Question

Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates the difference between response and recovery phases of disaster management?

• A. Building cyclone shelters vs. issuing evacuation orders
• B. Conducting mock drills vs. enforcing land-use zoning
• C. Providing temporary shelters after floods vs. rebuilding permanent housing
• D. Installing warning systems vs. distributing relief materials

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Providing temporary shelters after floods vs. rebuilding permanent housing

• The scenario that best demonstrates the difference between the response and recovery phases of disaster management is:Providing temporary shelters after floods vs. rebuilding permanent housing.

• Response Phase (Providing temporary shelters after floods): This is an immediate action taken during or immediately after a disaster to save lives, sustain basic human needs, and reduce the severity of the primary impacts. Temporary shelters are a quintessential immediate relief measure.

• Recovery Phase (Rebuilding permanent housing): This is a longer-term effort that begins after the immediate emergency has passed. It involves restoring and improving livelihoods, health, economic, and social functions, and repairing/rebuilding physical infrastructure—which is exactly what rebuilding permanent housing entails.