natural hazard

collocation in English

meaningsofnaturalandhazard

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natural
adjective
uk
/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us
/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
as found in nature and not involving anything made or done ...
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hazard
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhæz.əd/us
/ˈhæz.ɚd/
something that is dangerous and likely to ...
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(Definition ofnaturalandhazardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The coining of the term 'naturalhazard' within the social/environmental sciences has likewise refocused attention from the peculiar or one-off event to the normative condition which 'disaster' ruptures.
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They certainly appear to be anaturalhazardof conversion to computer systems.
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The results of that work will strengthen further our arrangements to protect public health from thisnaturalhazard.
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By definition, hospitals are places where sepsis and infection abound, but if someone contracts septicaemia, do we describe that as anaturalhazard?
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I simply want to say that fire is anaturalhazard.
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This is anaturalhazardof human existence.
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Again, that is anaturalhazardwhich we have to accept; but it is one example of the numerous hidden expenses that we have to bear.
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Anaturalhazardwill hence never result in a natural disaster in areas without vulnerability, e.g. strong earthquakes in uninhabited areas.
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However, an excavation designed to forestall flooding was built between 1978 and 1980 to safeguard the community from thisnaturalhazard.
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Recurring droughts and floods are a significantnaturalhazard.
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Naturalhazardevents can be grouped into two broad categories, geophysical and biological hazards.
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However, as the number and susceptibility of settlements increase, flooding increasingly becomes anaturalhazard.
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The effect of creating a mitigation directorate was to move the agency away from national security functions toward natural hazards.
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It is illegal for agents to require the seller to use a particularnaturalhazarddisclosure company or to give the impression that the seller may not choose.
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The agency works to improve the built environment, particularly housing design and construction, village planning,naturalhazardmitigation, environmental sanitation, water supplies, and other living conditions.
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The aim of the program is to assist in saving lives and property, to reduce economic losses, and to prevent anaturalhazardbecoming a natural disaster.
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It is acknowledged that agriculture has plenty of natural hazards such as droughts, gales, floods, and frosts.
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There are many natural hazards to which livestock and crops are subject—bad harvests, snow storms, and so forth.
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The criteria must be set out, taking into account every aspect: age, technologies and natural hazards.
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