DISASTER RISK ASSESSMENT

Question 1

HOW CAN WE PREDICT DISASTER?

Answer 1

Their possibility of occurrence, time, place, and severity of the strike can be reasonably and in some cases accurately predicted by technological and scientific advances.

Question 2

Is the probability of harmful consequences resulting from interactions betwenatural or human-induced hazards and vulnerable conditions.

Answer 2

risk

Question 3

estimates the impact a hazard would have on people, services, facilities, and structures.

Answer 3

risk assessment

Question 4

is a process to determine the nature and extent of
such risk, by:
1. analyzing hazards and
2. evaluating existing conditions of vulnerability that together could potentially harm exposed people, property, services, livelihoods and the environment on which they depend.

Answer 4

risk assessment

Question 5

Individual map layers are
superimposed to come up
with a _____ ______

Answer 5

risk map

Question 6

A risk map thus tells you
the?

Answer 6

hazards, effects Vulnerabilities of areas, and cost of damage