Vulnerability

A potentially damaging physical event, phenomenon or human activity that may cause loss of life or injury, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation

• Vulnerability

• Risk

• Exposure

• Hazard

Which of the following situations pertains to a disaster?

• landslide in Kalinga that destroyed a mountain village

• volcano erupting in isolation in the middle of Pacific Ocean

• Landslides in mountainous areas

• Tsunamis occurring in an isolated island

What are the effects of having a large evacuees in a small infrastructure like schools and churches?

• Children and elderly become prone to diseases

• Delay in classes

• Scarcity of food resources

• All of the above

Which risk factor is being described in the statement, " People, poverty, and disaster risk are increasingly concentrated in cities."?

• Weak Governance

• Poorly planned and Managed Urban Development

• Globalized Economic Development

• Poverty and Inequality

Adults in the age range of 50-80 are more stressed after disasters but in general, children exhibit more stress after disasters than adults do.

• TRUE

• FALSE