2.Socio--economic Capacity:
In most of the disasters, people suffer their greatest losses in the
physical and material realm. Rich people have the capacity to
recover soon because of their wealth. In fact, they are seldom hit
by disasters because they live in safe areas and their houses are built
with stronger materials. However, even when everything is
destroyed they have the capacity to cope up with it.
Hazards are always prevalent, but the hazard becomes a disaster
only when there is greater vulnerability and less of capacity to cope with
it. In other words the frequency or likelihood of a hazard and the
vulnerability of the community increases the risk of being severely
affected.