PAR Model

Question 1

How is vulnerability contributed to?

Answer 1

• Unsafe conditions (buildings of poor quality)
• Dynamic pressures (urbanisation)
• Root causes (social/political structures

Question 2

Which factors define the hazard event?

Answer 2

• Magnitude of the hazard(s)
• frequency of the hazard(s)
• time at which the hazard(s) occur
• How many hazard(s) occur

Question 3

What are root causes?

Answer 3

Overarching political power or economics:

• shape how power is distributed in society
• determines to what extent government supports people
• determines who gets support

Eg. Lack of opportunities in villages (economic)

Question 4

What do dynamic pressures do?

Answer 4

• create unsafe conditions in an area or in a certain period of time

Question 5

What are dynamic pressures?

Answer 5

• Often the manifestation of root causes

Eg. Large amount of urbanisation due to RUM due to lack of economic opportunities in rural areas

Question 6

What are unsafe conditions?

Answer 6

• Specific ways that people are vulnerable

Eg. RUM migrants live in informal settlements made to low standards, likely to fall apart in an EQ