tectonics

Question 1

what are the players of local and national gov

Answer 1

1)Emergency services (fire, police, ambulance)
2)Local planning and building regulations (making sure buildings are safe)
3)Educating the community about risks and preparation

1)Setting national policies on disaster management
2)Funding large-scale emergency responses and infrastructure
3)Coordinating between local governments and international aid
4)Investing in monitoring and early warning systems

Question 2

what does the par model suggest

Answer 2

1. root cause
2. dynmaic pressure
   3.unsafe conditions
   important in addressing the root cause to reduce vulnerability.

Question 3

what does the par model suggest in terms of vul

Answer 3

states disasters pontially occur due to the presence of a vulnerable population.

Question 4

what ways can earthquakes and volcanoes be meaured by

Answer 4

• MMS- measures enegry realsed by shockwaves
• Mercali-measures experienced impacts of earthquakes
• VEI-measures the explosiveness of a volcano(magnitude)- 1-10
• richter scale- measurement of the height of the wave produced by an earthquake.

Question 5

what briefly happened in the 2004 boxing day tsunami

Answer 5

300k people killed
slow recovery

Question 6

why is philippines a multi hazard zone

Answer 6

50 active volcanoes 25 are active
lies in the pacific ring of fire
affected by 15 typhoons
one earthqauke 1976-6000 people died whilst sleeping

Question 7

what are the roles of scientists

Answer 7

moniters volcanic activity- uses seismic monitering and satellites eg done in japan as they have access to high technology

Question 8

what does the parks model suggest

Answer 8

shows how countries may respond after a hazard event

all hazard are different so curves will be different.

Question 9

what are the role of planners and engineers

Answer 9

to reduce the impact of hazards- by planners selecting the correct strategies

Question 10

what are the role of ngos

Answer 10

NGOs are important when local government is struggling. Helps provide funds, development, reconstruction, coordination, search and rescue. E.g. Haiti got help from Red Cross and Oxfam.

Question 11

what are the roles of insurers

Answer 11

Insurers can help recover communities and provide people’s businesses with money. However, it can only happen in some countries, mainly developed.