Question

Difference between hazard and vulnerability with examples

Answer 1

A vulnerability is a weakness or gap in our protection effortsA hazard is something that can cause harm, e.g. electricity, chemicals, working up a ladder, noise, a keyboard, a bully at work, stress, etc

Answer 2

Difference between HAZARD and VULNERABILITY:

• HAZARD:

Hazard is defined as the source of some negative incident, which has happened, or is going to happen shortly to some occurrence.  

Example: While Speaking of floods,  

Hazard, is the rain over the area where flood is going to happen. It is simply the cause of the danger.  

• VULNERABILITY:

Vulnerability is defined as the degree of exposure to a particular area or group of people to certain hazards or danger.  

For Example: Vulnerability is seen higher when the city or a mine or village is near to a lake or river or an underdeveloped drainage system etc.