Question

What is the difference between HAZARDS & DISASTERS ?
Please tell this answer in tabular form.

Answer 1

A hazard is a risk and according to Leo Buscaglia, an American motivational speaker and author,

‘Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.’

Disasters on the other hand are the kind of risks that subject mankind and his natural world to all kinds of tragic events that can end up taking everything.  Do hazards and disasters share any common ground?  They can both be a threat in a natural and a man-made context, but it would appear that a hazard is a precursor to a disaster.  The one catastrophe can lead to the other.  It would be true to say perhaps that a hazard is a disaster looking for somewhere to happen.

Answer 2

HAZARDS A hazard is an agent which has the potential to cause harm to a vulnerable target. The terms "hazard" and "risk" are often used interchangeably. However, in terms of risk assessment, they are two very distinct terms. A hazard is any agent that can cause harm or damage to humans, property, or the environment. Risk is defined as the probability that exposure to a hazard will lead to a negative consequence, or more simply, a hazard poses no risk if there is no exposure to that hazard.
DISASTER A disaster is a serious disruption, occurring over a relatively short time, of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.[