Lesson 3

Question 1

Are “potentiall damagin physical events, phenomena or human activities that may cause injury or loss of life, damage to property, social and economic disruption, or environmental degration

Answer 1

Hazards

Question 2

Kinds of hazards

Answer 2

> > Natural hazards

> > Hazards Induced by humans

> > Hazards Planned by humans

Question 3

Hazards that are beyond human control

Answer 3

Natural Hazards

Question 4

May be due to accidents, carelessness, or inability to implement protective measures.

Answer 4

Hazards induced by humans

Question 5

May be caused by personal or political interests, resulting in massive lots of lives and properties

Answer 5

Hazards induced by humans

Question 6

The “identification, study and monitoring of any hazard to determine its potential, origin, characteristics, and behavior.”

Answer 6

Hazard Analysis

Question 7

Tools in doing a hazard analysis

Answer 7

CHF
»Community hazards and disaster history construction

> > Hazard and vulnerability mapping

> > Factor Analysis

Question 8

In this method, the existing hazards and the disasteres that the community experienced are identified

Answer 8

Community hazards and disaster history construction

Question 9

Areas in the community that are vulnerable to a specific hazard are identified then located in the map.

Answer 9

Hazard and vulnerability mapping

Question 10

This tool describes the characteristics of the hazard

Answer 10

Factor analysis