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- 4. The strength of an earthquake as perceived and felt by people in a certain locality
- 6. Actions taken directly before, during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, and ensure public safety
- 7. Map that shows different hazards that may affect a certain area
- 10. Sea waves resulting from the disturbance of ocean floor by an earthquake
- 11. Mandated to “provide protection against natural calamities and utilize scientific knowledge as an effective instrument to insure the safety, well being and economic security of all the people, and for the promotion of national progress.
- 13. Activities and measures to avoid existing and new disaster risks
- 16. Defined as the situation of people, infrastructure, housing, production capacities and other tangible human assets located in hazard-prone areas.
- 18. The overflowing of the normal confines of a stream or bodies of water, or the accumulation of water over areas that are not normally submerged
- 20. The possibility that something bad or unpleasant (such as an injury or a loss) will happen
- 21. A service institute of DOST which monitors volcano, earthquake and tsunami activity, and and issues warning as necessary
- 23. A Risk Factor pertaining to tangible objects or infrastructure
- 24. Hazards which may include chemical, natural and biological hazards
- 27. A feeble shaking to violent trembling of the ground produced by the sudden displacement of rocks or rock materials below the earth’s surface
- 28. A dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage.
- 29. Variables that either aggravate or mitigate the effects of hazards, affecting the degree or scope of a disaster
- 31. A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society which exceeds the ability of the affected society to cope using its own resources.
- 33. Hazard induced entirely or predominantly by human activities and choices
- 34. Moving of people and assets temporarily to safer places before, during or after the occurrence of a hazardous event in order to protect them.
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- 1. A working group responsible for ensuring the protection and welfare of the people during disasters or emergencies
- 2. Wind-generated waves on the surface of the sea
- 3. The ability of individuals, communities, organisations and states to adapt to and recover from hazards, shocks or stresses without compromising long-term prospects for development
- 5. Hazards that are naturally occurring physical phenomena caused either by rapid or slow onset events
- 8. Disaster Risk Factor which includes state of mental capacity and health
- 9. Term used to describe the characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard.
- 12. A process that transforms the behavior of a body of sediments from that of a solid to that of a liquid when subjected to extremely intense shaking.
- 14. A hazard arising from volcanic activity that pose potential threat to persons or property in a given area within a given period of time
- 15. Refers to a very concrete research-based set of actions that are taken as precautionary measures in the face of potential disasters
- 17. A disruptive up-down and sideways movement or motion experienced during an earthquake.
- 19. The lessening or minimizing of the adverse impacts of a hazardous event
- 22. The removal of a forest or stand of trees from land which is then converted to a non-forest use
- 25. A term referring to a fracture, fissure or a zone of weakness where movement or displacement has occurred or may occur again
- 26. The study of the atmospheric and terrestrial phases of the hydrological cycle with emphasis on the interrelationship between them
- 30. Process responsible in the formation of clouds, precipitation, wind, etc.
- 32. A hazard originating from technological or industrial conditions,or specific human activities