1 Basic Concept of Disaster & Disaster Risk.pptx

Disaster readiness and risk reduction

1. Basic Concept of Disaster & Disaster Risk jave n. Salinas, MAED

2. SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOMES: Define disaster and disaster risk. Explain the risk factors underlying disasters. State the effects of disaster on human life. Stress how and when an event becomes a disaster. Identify the different areas/locations exposed to hazards that may lead to disaster. Present disaster along physical, psychological, socio-cultural, economic, political, and biological perspectives.

3. PICTURE ANALYSIS: Defining Disaster Damaged School Buildings. These photos show some of the school buildings damaged by super typhoon Reming in the Bicol region last 2006.

4. WHAT IS DISASTER? A sudden calamitous event, bringing great damage, loss, destruction and devastation to life and property (ADPC, 2012). A serious disruption of the functioning of society , causing widespread human, materials or environmental losses, which exceed the ability of the affected people to cope, using their human resources (Adelman, 2011).

5. WHAT IS DISASTER RISK? The probability that a community’s structure or geographic area is to be damaged or disrupted by the impact of a particular hazard, on account of its nature, construction and proximity to a hazardous area (ADPC, 2012).

6. Nature of Disaster Natural Disaster – These originate from the different forces of nature (geological, meteorological, hydrometeorological and biological). Human-made Disaster – Occur due to people’s actions against human, material and environment. These include transport and building collapses. Terrorism is also categorized as human-made disaster.

7. Types of Disasters Natural Types of Disasters Human-Made & Technological Types of Disasters Tsunamis Cyber Attacks La Nina Explosion Emergency diseases Chemical Threat and biological weapons Earthquakes Nuclear power plant and nuclear blast El Nino Blackout Extreme Heat Hazardous materials Floods War

8. RISK FACTORS UNDERLYING DISASTERS Severity of Exposure Gender and Family Age Developing countries Low or negative social support

9. EFFECTS OF NATURAL DISASTER ON HUMAN LIFE Displaced Population Health Risks Food Scarcity Emotional Aftershocks

10. How and when an event becomes a Disaster? An event, either human-made or natural, becomes a disaster when it is SUDDEN or PROGRESSIVE , causing widespread human, material or environmental losses.

11. Disaster from different perspectives Physical perspective Psychological perspective - Emotional effects - Cognitive effects - Physical effects - Interpersonal effects Socio-cultural perspective

12. Disaster from different perspectives Economic perspective Political perspective Environmental perspective

13. Activity: Areas or Location exposed to Disaster A. Exposed to Natural Disaster Areas/Locations Exposed to: B. Exposed to Man-made Disaster Areas/Locations Exposed to:

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