Disaster risk management
G2 Elective Geography: Tectonics - syllabus K229, 2027
Compare risks and learn how planning, preparedness, response and recovery reduce disaster losses.
- Disaster risk and development
Disaster risk management cuts future losses and prepares for the risk that remains, protecting both lives and long-term development.
- Why earthquake risk varies
The same earthquake can cause very different losses in two places, depending on shaking, ground, buildings and people.
- Why volcanic risk varies
Volcanic risk follows each hazard's route: ash goes where the wind blows, and lahars follow valleys.
- Safer land use and buildings
Keep new building out of danger zones where possible, and strengthen the buildings and services that must stay.
- Monitoring and preparedness
Monitoring gives warning information, but people need preparation, clear plans and safe options to act on it.
- Disaster response
Disaster response saves lives and meets urgent needs, and good coordination gets the right help to the people who need it.
- Recovery and building back better
Recovery restores homes, services and jobs, and building back better also fixes the weaknesses that made the disaster so bad.
- Named examples: Disaster risk management
A named place with a date or figure, linked to your point, turns a general answer into a developed one.
What you will be able to do
I can explain how managing disaster risk supports sustainable development.
Syllabus K229, Topic 3.3, Key Question 1. How does disaster risk management help achieve sustainable development?
Taught in Disaster risk and development, Named examples: Disaster risk management
I can explain why disaster risk from earthquakes and eruptions differs between places.
Syllabus K229, Topic 3.3, Key Question 2. Why do disaster risks related to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions vary across places?
Taught in Why earthquake risk varies, Why volcanic risk varies
I can judge how well strategies before a disaster build a community's resilience.
Syllabus K229, Topic 3.3, Key Question 3. How effective are the strategies in building communities' resilience to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?
Taught in Safer land use and buildings, Monitoring and preparedness
I can judge how well response and recovery strategies work after an earthquake or eruption.
Syllabus K229, Topic 3.3, Key Question 4. How effective are the disaster management strategies after an earthquake or a volcanic eruption?
Taught in Disaster response, Recovery and building back better