Chapter 1- Introduction Flashcards
This aims to reduce the damage caused by natural hazards.
Disaster Risk Reduction
A serious disruption of the functioning of a community.
Disaster by UNISDR
A sudden and calamitous event that disrupts a community.
Disaster by IRFC
A dangerous phenomenon that may cause loss of life.
Hazard by UNISDR
True or False: An event is considered to be a natural event and not a hazard when the presence of people are absent.
True
A condition which increase the susceptibility of a certain area in a locality to the impact of hazards.
Vulnerability
The probability of harmful consequences as a result of interactions between natural or human induced hazards and vulnerable or capable conditions.
Risk
Are naturally occurring physical phenomena caused by rapid or slow onset events.
Natural Hazards
Events that are caused by humans and occur in or close to human settlements.
Technological Hazards or Man Made Hazards
Positive resources and abilities which are helpful in mitigating, preparing for, responding to and recovering from the hazard impact.
Capacity
Activities to provide outright avoidance of the adverse impact of hazards and means to minimize disaster.
Prevention
State in which individuals and groups of a community have an efficient and effective implementation of the plans for the purpose of saving lives and prevent further damage of property in an event of a disaster.
Disaster Preparedness
An act of preventing or minimizing adverse effects of disaster causing phenomena.
Disaster Mitigation
Disaster came from the french word desastre which isa a combination of des meaning _______ and aster meaning ________.
Bad and Star
UNISDR stands for?
United Nations International Strategy on Disaster Reduction
IRFC stands for?
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Examples of Natural Hazards?
Biological, Geologic, Hydro Meteorological Hazard
Refers to people and properties that are affected by hazards.
Exposure
The degree to which a certain community can be affected by hazard.
Sensitivity
2 types of seismic waves?
Surface and Body Waves
2 types of Surface Waves?
Rayleigh and Love Waves
2 types of body waves?
P-wave and S-wave
Is the study of earthquakes and seismic waves that move through and around the Earth.
Seismology
Seismology came from the Greek word “_________” which means earthquake.
Seismos
Are light shaking of ground that happen in the same site where a stronger earthquake follows.
Foreshocks
Follow after an earthquake
Aftershock
Fractures or discontinuity in the surface of the Earth
Faults
PHILVOLCS stands for?
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
Examples of Fault Lines.
San Andreas Fault (in Southern California), New Madrid Fault (Central US), Caribbean Plate
3 Classification of Earthquake.
Tectonic, Plutonic, Volcanic
Energy released by an earthquake
Magnitude
Refers to actual effects and damage made by an earthquake.
Intensity
Magnitude is measured using the ____________?
Richter Scale
Intensity is measured using the _____________?
Mercalli Scale
Signs of an impending earthquake?
Animal Behavior, Change in Atmospheric Conditions, Electromagnetic Disturbance, Boom Sound
Enumerate the Earthquake Related hazards. (8 hazards)
Ground Shaking, Liquefaction, Surface Rupture, Tsunamis and Seiches, Sinkholes, Landslide and Rock Falls, Subsidence and Lateral Spreading, and Fire (GS-L-SR-TaS-S-LaRF-SaLS-F)
A sudden rapid shaking of the Earth.
Earthquake
