Hazard management cycle

Question 1

What are the different stages

Answer 1

response , recovery , mitigation , preparedness

Question 2

PEDICTION WHEN POSSIBLE IS VITAL ATTEMPT MANAGE IMPACTS OF NATURAL HAZARDS

Question 3

Hazard management cycle illustrates

Answer 3

different stages of managing a hazard in an attempt to reduce scale of disaster

Question 4

What is response

Answer 4

Immediate help in the form of rescue to save lives and aid to keep people alive e.g shelter ,food and water

Question 5

What is recovery

Answer 5

Rebuilding infrastructure and services , rehabilitating injured people and lives

Question 6

What is mitigation

Answer 6

Acting to reduce scale of next disaster : land use zoning , hazard-resistant buildings and infrastructure

Question 7

What is Preparedness

Answer 7

Community education and resilience building including how to act before , during and after a disaster , prediction , warning and evacuation tech and systems

Question 8

Recovery stage of hazard management can be thought as returning to

Answer 8

normal state can take months or years

Question 9

What does the recovery stage depend on

Answer 9

Magnitude of disaster bigger the longer

Development level - lower means longer as poorer people more severely affected

governance - Well governed places divert resources more effectively

external- aid and foreign financing