Exposure and Vulnerability Quiz

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What is exposure according to the text?

  • Being in a hazardous situation without protection (correct)
  • Having a high social status in the community
  • Resisting the impact of disasters effectively
  • Belonging to the most vulnerable sector

Who are considered part of the most vulnerable sectors?

  • Professional and skilled individuals
  • High-ranking government officials
  • Small entrepreneurs
  • Farmers and urban poor (correct)

What characterizes less vulnerable sectors?

  • Belonging to the highest level of society
  • Being part of the abused sector
  • High material resources and social position (correct)
  • Low capacity to withstand disaster effects

Which sector is NOT mentioned as part of the less vulnerable sectors?

<p>Indigenous people (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does vulnerability refer to?

<p>Diminished capacity to cope with hazards (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which group is at the lowest level of society according to the text?

<p>PWD’s (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of vulnerabilities are mentioned in the text?

<p>Physical, social, economic, and attitudinal (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are the poor considered vulnerable to disasters in the Philippines according to the text?

<p>Because they have less access to better housing and livelihood opportunities (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which geographical location factor makes the Philippines vulnerable to meteorological disturbances like typhoons?

<p>Location within the Pacific Ocean (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What aspect of vulnerability is related to attitude towards change and sense of ability to affect the environment?

<p>Attitudinal/Motivational vulnerability (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the text describe the location of the Philippines in relation to active faults, trenches, and volcanoes?

<p>In an area with many active faults, trenches, and volcanoes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which vulnerability is related to family structure and special categories of vulnerable groups?

<p>Social vulnerability (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Exposure and Vulnerability

  • Exposure refers to a situation or condition that makes someone likely to be harmed, especially due to lack of protection from something dangerous.
  • Vulnerability is the diminished capacity of an individual or group to anticipate, cope with, resist, and recover from the impact of a natural or man-made hazard.

Vulnerable Sectors

  • Most Vulnerable Sectors: composed of farmers, urban poor, laborers, indigenous people, PWD’s, women, and children, who have low capacities to withstand and overcome disaster effects.
  • Less Vulnerable Sectors: composed of professionals, small entrepreneurs, and those with higher social positions, who have higher capacities to overcome disaster effects.
  • Not Vulnerable Sectors: composed of high-position individuals in society, often targeted by vulnerable and less vulnerable sectors in advocacy work related to disaster issues.

Categories of Vulnerabilities

  • Physical/Material Vulnerability: location, housing, infrastructure, services, population, mortality, disease, nutritional status, literacy, and poverty levels.
  • Social Vulnerability: family structure, special categories of vulnerable groups, educational attainment, and population density.
  • Economic Vulnerability: source of livelihood, community resources, household income, savings, market access, and access to goods and services.
  • Attitudinal/Motivational Vulnerability: attitude towards change, sense of ability, initiative, faith, determination, and orientation towards the past, present, and future.

Vulnerability of the Philippines to Disasters

  • The Philippines' location in the Pacific makes it vulnerable to meteorological disturbances, such as typhoons.
  • The country's location in the western ring of the Pacific Ocean, where many active faults, trenches, and volcanoes are present, makes it prone to earthquakes.
  • The poor are particularly vulnerable to disasters due to limited access to better housing, public facilities, and livelihood opportunities.

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