DRR | 1 Flashcards
a threat or harm that has the potential to cause damage to a community
harm
2 main types of hazard
natural
man-made
means of nature
natural hazard
we are the cause of disaster
man-made hazard
any event that causes widespread economic, and environmental losses or impacts that serously disrupt the normal functioning of a community.
disaster
sudden calamitus event that brings great damage loss. destruction, and devastation to life and property
disaster
causes a significant number of dead or missing people
disaster
The probability that a community’s structure or geographic area is to be damaged or disrupted by the impact to a particular hazard, an account of its nature, construction and promivity to a hazardous area.
disaster risk
Devastating outcomes that result from natural hazards
natural hazards
technological disasters
man-made disasters
are destructions from man-made hazards
man-made disasters
3 types of disaster effects
primary effects
secondary effects
tertiary effects
Direct situations arising from the disaster itself
primary effects
situations resulting from the primary effects
secondary effects
There are not experienced while the aisaster is happening but can be felt some time after the disaster has occured
tertiary effects