MODULE 7: VULNERABILITIES OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS EXPOSED TO HAZARDS

Question 1

includes population density levels, place
of a settlement, the site design, and materials used for infrastructure
and housing

Answer 1

Physical Vulnerability

Question 2

happens due to inability of people,
organization, and societies to prevent severe effects from hazards
because of the expected behavior in social interactions, institutions,
and system of cultural values.

Answer 2

Social Vulnerability

Question 3

based on the economic status
of individuals, communities, and nations

Answer 3

Economic Vulnerability

Question 4

Social and economic vulnerability can be combined also known
as

Answer 4

Socioeconomic Vulnerability

Question 5

caused by natural resources
depletion and destruction.

Answer 5

Environmental Vulnerability

Question 6

The Philippines has high vulnerability due to the following
reasons:

Answer 6

• It lies in the Pacific typhoon belt and we are visited by an
  average of 20 typhoons every year.
• Rugged nature of the landscape makes it vulnerable to
  landslide, mudflows, and other disasters.
• It is an archipelagic country with many small islands where
  some areas are at below sea level.
• It has the longest shoreline in the world at 32,400 km making
  it vulnerable to storm surges.
• It is still a primary agricultural and fishing economy.
• With poor institutional and social capacity to manage,
  respond, and recover from natural hazard events.
• With high level of poverty
• Aside from typhoon, it is also at risk to volcanic eruptions,
  quakes, and floods.