What actions increase and decrease risk in disasters

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What actions increase and decrease risk in disasters

What are the elements involved in each cycle

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What are the elements involved in each cycle

Component of risk

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which is not a component of risk? O a) Vulnerability O b) Exposure O c) Weather O d)
All of the above

Natural hazard

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Which is not a natural hazard? O a) The containment disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power plant 0 b) The damage caused to the Minoan civilization by a volcanic eruption and tsunami
O c) An oil spill caused by a sinking ship 0 d) BothAand C

Paradigm of disaster

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What paradigm of disaster research are we currently in? O a) Behavioural O b)
Constructivist O (3) Complexity 0 d) Engineering

Hurricane frequency and strength

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How does the change in sea surface temperatures affect hurricane frequency and strength?

Ocean temperatures

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How does climate change/global warming affect ocean temperatures?

Cause of tsunamis

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Which of the following is a possible cause of tsunamis? O a) Mass movement hazards O b) Earthquakes O
c) Meteorite/asteroid impacts 0 d) All of the above