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Understanding Disaster Risk Factors

The document outlines key concepts related to disaster risk, including hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and disaster risk itself. A hazard is defined as a dangerous phenomenon that can cause various forms of damage, while exposure refers to the presence of people and assets in at-risk areas. Vulnerability describes the characteristics that make a community or system susceptible to hazards, and disaster risk is the potential for a disaster to occur, calculated by the interaction of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability.

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Understanding Disaster Risk Factors

The document outlines key concepts related to disaster risk, including hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and disaster risk itself. A hazard is defined as a dangerous phenomenon that can cause various forms of damage, while exposure refers to the presence of people and assets in at-risk areas. Vulnerability describes the characteristics that make a community or system susceptible to hazards, and disaster risk is the potential for a disaster to occur, calculated by the interaction of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability.

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DISASTER RISK

HAZARD
EXPOSURE
VULNERABILITY
DISASTER RISK
Hazard: A dangerous phenomenon,
substance, human activity or condition
that may cause loss of life, injury or
other health impacts, property
damage, loss of livelihoods and
services, social and economic
disruption, or environmental damage.
Exposure: The presence of people,
livelihoods, infrastructure, or
economic, social, or cultural assets
in places and settings that could be
adversely affected by a hazard.
(e.g., houses built on a floodplain,
schools near a volcano, population
density in coastal areas).
Vulnerability: The characteristics
and circumstances of a community,
system or asset that make it
susceptible to the damaging effects
of a hazard.
Disaster Risk: The potential for a
disaster to occur. It is often expressed as
the probability of loss of life, injury or
destroyed or damaged assets which could
occur to a system, society or a
community in a given period of time,
determined by the product of hazard,
exposure, and vulnerability.

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