Question

What are the components of the relief and response stage of disaster management
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Answer 1

1)  A disaster is a result of combination of hazard, vulnerability and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce the potential chances of risk. 
 
2)   For example an earthquake becomes a disaster when it affects people, their properties, etc. Thus, disaster occurs only when hazards and vulnerability meet
 
3)  The three major components of disaster are hazard, vulnerability and capacity. With greater capacity of individual or community and environment to face these disasters, the impact of hazard reduces.
 
4)  Hazard – It is referred to as a dangerous condition or event that threat or have the potential for causing injury to life or damage to property or the environment. 
 
5)  It can be grouped into two categories namely natural and manmade. Natural hazards are caused due to natural phenomena like meteorological, geological or biological etc. Some example of natural hazards are cyclones, tsunamis, earthquake, landslides, floods etc
 
6)  Manmade hazards occur due to human negligence. These hazards are associated with industries like explosion, leakage of toxic waste, pollution, dam failure, etc
 
7)  Vulnerability refers to the extent to which a community, structure, services or geographic area is likely to be damaged or disrupted by the impact of particular hazard on account of their nature, construction, and proximity to hazardous terrains or a disaster prone area
 
8)   Capacity refers to resources, means and strengths which exist in households and communities and which enable them to cope with, withstand, prepare for, prevent, mitigate or quickly recover from a disaster. 
 
9)  Disaster management is a series of activities that comprise of different management arrangements that are capable of encompassing different kinds of disasters
 
10)   The different elements of disaster management are preparedness, relief and response, recovery and