Disaster Resilience and Management
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Adults have more pressures that adds up to their emotional ______ after a disaster.

distress

The higher stress of parents is related to their children’s slow ______.

recovery

Human Resilience: Humans are naturally ______.

resilient

To reduce disaster impact is to identify the areas exposed or prone to ______.

<p>hazards</p> Signup and view all the answers

PREDICTION - It is a statement of probability of hazards to occur based on a number of ______ or observations.

<p>evidences</p> Signup and view all the answers

Areas with low elevation are more prone to impacts of typhoons and ______.

<p>floods</p> Signup and view all the answers

Vulnerability is a feature of a community that makes them prone and exposed to the negative impacts of ______.

<p>hazard</p> Signup and view all the answers

Disaster risk assessment is made to estimate the potential economic, infrastructure, and social impacts by analyzing disaster loss from previous years to plan mitigation procedures to prevent and estimate future disaster ______.

<p>losses</p> Signup and view all the answers

Information gathered from hazards, exposures, vulnerabilities, and damages will give an accurate risk ______.

<p>assessment</p> Signup and view all the answers

Disaster risk reduction aims to decrease the risk level in communities through implementing policies and actions to control possible ______.

<p>risks</p> Signup and view all the answers

Factors that affect the degree of disaster risk include physical, psychological, socio-cultural, economic, and ______ factors.

<p>biological</p> Signup and view all the answers

Physical factors in disaster risk include concrete objects in a community that can help or harm an individual during a disaster, like the sturdiness of infrastructure and ______.

<p>signages</p> Signup and view all the answers

A natural or man-made disaster is a traumatic event that can cause stress, depression, and ______

<p>anxiety</p> Signup and view all the answers

People with underlying mental illnesses are considered a vulnerable group in times of ______

<p>disaster</p> Signup and view all the answers

In terms of biological diversity, animals and plants that live in a community where disaster strikes can drastically decrease in ______

<p>number</p> Signup and view all the answers

Vulnerability is defined as a lack of power to be safe in times of ______

<p>disasters</p> Signup and view all the answers

A disaster may change the way citizens feel about other people in general, like after giving donations to assist affected ______

<p>individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

Vulnerability is a set of characteristics and circumstances that make a system susceptible to the damaging effects of ______

<p>hazards</p> Signup and view all the answers

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