Tectonics: 1.2 - Crackin' Kashmir (C.S)

Question 1

Pressure and release model

Answer 1

Model that states a disaster is a combination of human vulnerability and natural hazards

Question 2

Human vulnerability

Answer 2

Vulnerability progresses from: root causes -> dynamic pressures -> unsafe conditions

Question 3

Root causes

Answer 3

National/global factors of vulnerability (the ‘why’)

The trigger point of vulnerability

Examples: limited access to power, infrastructure, or resources
Or ideologies: political systems, economic systems (capitalism)

Question 4

Dynamic pressures

Answer 4

Regional factors of vulnerability (‘the how’)

The means through which a population becomes vulnerable

Examples: lack of training and appropriate skills
Rapid population growth
Deforestation
Debt repayment schedules (may have little money left after repaying a debt, then being forced to deal with an EQ straight after)

Question 5

Unsafe conditions

Answer 5

Local factors of vulnerability (the ‘what’)

The conditions a population lives with that makes them vulnerable

Examples: fragile physical environment, fragile local economy