DP Geography Questionbank

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Describe the methods used to quantify the spatial extent and intensity of disasters.

Explain the causes and impacts of any one disaster resulting from a natural hazard.

Explain the causes and impacts of any one recent human‑induced hazard event or disaster.

Examine the ways in which the intensity and impacts of disasters vary in space and have changed over time.

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