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LESSON 3: TYPES

OF HAZARD and
RISK FACTORS
UNDERLYING
DISASTERS
PRETEST
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer that best describe
the idea.

___1. Which of the following is NOT a risk factor underlying disaster?


A. Vulnerability B. Hazard C. Environment D. Exposure
___2. Which is NOT a risk driver?
A. Poverty and inequality C. Properly planned urban development
B. Environmental degradation D. Weak governance
___3. The variables that amplify the effects of hazards, affecting the degree or scope
of a disaster is called
A. Exposure B. Elements at risk C. Risk drivers D. Vulnerability
___4. Which of the following affects the probability that a risk mitigation option will be
implemented?
A. Political and public support C. Long and short-term benefits
B. Financial cost D. All of the choices
___5. Which of the following typically leads to increased risk for a for a population?
A. Urbanization B. Coastal migration C. Both A and B D. neither A nor B
activity:Trio-clue
Directions: Analyze the figure below. Construct an idea that
represents what you understood based on the figure below

Hydro -
meteorolo Biological
-gical Health
Hazard Hazard

Disaster

Technolo-
gical
or Man-
made
Hazard
Types of Hazard
-Geological /Hydro-meteorological Hazard is an adverse
geologic condition capable of causing damage or loss of property or
life.
Geohazards include: volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, mudslides or
landslides, avalanches, glacial surges and outburst floods,
tsunamis, and other land collapses due to thawing permafrost.

-Man-made hazards are events or conditions that are caused by


human activities and have the potential to cause harm to people,
property, or the environment. These hazards can be intentional,
such as acts of terrorism or war, or unintentional, such as industrial
accidents or transportation disasters.
Types of Hazard
-Biological health hazards include bacteria, viruses,
parasites and moulds or fungi. They can pose a threat to
human health when they are inhaled, eaten or come in
contact with skin. They can cause illness such as food
poisoning, tetanus, respiratory infections or parasite
infection.
activity: DEFENSELESSNESS
If there would be a signal no. 3 typhoon,
which of these two types of house will suffer
much disaster? Why?
REMEMBER

Risk – the possibility that something bad or unpleasant (such as


an injury or a loss) will happen (Merriam-Webster).

• Disaster – a serious disruption of the functioning of a community


or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or
environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of
the affected community or society to cope using its own
resources.

Risk Factors underlying disasters:


-Vulnerability – it is the tendency to become incapable of resisting
hazard or the inability to respond after a disaster.
REMEMBER

Risk Factors underlying disasters:

-Hazard is 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 – is the tendency of losing property, people, systems


and other elements in the society due their presence within the
hazard zones.
Direction:
Provide examples of the
risk factors underlying
disasters using the
following figure.
Posttest
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer that best describe the idea

___1. These are variables that either aggravate or mitigate the effects of
hazards, affecting the degree or scope of a disaster.
A. Exposure C. Disaster
B. Vulnerability D. Risk Factors
___2. Which is NOT a risk factor underlying disaster?
A. Hazard B. Vulnerability C. widespread human loss D.
Exposure
___3. All of the following could be expose to hazard, except?
A. Earthquake B. tall buildings C. agriculture D. Population
___4. Which of the following is vulnerable factor of risk?
A. Typhoons B. Coping capacity C. population D. pandemic
___5. Which of the following is a contributing factor to disaster?
A. Exposure C. Vulnerability E. none of the above
B. Hazard D. All of the above

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