One reason that rock layers are not horizontal are because of erosion and it also depends we’re you find the rock layer
a large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia
One important influence is climate ie many Canadians, especially from the cold Prairies like to move to Vancouver, BC because the climate is so much milder in the winter due to the proximity of the Pacific Ocean. Another important influence is topography, so that if a country is mostly mountainous, the cost of road building will be more expensive than on, say the prairies or on the coastal desert of Peru and northern Chile. Another important influence of geography is the presence of fertile soil such as in El Salvador from the ash of the volcanoes to grow coffee in, or the fertile floodplain of the Nile River in Egypt.
Two human developments that would increase the risk of being affected by natural hazards are pollution ,this is a reason why many animals are dying and if we carry on it could be the end as we know it another human development is like the corona virus this is the way of Mother Nature being sick and telling us that there is too many people on the planet
