE PINK
TERRACES OF ROTORUA WERE DESTROYED BY A VOLCANIC ERUPTION OR CRATERS SUCH AS
LAKE PUPUPKE CAN BE FORMED BY ERUPTIONS. THESE ARE CLASSIFIED AS LONG TERM
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AS THESE THINGS ARE IRREVERSIBLE WHEREAS GRASS CAN BE
REGROWN.