DRR and Humanitarian Lingo

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Across
  1. 1. The restoration (and hopefully improvement) of facilities, livelihoods and living conditions of disaster-affected communities after a disaster
  2. 4. The outright avoidance of adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters
  3. 6. Knowledge and capacity developed to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of hazards
  4. 8. The lessening or limitation of the adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters
  5. 9. An event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community due to hazardous events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability and capacity
  6. 10. The chance that any hazard will actually cause harm on human, materials, economic or environment. Can be expressed using the equation "= (Hazard x Vulnerability) - Capability"
Down
  1. 2. The conditions that increase the susceptibility of an individual / community to the impacts of hazards. The diminished capacity of an individual or group to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from the impact of a hazard.
  2. 3. Aims to achieve a more acceptable balance between international and local responses to disasters; shifting the balance of power towards locally led humanitarian response
  3. 5. The provision of emergency services and public assistance during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected
  4. 7. A potentially damaging physical event, phenomenon or human activity