Adr

ianG.Val
dez
12-
EINSTEI
N

Lesson1
What
’sNew
1.Wheny ouheart hewords“ty
phoon,eart
hquake,l
andsl
ide,
tsunami,stor
m sur
ge,
f
lashfl
ood, f
ir
e, andot
herdestruct
iveev
ents,whatcomestoy ourmind?Would
youconsidertheseasdisaster
s&why ?
Answer:WhenIheart hesewor ds,t
hefir
stt
hingthatcomestomymi ndis
destr
ucti
on.Iwil
lconsiderthesenatur
alcat
astr
opheasadi sast
eri
fthesecan
causegreatdamageorl ossoflif
e.

WhatICanDo
1.Supposedatyphoonhi
tsapart
icul
arpl
aceandleavesnocasualt
ies,
woul
dyou
consi
deritasdi
sast
er?Whatdotheter
msdisaster
,disast
err
iskmeantoyou?
Answer:No.Forme,di
sast
eri
sasuddenev ent
,suchasanacci
dentornat
ural
eventt
hatnegati
vel
yaf
fect
sli
fe,
proper
ty,
andlivel
ihood.

Lesson2
What
’sMor
e

Hazar
ds;
Mudf
lows,Landsl
i
des
Reasonsofvul
nerabi
li
ty;
Poordesignand
const
ructi
onofbui
ldi
ngs,Rapi
dpopulat
iongr
owt
h,
Povert
y,Fr
agi
leandhazardousl
ocati
on

Hazar
ds;Inadequatesanit
ati
on,
Disease,
Vul
nerabi
l
itytonatural
disast
er
Reasonsofvul
ner
abil
it
y;Popul
ati
ongrowth,
House
madeofli
ghtmater
ial
s,Communityconf
li
ct
 Hazards;
Disease,
Cri
me,
andVul
ner
abi
l
ityt
o
nat
uraldi
saster
Reasonsofv ul
nerabi
li
ty;Popul
ati
ongrowth,
Housemadeofl ightmateri
als,
Povert
y,Li
mit
ed
off
ici
alrecogni
ti
onofrisksandprepar
edness
measures

Lesson3
What
’sMor
e
1.Enumer
ateal
lfact
orsy
ouknowt
hataf
fectdi
sast
er?
Answer:Rapidpopulat
iongr
owth,
Povert
y,Cl
i
mat echange,Lackofdisast
err
isk
consi
derat
ionsinlandmanagementandenvi
ronmentalandnatur
alresour
ce
management .

2.Whydoyouthi
nkt
hatwomenorgi
rl
smost
lysuf
fermor
enegat
iveef
fect
sthan
menorboy
s?
Answer:Womenorgi r
lsmostl
ysuffermor
enegati
veeff
ect
sthanmenorboy
s
becauset
heyexper
iencemoredist
ressdur
ingr
ecover
yandwomenaremore
sensi
ti
vethanmenorboys.

3.Whatar
ethepossi
bleagest
hatar
egr
eat
lyaf
fect
edwhenadi
sast
eroccur
s?
Why?
Answer:Adult
swhoar eintherangeageof40-
60arel
i
kel
ytobemoredist
ressed
af
terdi
sasterbecauseifweareinthatager
anged,
wehavemoredemandsfrom
j
obandf amil
y.