Session 1 aims to establish the conceptual background for hazard and risk assessment and frames hazard and risk assessment as core components of Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Risk Management, introducing the participant to the most important terminology and definitions.
Introduction to Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Risk Management:
- Core concepts
- Hazard
- Exposure
- Vulnerability
- Capacity
- Resilience
- Disaster
- Emergency
- Risk
- Risk reduction strategies
- Disaster management cycle
- Challenges for Disaster Risk Management
