Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Differences between human induced and human made disasters

Differences between Human induced and Human made disasters
The primary difference between human induced disasters is that human induced disasters happen unintentionally while human made disasters are intentional. This difference is illustrated below with the help of an example.

Love canal disaster can be termed as a human induced disaster while pollution of the air affecting the health of the population can be termed as a human made disaster.

The love canal tragedy occurred when the toxic chemicals buried underground by the hooker chemical company contaminated the groundwater. The company responsible for this tragedy did not do it on purpose. Hence this disaster can be classified as a human induced disaster.

The increased usage of automobiles in urban areas, has resulted in a very high concentration of pollutants. These pollutants pose a great health risk to new born babies and the elderly. Some of the consequences of this are lung infections, reduced immunity and lack of concentration. Growing population and urbanisation has made this a human-made disaster as this is being done intentionally.

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