Hazards 4P's Flashcards
What ways can hazards be managed?
Preparation: This is when a area would find ways to reduce the impacts of the hazard for when it occurs such as building stronger buildings or having evacuation plans.
Prevention: This is when a area would find ways to stop the event from becoming as powerful as it might be.
Adaption: This is how after the event takes place people react in order to be living as best as possible in the circumstances.
What factors can influence how well hazards are managed?
Economic status: If there is a high economic status then their preparedness would be better as they would be able to track and monitor the event and evacuate early, their prevention would be better as they will have more money to invest into it and their adaptation will be better as there would be less damage leading to a smaller change in quality of life.
Frequency of the hazard: If the hazard takes place frequently then their preparedness would be better as they would know what to do and would have had a lot of practice, prevention will possibly decrease as they keep constantly being destroyed so it could not be sustainable economically and finally, they will adapt better as they would have much more experience.
What are the impacts of Volcanic and seismic events?
Primary impacts: Homelessness, death, disease spread, collapsed buildings, people going missing, loss of water supply, loss of food supply, destroyed crops, lahars, avalanches, landslides.
Secondary impacts: Fires, Ash clouds, stop of air travel, Water and food supply cut off, Disease spread, Communications interrupted, Storm surge, landslides.
What factors could influence the severity of impacts and the way a country responds?
Their economic status- Whether or not money was invested to reduce the impacts of the hazards.
Political status- Whether or not they will get aid from other countries.
Perspective- Either fear, adaptation or fatalism will determine how local people react to it.
