Anthropogenic hazards are those hazards caused directly or indirectly by human action or inaction. They can be contrasted with natural hazards. Anthropogenic hazards may adversely affect humans, other organisms and biomes and eco-systems. The frequency and severity of hazards are key elements in some risk analysis methodologies.
Hazards may also be described in relation to the impact that they have. Environmental hazards may be very different from human hazards. A hazard only exists if there is a pathway to exposure. As an example the center of the earth consists of molten material at very high temperatures which would be a severe hazard if contact was made with the core. However, there is no feasible way of making contact with the core, therefore the center of the earth currently poses no hazard.
Societal hazards
Societal hazards occur when the behavior of individuals or groups of individuals give rise to a reasonable apprehension of injury or death
Criminality
Behavior which puts others at risk of injury or death is universally regarded as criminal and is a breach of the law for which the appropriate legal authority may impose some form of penalty, such as imprisonment, a fine, or even execution. Understanding what makes individuals act in a way that puts others at risk has been the subject of much research in many developed countries. Mitigating the hazard of criminality is very dependent on time and place with some areas and times of day posing a greater risk than others.
Since Ladakh is highly vulnerable to natural and anthropogenic hazards and prone to catastrophic losses , a plan was suggested by Aijaz KhanHead of Bajaj AllianzGeneral Insurace company to mitigate ...
reside in more densely populated urban-suburban areas and are more likely to live near higher concentrations of anthropogenic hazards (hazardous waste and Superfund sites, heavy traffic arteries, and air pollution).
... reactions that may be caused by insect consumption and other hazards that may relate to the contamination of insects contaminated with anthropogenic during breeding, packaging, cooking, or feeding.
... sources and human-related (anthropogenic) activities ... He noted that from the information gathered thus far, there is a lack of knowledge about anthropogenic methane and its hazards to human health.
The picture that arises from their analyses is one in which the signal of change becomes stronger and more detectable for increasing greenhouse gas emissions, pointing to the impacts of anthropogenic climate change on this hazard ... More information.
To live with these adversities, we need to build resilience against geo-hazards caused by natural processes, environmental degradation and anthropogenic activities ... It should try to simulate the hazard ...
New Zealanders are exposed to hazards from ... Cumulative changes from anthropogenic activities can layer on top of other changes to increase vulnerability of ecosystems and people to existing hazards.
... for human development, all of which impair adaptive capacity, defined by the researchers as "the ability of a system to evolve in order to accommodate environmental hazards or anthropogenic impacts.".
They face numerous threats, including anthropogenic hazards such as structure collisions, habitat loss, vehicles and poisoning, but the Loss study indicates that domestic cat predation is greater than the others combined ... Kim Thorburn ... John Ludders.
Training of local people underway to identify skimmer nesting spots. (Sourced pic) ... Both anthropogenic activities and other natural predators pose a hazard to Indian Skimmer breeding places,” said Maurya ... ....
"Ocean acidification is not an isolated issue, but rather one that is closely linked to other anthropogenic hazards—in Australia and elsewhere—such as warming, sea level rise, oxygen loss, and ...
... because in India most fires are deliberately caused by people, mainly for agricultural purposes, due to sheer negligence, or stoked deliberately, and therefore, considered an anthropogenic hazard.
Gathering data on hazardous pollutants like heavy metals – Anthropogenic activities along the river basin are the main sources for the accumulation of heavy metals in the freshwater ecosystems.
