Modify the loss

Question 1

What is it?

Answer 1

Strategies to modify loss include emergency, short and longer term aid and insurance. (P: role of NGOs and insurers) and the actions of the affected communities themselves.

Question 2

Short term aid

Answer 2

Search and rescue followed by emergency food, water and shelter.

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Reduces death toll by saving lives and keeping people alive until longer-term help arrives

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High cost
Difficult to distribute in isolated areas
Emergency services are limited and poorly equipped in developing countries

Question 3

Long term aid

Answer 3

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Reconstruction can ‘build in’ resilience through land-use planning and better construction methods
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Very high costs
Needs are quickly forgotten by the media after the initial disaster

Question 4

Insurance

Answer 4

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Allows people to recover economically by paying for reconstruction
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Does not save lives
Few people in the developed world have insurance.

Question 5

Aid doners (countries)

Answer 5

Long term education plans
Rescue and response
Temporary shelters
Medical teams

Question 6

NGOS

Answer 6

Oxfam and Red Cross provide expert aid and money