Table 72: Severity Criteria (Negative Social or Health Impacts) Magnitude: Duration Extent Ability to Adapt Socio-cultural Outcome Health Outcome Severity Short-term (up to Those affected will be Inconvenience but with no Event resulting in 1=Low level of one year) Individual/ able to adapt to the consequence on long-term annoyance, minor injury severity Household changes with relative livelihoods, culture, quality or illness that does not Low frequency ease, and maintain of life, resources, require hospitalization livelihoods, infrastructure and services. culture, quality of life and health. Medium-term (one Small number of affected will be able Primary (direct) and Event resulting in 2=Medium level to years) households to adapt to change, with secondary (indirect) moderate injuries or of severity Medium or some difficulty, and impacts on livelihoods, illness, which may intermittent maintain pre-impact culture, quality of life, require hospitalization frequency livelihoods, culture, resources, infrastructure quality of life and health and services but only with a degree of support Long-term (more Large part or affected will not be Widespread and diverse 3=High level of than seven years)/ entirely able to adapt to changes primary and secondary severity Irreversible and continue to maintain impacts likely to be Constant pre-impact livelihood impossible to reverse or frequency compensate for.
Table 72: Severity Criteria (Negative Social or Health Impacts) Magnitude: Severity Duration Extent Ability to Adapt Socio-cultural Outcome Health Outcome 1=Low level of severity Short-term (up to one year) Low frequency Individual/ Household Those affected will be able to adapt to the changes with relative ease, and maintain livelihoods, culture, quality of life and health. Inconvenience but with no consequence on long-term livelihoods, culture, quality of life, resources, infrastructure and services. Event resulting in annoyance, minor injury or illness that does not require hospitalization 2=Medium level of severity Medium-term (one to years) Medium or intermittent frequency Small number of households affected will be able to adapt to change, with some difficulty, and maintain pre-impact livelihoods, culture, quality of life and health but only with a degree of support Primary (direct) and secondary (indirect) impacts on livelihoods, culture, quality of life, resources, infrastructure and services Event resulting in moderate injuries or illness, which may require hospitalization 3=High level of severity Long-term (more than seven years)/ Irreversible Constant frequency Large part or entirely affected will not be able to adapt to changes and continue to maintain pre-impact livelihood Widespread and diverse primary and secondary impacts likely to be impossible to reverse or compensate for.
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