Week 1
Differences between catastrophes, disasters, and hazards.
A natural process (volcanoes, earthquakes, etc.) only become a hazard when humans are in danger. Natural hazards are natural processes or events that are a threat to human life or property. Natural hazards include earthquakes, volcanoes, storms, and many other natural events. In the entire US, no area is considered "hazard free".
A natural disaster a hazardous event or process that occurs over a limited time and within a certain area. It is classified as a disaster if one of these occur:
- 10 or more people are killed
- 100 or more people are affected
- there is a declared state of emergency
- requested international assistance
Week 2
Minerals from the Netherlands
Netherlands and their Minerals
In the Netherlands, the focus is more on trade and processing the minerals rather than actually mining them. In 2010, Netherlands was a chief producer in salt and nitrogen besides producing mineral products and nonmetallic and metallic minerals. Overall, the country's mineral industry mainly focused on trading and processing.
Industrial Minerals
In the Netherlands in 2010, mining operations in the Netherlands mainly focused on the extraction of sand and gravel, peat and limestone. However, the entire mineral industry is overshadowed by the production of petroleum and natural gas.
However, the Netherlands plans on developing the mineral industry by concentrating more on its mineral processing activities that include the production of aluminum and cement.
Here is a website to the minerals tracked and mined in the Netherlands in 2010.
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2010/myb3-2010-nl.pdf
very nice first entry! Looking forward to what the Netherlands' main hazards/catastrophes are....
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ReplyDeleteAs the theme this week has been 'diamonds' in a few blogs, of course you also have the 'city of diamons trade' in Amsterdam! One of the most famous diamonds of all time: the Cullian diamond was cut there! [http://goamsterdam.about.com/od/whattodoinamsterdam/tp/Diamonds-In-Amsterdam.htm]
*In the future, please post a new blog entry every week instead of editing the first one and adding on to that. It is best to reply each week to your posts. Thank you!