Concept of

Hazard and
Types of Hazard
HAZARD

 Elements of the physical environment, harmful to man and caused

by forces and extraneous to him

 A source of potential harm of situation with a potential to cause loss

 A natural event that has the potential to cause a harm or loss

 A phenomenon or situation, which has the potential to cause the

disruption or damage to people, their survives and their environment
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF
HAZARD
 1. Natural hazard such as earthquakes or floods arise from purely
natural process in the environment.

 2. Quasi – natural hazard such as smog or desertification that arise

trough interaction of natural processes and human activity.

 3. Technological (or human - made) hazards such as the toxicity of

pesticides to agricultural lands, accidental leaks of chemicals from
chemical laboratories or radiation from a nuclear plant.
TYPES OF HAZARD

Atmospheric

(SINGLE ELEMENT) (COMBINED ELEMENT)

Excess Rainfall Hurricanes
Freezing Rain (glaze) Glaze storm
Hail Thunderstorm
Heavy Snow Falls Blizzard
High wind speed Tornadoes
Extreme Temperature Heat/Cold stress
TYPES OF HAZARD

 Hydrologic
• Floods
• Wave action
• Drought
• Rapid glacier advance

 Geologic
• Mass movement
• Tsunami
• Earthquake
• Volcanic Eruption
• Rapid sediment movement
TYPES OF HAZARD

 Biologic
• Epidemic in human, plants, animals
• Locusts

 Technologic
• Transportation accident
• Cyber terrorism
• Nuclear accident