GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The level of risk can change depending on the actual impacts and consequences of hazards. Therefore, the risk assessment must include an assessment of the community’s coping and adaptive capacities. It is also important to gauge the perception of the level of risk faced by those who are vulnerable.

Detailed explanation-2: -In disasters, there are three broad areas of risk to health: the hazard that can cause damage, exposure to the hazard and the vulnerability of the exposed population (see also Chapters 1.3 and 2.5) (1).

Detailed explanation-3: -The potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets which could occur to a system, society or a community in a specific period of time, determined probabilistically as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Buildings and infrastructures are one of the most important group of elements-at-risk. Buildings house the population and the behaviour of a building under a hazard event determines whether the people in the building might be injured or killed.

Detailed explanation-5: -Preparedness, Response, Recovery & Prevention/Mitigation.