Definitions

Question 1

Disaster - Degg, 1992

Answer 1

‘The realisation of a hazard, when it causes a significant impact on a vulnerable population’.

Question 2

Event - Dun and Dregg, 2009

Answer 2

‘A physical occurrence resulting from the movement or deformation of the earths crust’.

Question 3

Hazard - Ross 1998

Answer 3

‘An event, or process, that has the potential to, or causes damage to people and their settlement’.