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S JN KAUL INSTUTUTE OF
EDUCATION, BHIMTAL, NAINITAL

Submitted by:
Submitted to: ANUSHKA
Assistant Prof. MR. CHANDRA
RAJENDRA KHATI B.Ed 2nd semester
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 ENVIRONMENT

Environment can be defined as a sum total of

all the living and non-living elements and
their effects that influence human life. While
all living or biotic elements are animals,
plants, forests, fisheries, and birds, non-living
or abiotic elements include water, land,
sunlight, rocks, and air.
 Environmental Hazards

An environmental hazard is a type of hazard

resulting from chemical, biological, or physical
agents either from ongoing or previous human
activity.
Hazard poses a risk to either human health or to
the natural environment.
 Definition
Environmental hazards are defined as extreme events or
substances in the Earth and its ecological system that
may cause adverse consequences for humans and things
they value.

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral

Sciences, 2001.
 TYPES OF HAZARD
HUMAN MADE
NATURAL HAZARDS
HAZARDS

Terrestrial Hazards Physical Hazards

Chemical/Nuclear
Atmospheric Hazards
Hazards

Cumulative Hazards Biological Hazards

 Those hazards which originate inside the earth or its
atmosphere.
Terrestrial HazardsExamples:- earthquakes, wildfires, landslides,
volcanic eruptions and avalanches.

Those hazards to human health and wealth that are

Atmospheric created in the atmosphere.

Hazards Examples:- tornadoes, cyclones, typhoons and

hurricanes

Cumulative The hazards that damage lives and property and

also the natural environment.
Atmospheric Hazards Examples:- floods and droughts.
 • Can be intentional, by accident or due to improper
management(negligence) of manmade systems.
• Examples:- earthquakes, landslides, soil erosion, wildfires,
Physical Hazards etc,.

• The threat posed by the invisible and odorless

contamination of the environment by the presence of
Chemical/ radioactive materials.
• Examples:- poisonous gases, nuclear explosions,
Nuclear Hazards Bhopal gas tragedy, Chernobyl incident, etc,.

• They can pose a threat to human health when they are

inhaled, eaten or come in contact with skin.
Biological/ Social • Examples:- food poisoning, tetanus, respiratory
Hazards infections, parasite infection.
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 CONCLUSION

Our natural environment makes

human life possible, and our cultural
environment helps define who we are.
It is therefore essential that our
population and economic growth are
environmentally sustainable.