The concept of Hazard (3.1.5.1):

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Natural Hazard

An event that threatens property and life. Disasters often result from natural hazards and ocur unpredictabily in the atmosphere.

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Risk

Potential threat hazardous events pose on people, posessions, and the built environment.

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Vulnerability:

potential for loss in a physical hazard. It can vary over time and can be influenced by social groups, geographical factors etc.

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perception:

The way in which individuals/groups view the threat a natural hazard has. Therefore determining the course of action and expectations.

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Fatalism

The perspective of a hazardous event suggesting that people cannot resolve or influence the outcome. Nothing can be done to mitigate.

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Adaptation:

Attempts by a communities/people to adjust to living with a hazard. Then reducing their vulnerability.

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Community preparedness/Risk sharing

There are prearranged measures that aim to reduce property damage and loss of life.

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Integrated Risk management

Social, economic and political factors are all involved in risk analysis then evaluating the expected damage. In order to reduce disruption and damage.

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Distribution

The spatial coverage of the hazard, referring to the area affected by the event.

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Frequency

distribution a hazard has over time.

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Magnitude

the size of the impact of a hazard event.

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Prediction

Where it is possible to give warnings (as a result of monitoring), in order to enable action to prepare.

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Resilience

Ability of individuals/communities to utilise available resources in order to respond, withstand and recover from the effects of natural hazards.

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Park model (disaster Response curve)

A model that demonstrates how hazard events have varying impacts over time. Showing pre disaster, when the disaster happened, response and post-disaster.

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Disaster relief

(part of the park model) involves rescue services, medical attention and general care. Lasting between a few hours-days.

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Disaster rehabilitation

(next stage of the model) People provide shelter, food and water for those affected to try and resume to some sort of normality. Lasting between a few days-weeks.

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Disaster reconstruction:

Where property and infrastructure is repaired/rebuilt, crops are regrown etc. People use this time in order to learn from that event for the future.