DRRR

The outright avoidance of adverse impacts of hazards and related

disasters

• Disaster prevention

• Disaster Mitigation

• Prevention

• Mitigation

Answer explanation

measures that ensure the ability of affected communities and/or areas

to restore their normal level of function by rebuilding livelihood and damaged

infrastructure and increasing the communities’ organizational capacity.

• Response

• Preparedness

• Rehabilitation

• Mitigation

involves both community insiders and outsiders.

• Community-based disaster risk management

• National disaster risk reduction and management plan

• Regional disaster risk reduction and management councils

It is a long term effects

the result of a hazard’s impact on society

Defined as the combination of all the

strengths, attributes and resources

available within a community, society or

organization that can be used to achieve

agreed goals.

requires long-term planning across sectors and must be

integrated into general national and regional development strategies.

“scarcity of resources in a community can

reduce the coping solutions and recovery

from a disaster”

• Physical factors

• Political factors

• Environmental factors

• Social factors

Answer explanation

measures that ensure the ability of affected communities and/or areas

to restore their normal level of function by rebuilding livelihood and damaged

infrastructure and increasing the communities’ organizational capacity.

• Disaster prevention and mitigation

• Disaster preparedness

• Disaster response

• Disaster rehabilitation and recovery

• None of the above

arise from purely natural processes in the environment, such as

earthquakes or floods, volcanic eruption, etc.