A series of key words directly taken from the 'World at Risk' section of the Edexcel AS Geography textbook.
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Created by Joanna Griffith
over 9 years ago
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Context hazard
Geophysical hazard
Hazard
Hydro-meteorological hazard
Vulnerability
Disaster
Risk
Albedo
Climate change
Enhanced greenhouse effect
Fossil fuels
Global warming
Greenhouse effect
Tipping point
Feedback mechanism
Frequency
Magnitude
Asthenosphere
Conservative boundary
Constructive boundary
Destructive boundary
Lithosphere
Magma
Plates
Hotspot
Plume
Inter-tropical convergence zone
Climate
Thermohaline circulation
Little Ice Age
Medieval Warm Period
Thermal expansion
Climate forcing
Habitat
Permafrost
Indigenous
Eustatic change
Isostatic change
Adaptive capacity
Climate vulnerability
Biofuels
Sustainable development
