One flood scenario, three different questions
A hazard map is not a complete account of harm. Use a scenario card to distinguish the event, what is present and what makes those people or assets susceptible. This classroom example is fictional and supplies no property-level assessment or live warning.

1. Describe the hazard with a location, extent, depth or intensity, likelihood and source date where available. Keep unknown fields empty. Do not turn an illustrative depth into a forecast for a named street.
2. List exposure within that scenario: people, buildings, essential equipment and services. Count the relevant unit and period; an inventory of buildings is not a count of residents.
3. Describe vulnerability and capacity separately. Ground-floor equipment, limited mobility and an unavailable evacuation route require different questions. Avoid judging an individual’s abilities from an address or a demographic label.
4. Change one condition and say which category changed. Then note residual risk and the responsible source for actual advice. Follow local authorities for warnings and emergency instructions, rather than this teaching diagram.

Scenario — invented: A hypothetical flood reaches a ground floor. No real location, probability, depth estimate or warning is asserted.
Exposure: A library’s electrical cabinet and stored books are on that floor. Record people present separately; the inventory says nothing about occupancy.
Vulnerability / capacity: Equipment height, waterproofing, staff warning arrangements and accessible exit routes need evidence; they are not inferred from a photograph.
One change: Moving the cabinet above the scenario water level changes equipment exposure. It does not remove the flood hazard or prove the building safe.
Scenario worksheet: Hazard/source/date __; exposed people/assets __; vulnerability evidence __; capacity __; changed condition __; residual risk __; authority advice __.

Scenario — invented: ____________________
Exposure: ____________________
Vulnerability / capacity: ____________________
One change: ____________________
Scenario worksheet: ____________________
UNDRR defines disaster risk through hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity. The card above is an original reading exercise for the historical course topic, not a current EDUCATE course enrolment or university service.

UNDRR — disaster risk terminology — https://www.undrr.org/terminology/disaster-risk