Vulnerability and Risk Assessment - 2nd Edition (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - Disaster Management Training Programme - United Nations Development Programme , 1994, 70 p.): Part 2 - Assessing risk and vulnerability: (introduction...)

Vulnerability and Risk Assessment - 2nd Edition (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - Disaster Management Training Programme - United Nations Development Programme , 1994, 70 p.)

Part 2 - Assessing risk and vulnerability

		*(introduction...)*
		Using risk in decision-making
		How is risk determined?
		Presentation of risk
		Hazard evaluation
		Vulnerability evaluation
		CASE STUDY - Part A
		Reducing vulnerability: robust societies
		CASE STUDY - Part B
		SUMMARY

(introduction...)

This part of the module explains

the importance of "loss parameters" in risk analysis

the various ways of presenting risk

the importance of hazard evaluation and mapping

how to evaluate and quantify vulnerability

the root causes of vulnerability in societies