vulnerability Flashcards
(13 cards)
presence of people and property within the area affected by the
hazard.
EXPOSURE.
involves people, structures, and
infrastructures such as telephone poles, roads, bridges, dams,
irrigation canals, airports, and other facilities
Physical exposure
involves the psychological and social well-being
of people
Social exposure
refers to the effect of hazards on the livelihood and
work of people.
Economic exposure
4 types of exposure
physical, environmental, economic, social
Working and living in areas that include hazards comprise
physical exposure
children whose parents are working in countries where there
is war such as domestic helpers and engineers in the Middle East or soldiers in
Mindanao are exposed to possibilities of loss of their parents
social expo
includes the farmers affected by floods or
drought, businessmen who cannot ship their products to customers as well
restaurant and hotel workers who cater to tourists and who may be driven away
by disasters.
economic element of exposure
represents conditions that increase the possibility
of a hazard turning into a disaster
vulnerability
represents the conditions and situations of the exposed.
There are certain conditions in which the individual or community makes
them predisposed or prone to the negative effects of the hazard
vulnerability
if they can prevent or avoid the impact of the
hazard
strengths
if they increase the chances of a
disaster
weakness
2 types of hazard
inadequacy
of the ability, characteristic of structures and infrustracture, community vulnerability exposes the entire population
to a hazard.