Environmental Hazards and Disaster Risk Quiz

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What do environmental hazards refer to?

Threats to ecosystems caused by human activities

Threats to the environment and human health from natural events or human activities (correct)

Threats to wildlife from natural events

Threats only to human health caused by natural events

What is the goal of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)?

Preventing new, reducing existing disaster risk, and managing residual risk to strengthen resilience (correct)

Focusing on recovery after disasters occur

Developing strategies for coping with disaster consequences

Managing disaster aftermath to minimize environmental impact

What does Disaster Risk Management involve?

Developing long-term environmental sustainability plans

Educating communities about disaster preparedness

Providing immediate relief after disasters occur

Implementing policies, strategies, and measures to assess, reduce, and manage disaster risks (correct)

Why is understanding and mitigating environmental hazards essential?

To ensure a sustainable and healthy environment Signup and view all the answers

How does Disaster Risk Reduction contribute to sustainable development?

By preventing new, reducing existing disaster risk, and managing residual risk Signup and view all the answers

Disaster Risk Reduction refers to a set of policy goals and strategies which are aimed at preventing new and reducing existing disaster risk and managing residual risk, all of which contribute to strengthening resilience and therefore to the achievement of sustainable

development Signup and view all the answers

Environmental hazards refer to any potential threat to the environment, ecosystems, and human health caused by natural events or human

activities Signup and view all the answers

These hazards can lead to pollution, ecological damage, and adverse health effects for both humans and

wildlife Signup and view all the answers

Disaster Risk Management refers to the systematic process of implementing DRR policies, strategies, and measures to assess, reduce, and manage disaster risks in order to

con Signup and view all the answers

Understanding and mitigating these hazards are essential to ensure a sustainable and healthy

environment Signup and view all the answers

Environmental Hazards and Disaster Risk Quiz

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What do environmental hazards refer to?

What is the goal of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)?

What does Disaster Risk Management involve?

Why is understanding and mitigating environmental hazards essential?

How does Disaster Risk Reduction contribute to sustainable development?

Disaster Risk Reduction refers to a set of policy goals and strategies which are aimed at preventing new and reducing existing disaster risk and managing residual risk, all of which contribute to strengthening resilience and therefore to the achievement of sustainable

Environmental hazards refer to any potential threat to the environment, ecosystems, and human health caused by natural events or human

These hazards can lead to pollution, ecological damage, and adverse health effects for both humans and

Disaster Risk Management refers to the systematic process of implementing DRR policies, strategies, and measures to assess, reduce, and manage disaster risks in order to

Understanding and mitigating these hazards are essential to ensure a sustainable and healthy

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