Natural Disasters
- Created by: eviedeehan
- Created on: 28-02-24 17:13
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- Natural Disasters
- disaster - when a hazards has significant impact on people e.g the consequence of a hazard occurring
- risk - probability of a hazard happening and creating loss of life and livelihood
- vulnerability - risk of exposure to hazards combined with an inability to cope with them
- resilience - degree to which a population or environment can absorb a hazardous event and stay functioning
- hazard risk equation
- risk = hazard x vulnerability / capacity to cope
- some communities have high resilience - emergency evac, rescue and relief, hazard resistant designs
- risk = hazard x vulnerability / capacity to cope
- Pressure and Release (PAR) model - socio-economic context is important and the nature of the hazard
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