General statement and definitions

Question 1

General statement?

Answer 1

Grinding poverty and tectonic volatility make a devastating combination - guardian 2010

Question 2

Define hazard?

Answer 2

A hazard is a geographical event such as seismic activity which has the potential to cause a disaster - www.oxforddictionaries.com

Question 3

Define disaster?

Answer 3

According to the International Disaster Database a disaster is when 10 or more people are reported killed, 100 or more people are reported effected, a state of emergency is declared or there is a call for international aid - www.emdat.be

Question 4

Define impact?

Answer 4

An impact is a marked effect or influence on something. This can be applied to geography and tectonic hazards through the social and economic issues faced - www.oxforddictionaries.com

Question 5

Define vulnerability?

Answer 5

Vulnerability is the level of risk at which people are at to be effected by a hazard - www.oxforddictionaries.com

Question 6

Define human factor?

Answer 6

Human factors include things such as quality of housing. access to medicine and levels of poverty which influence how bad an impact a disaster has - Edexcel A2 Geography textbook Digby et al 2009

Question 7

Define physical factor?

Answer 7

Physical factors include things such as magnitude of the disaster, frequency of the disaster and climate which influence how bad an impact a disaster has - Edexcel A2 Geography textbook Digby et al 2009

Question 8

Define development?

Answer 8

The process of change for the good, usually referring to standard of living or quality of life - Edexcel A2 Geography textbook Digby et al 2009

Question 9

Source of the crunch model?

Answer 9

Blaikie et al 1998

Question 10

What comes under the first stage of vulnerability?

Answer 10

Underlying causes
Poverty
Limited access to power
Limited access to resources

Question 11

What comes under the second stage of vulnerability?

Answer 11

Unsafe conditions
Dangerous location
Dangerous infrastructure
Fragile environment
Low income

Question 12

What comes under disaster?

Answer 12

Disaster = vulnerability + hazard

Question 13

What comes under hazard?

Answer 13

Trigger events
Earthquake
Tsunami
Volcanic eruption

Question 14

Source of the parks model?

Answer 14

1991

Question 15

Three stages on left?

Answer 15

Social stability
Level of economic activity
Quality of life

Question 16

Bottom 3 stages?

Answer 16

Relief - search, rescue, care
Rehabilitation - temporary housing, aid
Reconstruction - permanent rebuilding`

Question 17

Source of technological response diagram?

Answer 17

Dunn et al 2010

Question 18

4 stages of the technological response diagram?

Answer 18

Modifying the loss
Modifying the vulnerability
Modifying the event
Modifying the cause

Question 19

Reason for using the crunch model?

Answer 19

I will use the crunch model as the framework for my analysis of tectonic hazards disastrous impacts

Question 20

Reason for using the parks model?

Answer 20

I will use the parks model to demonstrate the varying levels of disruption and recovery times between LEDC and MEDC nations and their ability to return to normality, improve or deteriorate from original conditions

Question 21

Reason for the technological response diagram?

Answer 21

I will use the technological response diagram to show how varying levels of technology have an impact on the ability of the countries to protect themselves from the disastrous impacts of tectonic hazards.