Disaster risk management: sustainable development, variations in disaster risks

Question 1

What is disaster risk management?

Answer 1

The plans made to prevent, reduce and manage disasters.

Question 2

What are the effects of disaster risks and losses?

Answer 2

Environmental (bury huge areas of forests and wetlands), social (injuries and loss of lives), economic (destruction of homes and properties)

Question 3

What are some factors that affects the extent of tectonic disaster risks (earthquakes)?

Answer 3

• duration and time of shaking
• quality and design of building
• soil and rock properties
• population density
• distance from epicenter

Question 4

What are some factors that affects the extent of tectonic disaster risks (volcanic eruptions)?

Answer 4

• chemical composition of magma
• availability of surface and ground water
• presence of human settlement