Concepts of Disaster, Disaster Risk, Exposure and Vulnerability

Question 1

threat or harm that has the potential to cause damage.

Answer 1

HAZARD

Question 2

any event that causes widespread human, economic and environmental losses that seriously disrupts the normal functioning of a community.
Significant number of dead or missing people
Assessed cost of repairing or rehabilitating structures and public infrastructure
Amount of income lost from work or livelihood

Answer 2

DISASTER

Question 3

Effects of Disasters

Answer 3

Primary
Secondary
Tertiary

Question 4

direct situations arising from the disaster itself

Answer 4

Primary

Question 5

situations resulting from the primary effects

Answer 5

Secondary

Question 6

can be felt after some time that the disaster has occurred

Answer 6

Tertiary

Question 7

HEAT WAVES, FEWER COLD WAVES, INJURIES, FLOODS, FIRES

Answer 7

PRIMARY

Question 8

INFECTIOUS DISEASES ESPECIALLY VECTOR BORNE, ALLERGIES, ARIE POLLUTANS, INFRASTRUCTURE

Answer 8

SECONDARY

Question 9

FAMINE, CONFLICT, POP’N DISPLACEMENT, REFUGEES, DEVELOPMENT FAILURE

Answer 9

TERTIARY

Question 10

AFFECTED COMPONENTS

Answer 10

People
Building and Infrastructure
Economy
Environment

Question 11

AFFECTED COMPONENTS

casualties, missing, injured, sick, evacuated or relocated

Answer 11

People

Question 12

AFFECTED COMPONENTS

damaged structurally or architecturally, inhabitable

Answer 12

Building and Infrastructure

Question 13

AFFECTED COMPONENTS
loss of livelihood, employment, tourism
Loss or delay of essential services

Answer 13

Economy

Question 14

AFFECTED COMPONENTS

negative effects on the air, soil, water and ecosystems

Answer 14

Environment

Question 15

PERSPECTIVES ON DISASTERS

Answer 15

Physical perspective 
Psychological perspective 
Sociocultural perspective –
Economic perspective –
Political perspective 
Biological perspective

Question 16

PERSPECTIVES ON DISASTERS

Answer 16

Physical perspective 
Psychological perspective 
Sociocultural perspective –
Economic perspective –
Political perspective 
Biological perspective

Question 17

PERSPECTIVES ON DISASTERS

visible or tangible materials

Answer 17

Physical perspective

Question 18

PERSPECTIVES ON DISASTERS

people’s emotional, cognitive or interpersonal reaction

Answer 18

Psychological perspective

Question 19

PERSPECTIVES ON DISASTERS

response to emergency situations and the kind of assistance received

Answer 19

Sociocultural perspective –

Question 20

PERSPECTIVES ON DISASTERS

disruption of economic activities

Answer 20

Economic perspective –

Question 21

PERSPECTIVES ON DISASTERS

how government services are used

Answer 21

Political perspective

Question 22

PERSPECTIVES ON DISASTERS

potential for infectious or communicable disease

Answer 22

Biological perspective

Question 23

RISK FACTORS

Answer 23

Housing and building development
Presence of physical structures prone to disaster risks
Institutional framework and system for risk reduction and prevention
Institutional framework and system for risk reduction and prevention

Question 24

The diminished capacity of an individual or group to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from the impact of a natural or man-made hazard.
Susceptibility to the damaging effects of a hazard.

Answer 24

VULNERABILITY

Question 25

VULNERABILITY CAN BE

Answer 25

Situation specific | Hazard specific

Question 26

ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF VULNERABILITY

Answer 26

Proximity to a hazard event Population density near a hazard event Capacity and efficiency to reduce disaster risk Building codes and disaster policies

Question 27

The elements at risk from a natural or man-made hazard event.

Answer 27

EXPOSURE

Question 28

ELEMENTS EXPOSED TO HAZARDS

Answer 28

Physical elements Socioeconomic elements Environmental elements

Question 29

ELEMENTS EXPOSED TO HAZARDS | tangible or can be visually seen

Answer 29

Physical elements

Question 30

ELEMENTS EXPOSED TO HAZARDS | tangible or can be visually seen

Answer 30

Socioeconomic elements

Question 31

ELEMENTS EXPOSED TO HAZARDS | include the ecosystems and the natural processes that are exposed to the hazard events

Answer 31

Environmental elements