DRRR Part 3
Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction
(DRRR)
3.
Factors Affecting Vulnerability to Hazard
1. Poverty
2. Climate Change
3. Poor Urban Governance
4. Missing regulatory
framework
Human
Factors
1. Wealth
2. Education
3. Governance
4. Technology
5. Age
6. Gender
- Developed Countries are better prepared to handle the impacts of disasters as well as the aftermath as they have greater capacity to manage disaster
- Developing Countries are more vulnerable to natural disasters for the following reasons:
- poorly constructed buildings
- rapid population growth / high density population
- limited resources for disaster response and rebuilding
- lack of economic safety nets
[ P.S. I may also further explain the said factors and reasons if somebody
requests for it. :) ]
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