What Is A Hazard Flashcards
Know what a hazard is
1
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What is a natural hazard
A
A potential event that could result in damage to life or property, threat to cause socioeconomic disruption or environmental degradation.
2
Q
What is a disaster
A
When the hazard has materialised. The UN's criteria is •10+ deaths •100+ affected •a deceleration of a state of emergency •request or in receipt of aid
3
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Factors of a disaster
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Nature and hazards • geophysical • hydrological • atmospherical • frequency and magnitude
Vulnerability to cope (population) • population density • situation of population • poverty • current political state
Capacity to cope
• foreign relations
• ethnicity
• connectivity and infrastructure
