Risk = Hazard x Vulnerability
Capacity
Capacity
Hazard
Those based in nature: earthquakes, droughts, floods, avalanches, etc.
Those based in violence: war, armed conflict, physical assault, etc.
Those based in deterioration: declining health, education and other social services;
environmental degradation, etc.
Those based in the failing
of industrialized society: technological failures, oil spillage,
factory explosions, fires, gas leakages, transport collisions.
Vulnerability
Is hazard specific and in the eyes of a hazard we are equally vulnerable if we are living in the same location but the capacity to cope is another story
Capacity
There are capacities that addresses hazards and these are:
Preventive capacity
Mitigation capacity
There are capacities that addresses vulnerability and these are:
Individual Survivability
Community Readiness
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