(a)What are environmental hazards? (b)List three examples of environmental hazards. (c)Explain five ways of preventing...
GEOGRAPHY
WAEC 2015
(a)What are environmental hazards?
(b)List three examples of environmental hazards.
(c)Explain five ways of preventing desert encroachment.
Explanation
(a)An environmental hazard is a substance, state or event which has the potential to threaten the surrounding natural environment / or adversely affect people's health, including pollution and natural disasters such as storms and earthquakes
(b)*Cosmic rays*Drought*Earthquake.
(c)*afforestation
*irrigation
*rotational/controlled grazing
*creation of shelter belts
*legislation against indiscriminate bush burning.
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