DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION Flashcards
1
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a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage loss
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Disaster
2
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the two types of disaster
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- Human Disasters
- Natural Disasters
3
Q
a condition or sets of conditions that reduces people’s ability to prepare for, withstand or respond to a hazard
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Vulnerability
4
Q
population and infrastructure situated in
low-lying coastal areas
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exposure
5
Q
dangerous phenomenon
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hazard
6
Q
Types of hazards
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- Natural Hazards
- Secondary Hazard
- Technological Hazards
- Quasi-natural Hazards
7
Q
hazards from earth’s natural processes
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Natural Hazards
8
Q
hazards that resulted or consequence of other hazards
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Secondary Hazard
9
Q
man-made hazards
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Technological Hazards
10
Q
hazards that results from the interaction of natural processes and human activities
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Quasi-natural Hazards
11
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The types of natural hazards
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- Biological Hazard
2.Geological Hazard
3.Hydrometeorological Hazard
