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In context of disaster management, what denotes the extent to which an individual, community or region is likely to be damaged by the impact of particular hazard ?

A.
Threat
B.
Risk
C.
Hazard
D.
Vulnerability

Solution:

The correct answer is Vulnerability.The explanation of important terms in the context of Disaster Management is as follows:Vulnerability: Vulnerability of disaster describes the characteristics and circumstances of a community, system, or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard.Hazard: A potentially damaging physical event, social and economic disruption, or environmental degradation.Risk: Disaster risk is the potential disaster losses in terms of lives, health status, livelihoods, assets, and services that could occur to a particular community or a society over some specified future time period.Threat: A threat can be a generic term for a specific danger, such as an object, situation, behavior, etcAdditional InformationSendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) It is an international agreement related to disaster risk reduction.It was adopted by the United Nations members in 2015 at World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan.It is a non-binding agreement.

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