Management of Natural Hazards

Question 1

Resilience.

Answer 1

The sustained ability of individuals or communities to be able to utilise available resources to respond to withstand and recover from the effects of natural hazard events.

Question 2

What are the 3 Ps?

Answer 2

Prediction
Protection
Preparation
(prevention)

Question 3

Prediction.

Answer 3

Giving warnings.

Improve monitoring.

Question 4

Protection.

Answer 4

Protects people and impact upon building - modification to building.

Question 5

Preparation.

Answer 5

Education and raising public awareness.

Question 6

Preventation.

Answer 6

Generally unrealistic .

Question 7

What is the 3Ps model?

Answer 7

Disaster.
Relief.
Rehabilitation.
Prediction, protection, preparation.

Question 8

Community preparedness

Answer 8

Prearranged measures aiming to reduce loss of life and damage through public education / programmes and evacuation procedures / insurance

Question 9

Frequency

Answer 9

Distribution of hazard through time

Question 10

Integrated risk management

Answer 10

Process of considering social / economic / political factors involved in risk analysis and deciding on actions to be taken to minimise damage

Question 11

Magnitude

Answer 11

Size of impact of hazard

Question 12

Resilience

Answer 12

Sustained ability of individuals and communities to able to utilise available resources, withstand and recover from effects.

Minimise effects of event enabling them to return to normal.