Exam 10: Risk Assessment

The U.S. Global Change Research Program, Digital Coast, and the website Climate.data.gov are valuable resources for helping to incorporate _____________ into a risk assessment.

Chances are that communities located in "tornado alley" in the Southwestern U.S. will experience more tornadoes this year than other parts of the United States.

The hazard ___________ identifies the magnitude and intensity of potential hazards, and should be based on local historical evidence and regional data.

A complete loss estimation tally can provide a good sense of which assets are subject to the greatest potential damages and which type of hazard is likely to produce the greatest potential losses.

A risk assessment can perfectly preduct which buildings will be destoryed by a hazard event.

_____________ is a computer modeling system that can be helpful in creating maps and gathering and analyzing data for many of the steps in the risk assessment process.

Flood severity is often measured in terms of water depth and ___________.

Hazard mapping begins with a _____________, upon which you can superimpose hazard-specific information.

Each local community is unique, and no two towns or counties would carry out an identical risk assessment.

Software is available to from various state and federal sources to estimate the number of people that may be hurt or killed in different types of buildings under different hazard conditions.

Native American and Indigenous Populations are often identified as being particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly communities located along the coastline in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Describe why it is important for risk assessments to be informed by the "best available data." Why should this include both modern sciencitific information and knowledge of the environment from within communities?

Application Mode describes the human act or unintended event that causes the hazard.

If a community decides that its level of risk is unacceptable, the risk assessment can provide a factual basis for creating and targeting mitigation strategies.

____________ facilities, such as hospitals and fire stations, are particularly important for the health and safety of the population and should be identified in an inventory of community assets.

FEMA's officials maps showing the floodplain in most communities are known as:

____________ is a powerful risk assessment software developed by FEMA to analyze potential losses from floods, hurricane winds and earthquakes.

The area of a community with a 1% chance of flooding in any given year is known as:

A Coastal Plain is any land area, including the edges of lakes and rivers, susceptible to partial or complete inundation by water from any source.

____________ populations, such as individuals who do not speak English or the elderly, may face greater challenges preparing for, coping with, and recovering from disasters.

Climate change should be incorporated in the ______________ to more accurately determine how each hazard will affect the community, how often each hazard may occur, and where the hazard might take place.