10. The Role of Engineers in Humanitarian Response

Question 1

Phases following a disaster

Answer 1

1) First emergency response
2) Early recover
3) Recovery

Question 2

Types of risk

Answer 2

Acute risk - huge events, Haiti, Nepal etc.

Extensive risk - recurrent events, repeat, multi-hazard, cascading

Endemic risk - day-to-day, health, lack of secure tenure, livelihoods

Question 3

Intensive vs extensive risk

Answer 3

Extensive risk is used to describe low severity, high frequency events mainly but not exclusively associated with highly localised hazards

Intensive risk is used to describe the risk associated to high-severity, mid to low-frequency events, mainly associated with major hazards.