Hazards - Mock

Question 1

Define Vulnerability, Resilience and Risk

Answer 1

-Vulnerability: the ability to anticipate, cope with and recover from a natural hazard
-Resilience: the ability to protect lives, livelihoods, and infrastructure from destruction and restore areas after hazard
-Risk: the exposure of people to a hazardous event and the probability of it occurring and leading to loss of lives

Question 2

Why LICs are more vulnerable than HICs

Answer 2

• Levels of wealth influences peoples ability to protect themselves and then recover
• Rapid urbanization creates a need for more housing which is built quickly and of poor quality (Turkey CS)
• The existence of preparedness plans and efficiency of emergency services influences how quickly and effectively a country responds and recovers from an event

Question 3

What are the root causes, dynamic pressures, unsafe conditions in the PAR models

Answer 3

Root Causes
- High population density (growing)
- Elderly population
Dynamic Pressures
- High density infrastructure and growing coastal communities
- Elderly have declining vision and hearing with fewer financial resources
Unsafe Conditions
- Indian ocean Tsunami affected many people
- Survival is dependent on others as they have limited strength

Question 4

What are some governance and political vulnerability factors

Answer 4

• Enforcement of building codes (Turkey CS)
• The level of corruption of government officials and businesses influences how resources are used

Question 5

What are some economic and social vulnerability factors

Answer 5

• lack of high quality education might mean people are less aware of the risks of hazards
• Communities with poor healthcare suffer more from diseases and are less able to cope and recover from disaster, often entering ‘poverty cycle’
• ## Lack of income opportunities means people cannot buy the resoruces they need to prepare, affecting healthcare and living conditions

Question 6

What are some physical and environmental vulnerability factors

Answer 6

• the accessibility and the location of an area affects how quickly rescuers and aid can get to the affected areas (Port-Au-Prince port)
• The efficiency of the emergency services and the speed and effectiveness that they can do this