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Questions and Answers
What does hazard identification and mapping serve as the foundation for?
What does hazard identification and mapping serve as the foundation for?
- Data analysis and presentation
- Decision making for prevention, mitigation, and response (correct)
- Social class and geography analysis
- Identification of dangerous items in a community
Which method do planners use to identify events most likely to affect a community?
Which method do planners use to identify events most likely to affect a community?
- Risk assessment
- Vulnerability analysis
- Tropical cyclone tracks
- Hazard identification and mapping (correct)
What does hazard assessment begin with?
What does hazard assessment begin with?
- Vulnerability analysis
- Identification of dangerous items
- Social class and geography analysis
- Data collection (correct)
Which map shows how the frequency and strength of extreme windstorms vary across a country?
Which map shows how the frequency and strength of extreme windstorms vary across a country?
What do cyclone/storm surge hazard maps show?
What do cyclone/storm surge hazard maps show?
What do inundation maps translate flood data into?
What do inundation maps translate flood data into?
What does the epicenter map show?
What does the epicenter map show?
What does the seismic zoning map project?
What does the seismic zoning map project?
What does the vulnerability analysis determine?
What does the vulnerability analysis determine?
What does social vulnerability relate to?
What does social vulnerability relate to?
What is economic vulnerability focused on evaluating?
What is economic vulnerability focused on evaluating?
What is the risk assessment in relation to disaster specifically described as?
What is the risk assessment in relation to disaster specifically described as?
What does the hazard assessment attempt to specify?
What does the hazard assessment attempt to specify?
What does the landslide hazard map determine?
What does the landslide hazard map determine?
What does the risk assessment evaluate?
What does the risk assessment evaluate?
What is the focus of the vulnerability analysis?
What is the focus of the vulnerability analysis?
