Module 3 Unit 1: Definition of Disaster Risk Reduction Management

Question 1

It was defined as the concept and practice of
reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and reduce the causal factors of
disasters.

Answer 1

Disaster Risk Reduction

Question 2

DRM includes strategies designed to:

Answer 2

-avoid the construction of new risks
-address pre-existing risks
-share and spread risk to prevent disaster losses being absorbed by other development
outcomes and creating additional poverty

Question 3

two things drm ams to reduce

Answer 3

vulnerability and exposure