DRRR LT 1 reviewer

Which of the following DOES NOT describe a disaster?

• The community is able to cope

• There is serious disruption

• It affected the whole community

• There is widespread impacts and losses

UNISDR Definition: "A dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage."

UNISDR Definition: "The ability of people, organizations and systems, using available skills and resources, to face and manage adverse conditions, emergencies or disasters."

UNISDR Definition: "A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources."

UNISDR Definition: "The potential disaster losses, in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services, which"

UNISDR Definition: "People, property, systems, or other elements present in hazard zones that are thereby subject to potential losses."

UNISDR Definition: "Geological process or phenomenon that may cause loss of life, injury or other health

impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage."

UNISDR Definition: "Process or phenomenon of atmospheric, hydrological or oceanographic nature that

may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage"

UNISDR Definition: "Natural process or phenomenon that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage. "

UNISDR Definition: "The phenomenon of increased occurrence of certain geophysical and hydrometeorological hazard events, such as landslides, flooding, land subsidence and drought, that arise

from the interaction of natural hazards with overexploited or degraded land and environmental resources."