5.1 - Hazards in Geographical Context.
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- 5.1 PERCEPTION AND RESPONSES
- Human Responses to hazard events
- Park Model - showing how people RESPOND to hazards only.
- Disaster risk equation - measures the hazard vulnerability of a place.
- Equation is: RISK = (HAZARD X VULNERABILITY) / CAPACITY TO COPE.
- This equation requires on to be subjective about the hazard vulnerability of a place due to 'capacity to cope/mitigation' and 'vulnerability'.
- Good in a way because one can asses which countries must focus on reducing their hazard vulnerability through use of this equation by improving their prediction, prevention and protection.
- Good in a way because one can asses which countries must focus on reducing their hazard vulnerability through use of this equation by improving their prediction, prevention and protection.
- This equation requires on to be subjective about the hazard vulnerability of a place due to 'capacity to cope/mitigation' and 'vulnerability'.
- This equation requires on to be subjective about the hazard vulnerability of a place due to 'capacity to cope/mitigation' and 'vulnerability'.
- Equation is: RISK = (HAZARD X VULNERABILITY) / CAPACITY TO COPE.
- Looking at ongoing process before and after hazard event
- DISASTER RISK/HAZARD MANAGEMENT CYCLE - 4 stages, not in order.
- Preparedness - the higher this level, the lower the vulnerability of a population in relation to hazard events and DISASTERS.
- Mitigation - reducing the impacts of an event through earthquake-resistant buildings e.g. motion-absorbing ones and practising fire drills in Japan.
- Response - how people react when a disaster occurs, like search and rescue; all IMMEDIATE responses.
- Recovery - restoring the affected area to something approaching normality. E.g. in the short-term restoration of services for long-term planning to take place.
- DISASTER RISK/HAZARD MANAGEMENT CYCLE - 4 stages, not in order.
- Risk
- The likelihood that humans will be seriously impacts by a hazard.
- Perceived risk - the subjective judgement one makes about the characteristics and severity of a hazard.
- Past experience of a hazard for people living in perhaps hazard-prone areas that have affected people's perceived risks of future hazards.
- Wealthier/affluent people may be more able to afford moving from hazard-prone to less hazard-prone areas or to build their homes to withstand hazards, so their perceived risk of hazards is SMALLER.
- Perceived risk - the subjective judgement one makes about the characteristics and severity of a hazard.
- The likelihood that humans will be seriously impacts by a hazard.
- Human Responses to hazard events
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