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This document defines key terms related to disaster readiness and risk reduction, including disaster, risk, hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and capacity. It discusses how disasters are social events caused by both natural hazards and human factors. The relationship between hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and capacity are explained in the disaster risk formula. Various ways to classify hazards and reduce exposure are also outlined.
- Author
- augustine abellana
- Language
- EN