Modifying vulnerability

Question 1

What is the aim of modifying vulnerability?

Answer 1

Increasing resilience

Question 2

What do new technologies allow for?

Answer 2

They allow for advanced warning of events

Question 3

What is a successful example of high tech monitoring?

Answer 3

Mount Pinatubo in 1991 where 20,000 lives were saved

Question 4

What is an unsuccessful example of high tech monitoring?

Answer 4

In Palu 2018 where the tsunami scale was drastically underestimated

Question 5

What is meant by modelling hazard impact as a way of modifying vulnerability?

Answer 5

The outcomes of hazards is forecasted using computer models where the size and duration of the hazard can be altered for a comparison of different scenarios allowing for things such as evacuation plans

Question 6

How can public education help in modifying vulnerability?

Answer 6

Public education can help people protect themselves before during and after a hazard event, this can be for example in the form of EQ drills

Question 7

What is an example of public education in how to react in a disaster?

Answer 7

Disaster Preparedness Tokyo which was a manual provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Question 8

What is community preparedness?

Answer 8

People living at risk of hazards may set up a local group to develop disaster preparedness plans, this is vital in LIC’s such as Haiti where government support is very limited

Question 9

What is Crisis Mapping?

Answer 9

Using crowd sourced information as well as satellite imagery, other maps and statistical models to accurately map areas struck by disaster