Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>The skills and resources that people possess to cope with a disaster</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When does a hazard become a disaster?

    <p>When things go out of control within a relatively short period of time</p> Signup and view all the answers

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