Why can disaster risk not be understood only through hazard in geography?

Correct answer: Because risk is formed by hazard vulnerability and coping capacity

The direct answer is B: risk is formed by hazard, vulnerability and coping capacity. A hazard is a possible harmful event, such as a flood, earthquake or cyclone. Vulnerability means how easily people, buildings and livelihoods can be damaged. Coping capacity means the ability to prepare, respond and recover, including safe buildings, warnings, transport, money and emergency services. Thus the same hazard can produce very different losses in different places. Option A is wrong because hazard is an important part of risk, even though it is not the only part. Option B is correct because it recognises the hazard and the social conditions that increase or reduce damage. Option C is wrong because disasters affect real people and places, not only maps. Option D is wrong because a weather department may provide forecasts, but risk assessment is not made only by it; planners and communities also matter. Memory cue: hazard is the danger, vulnerability is the weakness, and coping capacity is the ability to manage it.