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?

    <p>To ensure a sustainable and healthy environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does Disaster Risk Reduction contribute to sustainable development?

    <p>By preventing new, reducing existing disaster risk, and managing residual risk</p> 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

    <p>development</p> 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

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

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

    <p>wildlife</p> 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

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

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

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

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