Various

elements that
may be exposed
to hazards:
Physical hazards

Structural damage or
collapse buildings.
SOCIAL HAZARD

Are smoking, being

exposed to second hand
smoke, living in old toxic
waste site and working
with harmful chemicals.
ECONOMIC
HAZARD

Interruption of
business due to
damage of building
and infrastructure.
ENVIRONMENTAL
HAZARD

Destruction of
cultural heritage,
pollution and
sedimentation.
VULNERABILITY

The characteristics determined by

physical, social, economic and
environmental factors or
processes which increase the
susceptibility of an individual, a
community, assets or systems to
the impacts of hazards.
Why certain sectors of society
are more vulnerable to disaster
than others?

The other sector of the society are more

vulnerable than the other sectors, It depends
on areas where people live. Such as near in
volcanoes that can be affected by volcanic
eruption, near fault lines, near mountain that
can be hit by landslides and those people lived
in low-lying areas which is always affected by
the flood.
Why certain structures are
more vulnerable to specific
hazards than others?

Other structures are more vulnerable

because they are build near the fault line that
may be damaged when there is an earthquake
and the most dangerous is the use of non-
durable materials of other companies to save
money so the quality of the structure are
unstable thats why it is easy to break when
there is an earthquake.