Coursework Two ? Concepts of hazard, risk, and vulnerability, and how they strengthen our understanding and management of disaster risk.

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Perception or awareness is very important in assessing risk as a whole, as it requires prior knowledge of hazard and vulnerability, the other major concepts of effective disaster management (UN/ISDR 2004:36). Alexander (2000:11) highlights that risk is an abstract concept that only comes into being when mobilised by external forces, in the case of disaster this is hazard...
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Alexander (2000:11) highlights that risk is an abstract concept that only comes into being when mobilised by external forces, in the case of disaster this is hazard. The term vulnerability in the context of disaster was first used by engineers to considering the resilience of different forms of construction...
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