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The Concept of Hazards in a Geographical Context Flashcards

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What are the three types of hazards?

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  • Geophysical
  • Hydrological
  • Atmospheric
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What are examples of geophysical hazards?

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  • Earthquakes
  • Volcanic eruptions
  • Tsunamis
  • Landslides
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What are examples of hydrological hazards?

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  • Flooding
  • Mudslides
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What are examples of atmospheric hazards?

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  • Hurricanes
  • Tornadoes
  • Extreme heat
  • Drought
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What does Degg’s Model show?

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A natural hazard only becomes a disaster when there is a vulnerable population present.

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What is a natural hazard?

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A natural event which threatens people and the built environment.

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What are the UN’s criteria for a natural disaster?

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  • 10+ deaths
  • 100+ injuries
  • Declared state of emergency
  • Call for international assistance
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What are small-scale pressures affecting hazard impacts?

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  • Lack of education and training
  • Food insecurity
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What are large-scale pressures affecting hazard impacts?

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  • Rapid population growth
  • Rapid urbanisation
  • Large outstanding debt
  • Unsustainable exploitation (e.g. deforestation)
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What is hazard perception?

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The way in which people view the threat of a hazard.

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Which five factors affect hazard perception?

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  • Wealth
  • Experience
  • Education
  • Religion and belief
  • Mobility
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What is fatalism?

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A passive response to a hazard which states that natural hazards are a part of life and the losses should be accepted.

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What is prediction?

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An active response to a hazard which uses past events and scientific evidence to reduce the impacts of a hazard.

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What is adaptation?

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An active response to a hazard in which lifestyle choices are adjusted to reduce vulnerability.

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What is mitigation?

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An active response to a hazard where strategies are carried out to reduce the impacts of a hazard.

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What is management?

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An active response to a hazard where strategies are coordinated to reduce hazard impacts.

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What is risk sharing?

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An active response to a hazard is a form of community preparedness where communities invest collectively to mitigate hazard impacts.

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What is hazard incidence?

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  • The frequency of a hazard
  • More frequent hazards are harder to predict and implement management strategies.
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What is hazard distribution?

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  • Where hazards occur geographically
  • Hazard hotspots have adapted and have many management strategies
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What is intensity?

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  • The power of a hazard
  • Depends on the distance from the hazard
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What is magnitude?

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  • The size of a hazard
  • Used as a measure of intensity and has a specific value
22
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Why is level of development important in hazard response?

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HICs are able to implement more effective mitigation strategies than LICs.

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What are the two models of hazard response?

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  • Park Model
  • Hazard Management Cycle
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What is the Park Model?

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A graphical representation of human responses to hazards.

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What does the Park Model show?

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The sequence of phases following a hazard event which was economically and socially disruptive.

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In which 3 ways can quality of life change in the Park Model?

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  • Improving
  • Return to normality
  • Deterioration
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What happens in Stage 1 of the Park Model?

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Relief
- Immediate local response including search and rescue
- Immediate appeal for international aid (e.g. MSF, International Rescue Committee)

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What happens in Stage 2 of the Park Model?

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Rehabilitation
- Services restored
- Temporary shelters and hospitals
- Food and water distributed
- Coordinated foreign aid

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What happens in Stage 3 of the Park Model?

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Reconstruction
- Restoring the area to the same or better QoL
- Rebuilding infrastructure
- Mitigation strategies implemented for future hazards

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What does the Hazard Management Cycle show?

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The stages of responding to events, highlighting how the same stages take place after all hazards.

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What are the four stages of the Hazard Management Cycle?

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  • Preparedness
  • Response
  • Recovery
  • Mitigation
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What are the five factors which affect the usefulness of hazard response models?

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  • Complexity
  • Inclusion of level of development
  • Time scale
  • Vagueness
  • Impact of climate change
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What is an example of hazard adaptation?

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Building hazard-resistant infrastructure, such as aseismic buildings.

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What are examples of hazard mitigation?

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  • Land-use zoning
  • Floodplain protection
  • Property relocation
  • Public outreach
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What are examples of hazard management?

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  • Planning evacuation routes
  • Cooperation of monitoring services (e.g. NOAA, National Hurricane Centre)
36
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What is an example of risk sharing?

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New Zealand
- Increased cooperation between the National Emergency Management Agency and the government since 2014
- Insurance investment to implement mitigation strategies

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Which three factors contribute to a natural hazard becoming a natural disaster?

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  • Risk
  • Vulnerability
  • Resilience
38
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What is hazard risk?

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The probability of a hazard occurring and causing widespread disruption.

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What is hazard vulnerability?

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The risk of exposure to hazards as well as the capacity to cope with them.

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What is hazard resilience?

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The ability of a community to absorb a hazard and continue to function.

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What is the PAR Model?

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Pressure and Release Model.

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What does the PAR Model highlight?

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The importance of socio-economic characteristics in determining hazard vulnerability.

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What are the three sections of the PAR Model?

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  • Root causes
  • Dynamic pressures
  • Unsafe conditions
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What are examples of root causes of vulnerability in the PAR Model?

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  • Low access to resources
  • Limited influence in decision making
  • Poor governance and a weak economic system
45
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What are examples of dynamic pressures leading to vulnerability in the PAR Model?

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  • Lack of education, training and investment
  • Rapid population change and urbanisation
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What are examples of unsafe conditions leading to vulnerability in the PAR Model?

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  • Poor construction standards
  • Unsafe infrastructure
  • Poverty
  • Lack of social safety net

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