AQA A Level Geography Hazards case studies

Revision notes on the following case studies for the Hazards topic of the AQA A Level Geography course:

Indonesia (multi-hazardous environment + Asian tsunami 2004)

Impacts and human responses as evidenced by a recent volcanic event:
Mount Nyiragongo 2004
Eyjafjallajökull 2010

Impacts and human responses as evidenced by a recent seismic event:
Haiti 2010
Christchurch 2011

Impacts and human responses as evidenced by two recent tropical storms in contrasting areas of the world:
Hurricane Katrina 2005
Typhoon Haiyan 2013

Impact and human responses as evidenced by a recent wildfire event:
Victoria wildfires 2009

Case study of a multi-hazardous environment beyond the UK to illustrate and analyse the nature of the hazards and the social, economic and environmental risks presented, and how human qualities and responses such as resilience, adaptation, mitigation and management contribute to its continuing human occupation:
The Philippines

Case study at a local scale of a specified place in a hazardous setting to illustrate the physical nature of the hazard and analyse how the economic, social and political character of its community reflects the presence and impacts of the hazard and the community’s response to the risk:
Kobe, Japan