concept of hazard

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a situation that poses a level of threat to life, property, or environment

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Hazard

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2 types of hazard

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Natural, Anthropogenic

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Deal with water in the atmosphere especially as precipitation

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Hydrometeorological Hazard

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includes internal earth processes like volcanic activity, ground shaking

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geological hazard

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includes outbreaks that pertains to diseases caused by microorganisms

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biological hazard

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man-made hazards

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technological hazard

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are events that are caused by humans and occur in or close to human settlement

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man-made hazard

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3 mode of hazards

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dormant, armed, active

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no threat to human and community

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dormant

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refers to people, property, or environment

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armed

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harmful incident involving the hazard has actually occurred

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active

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important in predicting the possible disasters that a certain hazard can bring

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profiling hazards

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can be assessed by the measurements obtained from scientific instruments

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magnitude or strength of the event

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tells the area’s proneness to the hazard

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frequency

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This is usually, but not always, associated with the area’s geographical location on earth or its topographical condition

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frequency

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Sometimes, scaling can vary depending on the reference tables used per country

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Magnitude or strength of the event

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the impact of hazards varies in duration. the assessment of the duration is either short or long

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Duration of impact

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Whether the exposed element receives the likely disaster directly or indirectly

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Casualty of events

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Other elements that are not visible present in the site of event also suffer some degree of consequences because all communities interact within and outside their territory

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Casualty of events

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is a location where a natural hazard is likely to happen if preventive measures are not implemented

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Hazard-prone areas

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an area surrounding the basin of the pacific ocean where many volcanoes have formed. Seismic activities such as earthquakes and volcanic eruption frequently occur in the region

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pacific ring of fire

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is a crack or break in earth’s crust along which rocks have moved

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fault

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fault is a crack or break in earth’s crust along which rocks have moved. a rapid or sudden movement of rocks releases a large amount of seismic waves, which cause the ground to move or shake

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philippine fault zone

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philippines is considered a hazard-prone area its location in the western pacific, the part of the world that is most often visited by typhoons

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typhoon belt