ATS1310 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Environmental Degradation, Environmental Hazard, Global Warming
9 Aug 2018
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Human geography of human & societal factors in creating vulnerability, Disaster risk reduction/management: process of identifying, evaluating, mitigating & managing disaster risk. Disaster risk: the probability of a hazard occurring & its negative consequences. We are at risk of disaster based on. Disaster risk reduction dependent on: prevention: protection primarily through engineering sea walls, building codes, adaptation/preparedness: land use planning, prediction/forecasting, modelling etc , mitigation: insurance, disaster aid/relief (e. g. emergency response) What influences number of reported hazards & disasters. More infrastructure (more economic development = value of assets increases) Increasing societal vulnerability (more people, in more places, more assets: better & more complete reporting of disasters (understanding/awareness, research, political shifts to open societies/report, some combination of the above. Vulnerability: the characteristics & circumstances of an individual/group that make them susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard. Risky location (and how you came to be located there) Gender, age, health/disability (e. g. no swimming training )
