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Which organization defines a disaster as a serious disruption to the functioning system of a community causing widespread human loss and damage?
Which organization defines a disaster as a serious disruption to the functioning system of a community causing widespread human loss and damage?
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) (correct)
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- United Nations (UN)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
What is a hazard?
What is a hazard?
- Social and physical constraints of a society
- A substance, event, or situation that has the potential to cause a disaster (correct)
- Any occurrence that causes damages
- A sudden catastrophic event
What is vulnerability?
What is vulnerability?
- Social and physical constraints of a society (correct)
- Diminished capacity of people or community to cope up with a disaster
- A sudden catastrophic event
- Any occurrence that causes damages
What is capacity in the context of disasters?
What is capacity in the context of disasters?
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When does a hazard become a disaster?
When does a hazard become a disaster?
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