Lesson 1

• What are the potential impacts of hazards?

  Loss of life, injury, property damage
• What can hazards cause?

  Disasters
• How does UNDRR define hazards?

  Events posing a threat to exposed elements
• What are the different types of hazards?

  Natural, anthropogenic, socio-natural
• What are natural hazards?

  Hydrometeorological, geological, biological
• What are hydrometeorological hazards?

  Weather-related hazards
• What are geological hazards?

  Earth-related hazards
• What are biological hazards?

  Hazards caused by organisms
• What are anthropogenic hazards?

  Man-made hazards
• What are socio-natural hazards?

  Hazards resulting from human and natural interactions
• What is vulnerability?

  Condition increasing susceptibility to hazards
• What factors determine vulnerability?

  Physical, social, economic, environmental factors
• What is physical vulnerability?

  Proximity to hazards and access to resources
• What is social vulnerability?

  Factors like disability, social status, age
• What is economic vulnerability?

  Poverty, business closure, farming damage
• What is environmental vulnerability?

  Denuded forests, polluted oceans, smoke
• What is exposure?

  Condition of elements in hazard-prone areas
• What are the elements of exposure?

  Physical, social, economic, environmental elements
• What is capacity in the context of hazards?

  Strengths and resources reducing disaster risk
• How is disaster risk expressed?

  As a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability
• What are hazard-prone areas?

  Areas likely to experience natural hazards
• Is the Philippines a hazard-prone area?

  Yes
• Why is the Philippines a hazard-prone area?

  Pacific Ring of Fire, Philippine Fault Line
• What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?

  A major area of tectonic activity
• What is the Philippine Fault Zone (PFZ)?

  A 1,200-km-long tectonic feature
• What is the significance of the Philippine Fault Zone?

  Source of large-magnitude earthquakes
• What is the Western Pacific Basin known for?

  Most active basin with tropical cyclones
• How many tropical cyclones form annually in the Western Pacific Basin?

  About 25 tropical cyclones
• Which countries are part of the Western Pacific Basin?

  Philippines, Japan, China, Indonesia