Practice Components Of Disaster Risk (2.5) - Disaster Recovery and Build Back Better

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Question 1.
What defines a hazard?
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Think about potential dangers in nature.
Question 2.
What is meant by exposure in disaster risk?
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Consider how people live in relation to hazards.
3Question 3.
What is the term for a potential threat that can cause damage?
- Risk
- Disaster
- Hazard
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Consider what precedes a disaster.
4Question 4.
Exposure can be determined by which of the following?
- True
- False
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Think about what being in a dangerous area means.
Question 5.
Analyze a developing country and assess how social inequality affects vulnerability to natural disasters.
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Research socio-economic reports on vulnerability.
Question 6.
Create a presentation that assesses a specific region’s disaster risk using the three components of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability.
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Select a region known for its disaster history.

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