Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction

Disaster

▪is a serious and tragic event that causes loss of lives, human suffering, and great damages to properties and environment.

▪It disrupts the current state of communities, affecting wide ranging aspects of community life.

▪happens when communities lack the capacity to adapt to disruptions that further affect the socio-economic, political, psychological, and cultural state of individuals and families in communities.

Disaster according to UNISDR

serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.

EXPOSURE

People, property, systems, or other elements present in hazard zones that are thereby subject to potential losses

Disaster

are often described as a result of the combination of: the exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that are present; and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce or cope with the potential negative consequences.

VULNERABILITY

The characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard

CAPACITY

The combination of all the strengths, attributes and resources available within a community, society or organization that can be used to achieve agreed goals.

RISK

defined as "the combination of the probability of an event and its negative consequences". (UNISDR)

DISASTER RISK

the potential disaster losses, in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services, which could occur to a particular community or a society over some specified future time period. (UNSIDR)

Intensive risks

Involve the exposure of large number of people in a specific geographic area to extreme events that can further lead to catastrophic disaster impacts involving high mortality rate and asset loss

Extensive risk

▪It is concerned more on the exposure of dispersed populations to various hazards of low or moderate intensity.

acute onset

▪Natural disasters with____________ include events such as earthquake, flood, hurricane or typhoon, tornado, fire, tsunami or storm surge, avalanche, volcanic eruption, extreme cold or blizzard, and heat wave

gradual onset

Disasters with a slow or ______ include drought, famine, desertification, deforestation, and pest infestation.

CLIMATE CHANGE

It can increase disaster risk in a variety of ways – by altering the frequency and intensity of hazards events, affecting vulnerability to hazards, and changing exposure patterns

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

Changes to the environment can influence the frequency and intensity of hazards, as well as our exposure and vulnerability to these hazards

GLOBALIZED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

It resulted in increased polarization between the rich and poor on a global scale. Currently increasing the exposure of assets in hazard prone areas, globalized economic development provides an opportunity to build resilience if effectively managed.

POVERTY AND INEQUALITY

Impoverished people are more likely to live in hazard exposed areas and are less able to invest in risk-reducing measures. The lack of access to insurance and social protection means that people in poverty are often forced to use their already limited assets to buffer disaster losses, which drives them into further poverty

POORLY-PLANNED AND MANAGED URBAN DEVELOPMENT

A new wave of urbanization is unfolding in hazard-exposed countries and with it, new opportunities for resilient investment emerge.

WEAK GOVERNANCE

Weak governance zones are investment environments in which public sector actors are unable or unwilling to assume their roles and responsibilities in protecting rights, providing basic services and public services.

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

The Philippines is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to natural disasters. The country's location makes it vulnerable to storms that cause flooding, mudslides, and typhoons.

PHYSICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DISASTER

Includes physical infrastructural facilities, agricultural productivity and even loss of life and cause damage to property.

PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DISASTER

Victims of disasters may suffer from PTSD and other serious mental health conditions, which are not being given much attention to by the authorities or even by the victims, themselves.

SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON DISASTER

The culture of “malalampasan din natin ‘to..” belief and “ bahala na and Diyos” syndrome give hope to most Filipino in the midst of a disaster.

ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ON DISASTER

Implementation of a partial and total shut down of local business operations result to a lot of people losing means of living.

POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DISASTER

Government are often considered to be responsible for the disaster effects

BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DISASTER

Can wipe out entire population at a short span of time.

Republic Act 10121

Strengthening the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System, Providing for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan, Appropriating Funds

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