Week 2: Instructions

1. Define the following key terms in your glossary section: -

• Hazard

• Tectonic event

• Disaster 

• Risk

• Vulnerability

• Capacity to cope

Use the books and websites we have found in the library to help. Don't forget to reference.

2. What is the difference between a hazard and a disaster? (AS work - Dreggs Model)

3. What is the risk equation? Explain what it means

4. Select 2 earthquake and 2 volcano case studies with which you can make good comparisons between (for example Haiti and New Zealand). Create annotated risk equations  for each.

5. Create a comparison summary to demonstrate your understanding of the risk equation.