Vulnerability

Question 1

What makes areas vulnerable? Increasing risk:

Answer 1

Population growth
Urbanisation
Environmental degradation
Lack of preparedness
Very young, or very old population e.g. 60% deaths japan tsumani were over 60.
Poor infrastructure

Question 2

Preparedness

Vulnerability

Answer 2

Education and community preparation programmes raise awareness and teach people how to prepare, evacuate and act

Prepared = government - Japan’s Disaster Prevention Day on 1st September each year and public education.

Non = Corrupt governance - slum housing, ineffectual water supply and endemic poverty.

Question 3

Location

Vulnerability

Answer 3

Often rural areas are hit less hard than urban areas by the initial impact of the disaster, but isolation and limited access can slow the rescue relief effort

China - Landslides cut rural areas off
Pacific ring of fire - 450 million volcanoes
Philippines - 7000 islands - hard to send relief to all and located on beach - tsunamis