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What is crucial for understanding the earth's cycles and processes?
What is crucial for understanding the earth's cycles and processes?
- An understanding of the earth's cycles and processes (correct)
- Determining the extent of disasters
- Preventing and mitigating hazard impacts
- Knowing the intensity of hazards
What does the intensity of a hazard refer to?
What does the intensity of a hazard refer to?
- The manageability of the hazard
- The destructive forces (correct)
- The predictability of the hazard
- The range of impact
What does the extent of a hazard depend on?
What does the extent of a hazard depend on?
- The predictability and manageability
- The intensity and range of impact (correct)
- The existing resources and capacity of the community
- The community's preparedness and prevention measures
How can the predictability of a hazard be determined?
How can the predictability of a hazard be determined?
What is important in terms of the manageability of a hazard?
What is important in terms of the manageability of a hazard?
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor in understanding hazards?
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor in understanding hazards?
What makes many parts of the Philippines coasts damaged and deteriorating?
What makes many parts of the Philippines coasts damaged and deteriorating?
What contributes to the vulnerabilities to natural disasters in the Philippines?
What contributes to the vulnerabilities to natural disasters in the Philippines?
Why do infectious diseases become vulnerabilities for populations in the Philippines?
Why do infectious diseases become vulnerabilities for populations in the Philippines?
What contributes to the risk in the Philippines regarding natural disasters?
What contributes to the risk in the Philippines regarding natural disasters?
Why are many areas in the Philippines vulnerable to storm surges?
Why are many areas in the Philippines vulnerable to storm surges?
What contributes to the exposure of Philippine cities to natural hazards?
What contributes to the exposure of Philippine cities to natural hazards?
Which group is at the highest risk of lasting impact from a disaster?
Which group is at the highest risk of lasting impact from a disaster?
What is one factor that can make recovery from a disaster worse for survivors?
What is one factor that can make recovery from a disaster worse for survivors?
Which of the following is NOT listed as an effect of natural disasters on human life?
Which of the following is NOT listed as an effect of natural disasters on human life?
What is one factor that can make the mental health impact of a disaster worse in developing countries?
What is one factor that can make the mental health impact of a disaster worse in developing countries?
Which of the following is listed as an effect of natural disasters on animal life?
Which of the following is listed as an effect of natural disasters on animal life?
What is one of the effects of natural disasters on agriculture mentioned in the text?
What is one of the effects of natural disasters on agriculture mentioned in the text?
What is the primary focus of the given text?
What is the primary focus of the given text?
Which group is considered the most vulnerable to disasters?
Which group is considered the most vulnerable to disasters?
What is physical vulnerability determined by?
What is physical vulnerability determined by?
What is the common misconception mentioned in the text regarding disasters?
What is the common misconception mentioned in the text regarding disasters?
What does social vulnerability refer to?
What does social vulnerability refer to?
Which sector is highly dependent on a constant water supply and unpredictable growing seasons?
Which sector is highly dependent on a constant water supply and unpredictable growing seasons?
Which of the following statements about the impact of disasters on families is true, according to the text?
Which of the following statements about the impact of disasters on families is true, according to the text?
What are major river basins in the Philippines considered?
What are major river basins in the Philippines considered?
What does the term "vulnerability" refer to in the context of disasters?
What does the term "vulnerability" refer to in the context of disasters?
What is the relationship between marital stress and disasters?
What is the relationship between marital stress and disasters?
What is economic vulnerability dependent on?
What is economic vulnerability dependent on?
Which type of vulnerability is related to natural resource depletion and degradation?
Which type of vulnerability is related to natural resource depletion and degradation?
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Study Notes
Hazard and Disaster
- Hazard refers to the probability that a community's structure or geographic area is to be damaged or disrupted by the impact of a particular hazard.
- Hazard is derived from the interaction of social and environmental processes, from the combination of physical hazards and the vulnerability of exposed elements.
- Disaster is a serious disruption in the functioning of a society, causing widespread human, material, or environmental losses which exceeds the ability of the affected society to cope within its own resources.
Vulnerability
- Vulnerability refers to the inability of people, organizations, and societies to withstand adverse impacts to hazards due to characteristics inherent in social interactions, institutions, and systems of cultural values.
- Types of vulnerability include:
- Physical Vulnerability: determined by aspects such as population density levels, remoteness of a settlement, the site design and materials used for critical infrastructure and for housing.
- Social Vulnerability: refers to the inability of people, organizations, and societies to withstand adverse impacts to hazards due to characteristics inherent in social interactions, institutions, and systems of cultural values.
- Economic Vulnerability: the level of vulnerability is highly dependent upon the economic status of individuals, communities, and nations.
- Environmental Vulnerability: natural resources depletion and resource degradation are key aspects of environmental vulnerability.
Disaster Recovery
- Disaster recovery is more stressful when children are present in the home.
- Women with spouses also experience more distress during recovery.
- Having a family member in the home who is extremely distressed is related to more stress for everyone.
- Marital stress has been found to increase after disasters.
Hazard Intensity, Extent, and Predictability
- Hazard intensity refers to the capacity or potential of its destructive forces.
- Hazard extent is the combination of its range of impact and its intensity.
- Hazard predictability is determined by the physical or temporal properties of the hazard.
Philippine Vulnerabilities to Natural Disasters
- The Philippines lies in the Pacific typhoon belt and is visited by an average of 20 typhoons every year.
- The rugged nature of the landscape makes communities vulnerable to landslides, mudflows, and other disasters.
- The Philippines is an archipelagic country with many small islands, and many areas are at or below sea level.
Effects of Natural Disasters
- Effects on human life: displaced population, health risk, food scarcity, emotional aftershocks, property and environmental damages.
- Effects on animal life: injury, starvation, thirst, displacement, illness, stress.
- Effects on agriculture: loss of harvest, loss of livestock, increase susceptibility to diseases, destruction of irrigation systems.
Disaster Management
- Insurance and social protection (risk)
- Emphasizing economic diversity and resilient livelihoods
- Knowledge and awareness raising
- Preparedness measures
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