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22 Cards in this Set
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Natural Hazard |
A perceived event that threatens both life and property |
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Geophysical |
All tectonic hazards |
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Hydrological |
The extremes of wet weather, draught and flood |
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Atmospheric |
Tropical storms, tornadoes, and extra tropical storms |
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Geomorphic |
Landslides and avalanches |
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Biohazards |
Wildfires and locust plagues |
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Multi hazardous zones |
Places that experience a combination of hazards |
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Risk |
The exposure of people to a hazardous event, perceiving a potential threat to themselves their possessions and the built environment in which they live |
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Disaster |
The realisations of a hazard, when it has caused a 'significant impact' on a vulnerable populations |
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Risk assessment |
Defines the likelihood of harm and damage |
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Vulnerability |
To physical hazards means the potential for loss |
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Hazard perception |
The way in which an individual or a group views the threat of a hazard event. This will determine the subsequent action taken |
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Resilience |
The degree to which a population or environment can absorb a hazardous event and yet remain within the same state of organisation |
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Magnitude |
The assessment of the size of the impact of a hazard event |
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Frequency |
The distribution of a hazard through time |
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Prediction |
The ability to give warnings so that action can be taken to reduce the impact of hazards events. |
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Integrated risk management |
Process of considering the social, economic, and political factors involved in risk analysis; determining the acceptability of damage; deciding on actions to be taken to minimise damage |
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Community preparedness/risk sharing |
Involves prearranged measured that aim to reduce the loss of life and property damage through public education and awareness programmes, evacuations plans, emergency policies and supplies |
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Primary effects |
The effects of a hazard event that result directly from the event |
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Secondary effects |
The effects that result from the primary impact of a hazard event |
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Distribution |
The spatial coverage of the hazard |
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Effects |
The impact that an event has upon both the physical and human environments |
