Hazards, Vulnerability, Resilience and Disaster (Edexcel A-Level Geography): Flashcards
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Hazard
Hazard
Perceived natural event threatening life & property
Disaster
Disaster
Disruption exceeding community's coping ability
Adaptation
Adaptation
Changes so future hazards have less impact
Hazard becomes disaster threshold
Hazard becomes disaster threshold
10+ killed or 100+ affected
Risk equation
Risk equation
hazard × exposure × (vulnerability/manageability)
Resilience
Resilience
How well population recovers from hazardous event
Vulnerability
Vulnerability
Extent community damaged/disrupted by hazard
PAR Model
PAR Model
Disaster = vulnerability process + natural hazard event
HDI measures
HDI measures
Social & economic development
GDP measures
GDP measures
Economic development