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2.1 Various Elements That May Be Exposed To Hazards
2.1 Various Elements That May Be Exposed To Hazards
1 VARIOUS
ELEMENTS THAT
MAY BE EXPOSED
TO HAZARDS
-A dangerous phenomenon, substance,
human activity or condition that may
cause loss of life, injury or other health
HAZARDS: impacts, property damage, loss of
livelihoods and services, social and
economic disruption, or environmental
damage. This event has a probability of
occurrence within a specified period of
time and within a given area, and has a
given intensity.
HAZARDS:
-something that has the
potential to harm you.
—Someone famous
“ELEMENTS AT
RISK AND
EXPOSURE”
-Is the potential for
RISK uncontrolled loss of
something of value.
ELEMENTS
AT RISK
-is a generic term that signifies
everything that might be exposed to
hazards, ranging from buildings to
the economy and from individual
persons to communities.
RISK
MODEL
DIMENSIONS OF
VULNERABILIT
Y:
The conditions
determined by physical,
Vulnerability: social, economic, and
environmental factors or
processes, which
increase the
susceptibility of a commun
ity to the impact
of hazards.
SOCIAL
-effects of disaster on
people and society.
Definition of concepts
Mercury Mars
Mercury is the closest Despite being red, Mars is
planet to the Sun and the a cold place, not hot. It’s
smallest one in the Solar full of iron oxide, which
System—it’s only a bit gives the planet its reddish
larger than our Moon cast
Saturn Venus
Yes, this is the ringed one. Venus has a beautiful name
It’s a gas giant, composed and is the second planet
mostly of hydrogen and from the Sun. It’s terribly
helium hot
ENVIRONMENTAL
-the physical aspects of
exposure and
vulnerability refers to the
location and built
structures
Definition of concepts
Mercury Mars
Mercury is the closest Despite being red, Mars is
planet to the Sun and the a cold place, not hot. It’s
smallest one in the Solar full of iron oxide, which
System—it’s only a bit gives the planet its reddish
larger than our Moon cast
Saturn Venus
Yes, this is the ringed one. Venus has a beautiful name
It’s a gas giant, composed and is the second planet
mostly of hydrogen and from the Sun. It’s terribly
helium hot
Definition of concepts
Mercury Mars
Mercury is the closest Despite being red, Mars is
planet to the Sun and the a cold place, not hot. It’s
smallest one in the Solar full of iron oxide, which
System—it’s only a bit gives the planet its reddish
larger than our Moon cast
Saturn Venus
Yes, this is the ringed one. Venus has a beautiful name
It’s a gas giant, composed and is the second planet
mostly of hydrogen and from the Sun. It’s terribly
helium hot
1. Essential facilities
2. industrial and high potential loss of
facilities and facilities containing hazardous
materials
3. transportation lifelines
4. utility lifelines
ECONOMIC
EFFECTS:
-Business interruptions, loss of jobs,
loss of government income due to
inability of businesses.
Earthquakes can have a serious effect on an economy through the
damage of buildings to damage of the infrastructure such as road , rail
systems , electricity, gas , water and sewerage systems .
Mercury Mars
Mercury is the closest Despite being red, Mars is
planet to the Sun and the a cold place, not hot. It’s
smallest one in the Solar full of iron oxide, which
System—it’s only a bit gives the planet its reddish
larger than our Moon cast
Saturn Venus
Yes, this is the ringed one. Venus has a beautiful name
It’s a gas giant, composed and is the second planet
mostly of hydrogen and from the Sun. It’s terribly
helium hot