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In these examples, hazards are often treated as isolated or independent. This report synthesizes knowledge about the effects of natural hazards on human welfare, particularly in its economic aspects. This form is a natural hazard disclosure statement for use in a residential sales transaction in california. The act requires any seller or their agents to disclose whether their property for sale is located within any of six specified natural hazard zones. This statement is a disclosure of natural hazards relating to the above described property in compliance with section 1102 of the california civil code. California natural hazard disclosure statement us legal forms. The vulnerability of telecommunication infrastructure to. George santayana spanish philosopher, 1905 living in harms way w. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. An alternative is a multihazard approach which seeks to identify all possible natural hazards and their interactions or interrelationships. How to fill out the disclosure form when you sell a home that was built before 1960, you are required to fill out the form shown on the next page.
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