Understanding Disaster Risk Management Terms

These flashcards cover key terms and concepts related to disaster risk management, including definitions and applications.

A phenomenon or situation that has the potential to cause disruption or damage to people is known as a __.

Hazard

The conditions determined by physical, social, and environmental factors that increase susceptibility to a hazard impact are called __.

Vulnerability

Factors influencing hazards can be classified as either natural or __.

Man-made

The combination of all strengths, attributes, and resources within a community that can be used to achieve agreed goals is termed __.

Capacity

A serious disruption involving widespread human and material losses that exceeds the ability of a community to cope is known as a __.

Disaster

The probability of harmful consequences or expected losses resulting from interaction between hazards and vulnerable conditions is termed __.

Risk

The level of potential losses that a society considers acceptable given certain conditions is referred to as __.

Acceptable Risk

The process of activities taken in advance to ensure effective response to hazards is called __.

Preparedness

The outright avoidance of adverse impacts of hazards and disasters relates to __.

Prevention

The lessening of the severity of hazards' impacts through various strategies and actions is termed __.

Mitigation

The operations and decisions made after a disaster aimed at restoring living conditions is known as __.

Rehabilitation

Permanent measures to repair or replace damaged infrastructure after a disaster are called __.

Reconstruction

The __ integrates disaster risk reduction into recovery efforts and aims for resilience.

Disaster Management Cycle

A multi-dimensional process of recovery starting in a humanitarian context is known as __.

Early Recovery

An example of a structural measure for disaster risk reduction is __.

Dams

Social characteristics such as lack of awareness can increase __.

Vulnerability

The continuous activity of planning and achieving orderly transitions from response to recovery is part of __.

Preparedness

Disaster risk reduction is integrated into the __ phase which includes recovery and reconstruction.

Post-disaster

Combinations of hazards and vulnerabilities lead to __.

Disaster effects

The aim of emergency response is to provide immediate __ to maintain life and improve health.

Assistance

The term __ refers to both structural and non-structural measures for hazard impact reduction.

Mitigation