CPH - Disaster Risk (3) Flashcards
Is a dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihood & services, social & economic disruption or environmental damage
Hazard
Could be a potentially damaging phenomenon
Hazard
t/f: hazards coul dbe It could be natural or human-induced.
TRUE
The degree to which the element at risk are likely to experience hazard events of different magnitude.
Exposure
Is the characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard.
Vulnerability
This may arise from various physical, social, economic & environmental factors
Vulnerability
Is the combination of all strengths and resources available within the community, society or organization that can reduce the level of risk or effects of a disaster.
Capacity
Is the combination of Probability of an event to happen and its negative consequences…
Risk
t/f: PH remains at high risk for humanitarian crises and disasters
TRUE
Potential Risk treatments: eliminate, withdraw from the risk area
Avoidance
Potential Risk treatments: optimize resources to mitigate effects
Reduction
Potential Risk treatments: risk transfer or enroll in insurance
Sharing
Potential Risk treatments: accept, plan - formulate ConPlan, Evac Plan, and provision of budget
Retention
serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resource
Disaster
Disaster is often described as a result of the combination of: the ___to a hazard; the conditions of ____ that are present; and insufficient capacity or measures to ___ or ___ with the potential negative consequences
Exposure ; vulnerability ; reduce or cope
any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes, floods, catastrophic accidents, fires, or explosions.
Disaster
It is a phenomenon that can cause damage to life and property and destroy the economic, social and cultural life of people.
Disaster
t/f: disasters can be technological
TRUE
consequence when a natural hazard affects humans and/or the built environment.
Natural disaster
resulting loss depends on the capacity of the population to support or resist the disaster: their ___
resilience
disasters occur when hazards meet ____.
vulnerability
t/f: natural hazards never result in a natural disaster in areas without vulnerability.
TRUE
consequence of technological or human hazards.
man made disasters
stampedes, fires, transport accidents, industrial accidents, oil spills and nuclear explosions/radiation. War and deliberate attacks are examples of ___
man-made disasters
t/f: it is a disaster if atleast 5% of the population are affected & in need of emergency assistance or those dwelling units have been destroyed.
false, 20%
t/f: it is a disaster if A great number or at least 60% of the means of livelihood such as bancas, fishing boats, vehicles and the like are destroyed.
false, 40%
t/f: it is a disaster if Major roads and bridges are destroyed and impassable for at least 2 days, thus disrupting the flow of transport and commerce.
false, 1 week
t/f: it is a disaster if there is a Widespread destruction of fishponds, crops, poultry and livestock, and other agricultural products, and
TRUE
t/f: endemics are disasters
false - epidemics
concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters
Disaster Risk Reduction