Differentiate between a hazard and a risk. Where does vulnerability fit in?
What will be an ideal response?
Hazard is anything that can cause "(1) injury, disease, or death to humans, (2) damage to personal or public property, or (3) deterioration or destruction of the environmental components. The existence of a hazard does not mean that undesirable consequences inevitably follow. Instead, we speak of the connection between a hazard and something happening because of that hazard as a risk, defined here as the probability of suffering injury, disease, death, or some other loss as a result of exposure to the hazard." Some people are more prone to being exposed to hazards because of the environment and cultural situation that they find themselves in. This is vulnerability. Risk = Hazard x Vulnerability.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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What will be an ideal response?
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