Disaster Planning: Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
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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?

  • Risk assessment
  • Vulnerability analysis
  • Tropical cyclone tracks
  • Hazard identification and mapping (correct)

    • 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?

    <p>Green: Tropical and Subtropical Wind Zone Map</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do cyclone/storm surge hazard maps show?

    <p>Areas of different inundations expressed in meters</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do inundation maps translate flood data into?

    <p>Operational maps communicating risk and consequences of flooding</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the epicenter map show?

    <p>The location where an earthquake starts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the seismic zoning map project?

    <p>Frequency and intensity of expected earthquakes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the vulnerability analysis determine?

    <p>Most likely to be affected by disasters and their capacity to deal with the effects</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does social vulnerability relate to?

    <p>Emotional aspect of single parent families</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is economic vulnerability focused on evaluating?

    <p>Risk of hazards causing losses to economic assets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the risk assessment in relation to disaster specifically described as?

    <p>Probability that a disaster will occur</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the hazard assessment attempt to specify?

    <p>Probability of an event occurring in a certain area</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the landslide hazard map determine?

    <p>Distance where the landslide will travel</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the risk assessment evaluate?

    <p>The probability that a disaster will occur</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of the vulnerability analysis?

    <p>Determining who is most likely to be affected by disasters</p> Signup and view all the answers

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