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Disaster Risk Reduction

• Generally refers to human and environment protection.

• Reducing the loss of life, property and other assets through hazard mitigation and vulnerability reduction

-Murshed and Kafle(2006)

Disaster Risk Assessment

• Disaster Risk Assessment shall be at the local and national level in order to reduce risk.

• Assessing the hazards, vulnerabilities and capacities of a community is a participatory process.

• The likelihood of the occurrence, severity, duration and impact of a disaster are determined through hazard and vulnerability assessments.

Hazard Assessment

A systematic process used to Identify ,Analyze, and Control potential sources of harm or risk in a workplace or environment to prevent accidents,injuries, illnesses, and contamination.

Vulnerability Assessments

• A systematic evaluation of a community's, system's, or asset's susceptibility to negative impacts from a hazard, identifying weaknesses and estimating damages while also recognizing capacities to cope and recover.

• The assessment includes looking into the factors, such as,physical,geographical,economic,social, and political factors that make the community vulnerable.

Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Philippines

What is (DRRM)?

A comprehensive, legislated framework under the Philippines ______________________________________________________ Act of 2010 (Republic Act No. 10121), which shifts the country's approach from a reactive to a proactive disaster management system.

People’s participation

Providing or allowing people more power to be able to participate and contribute to the initiatives in looking for possible answers to many problems and issues especially with disasters.

PRIORITIZING VULNERABLE SECTORS

• Urban poor sectors (informal settlers)

• Indigenous people (terrain areas)

• Fisherfolks ( coastal areas)

• Farmers (agricultural areas)

• Elderly

• Differently-abled

• Children

• Women

• Refugees

SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES AND MECHANISMS

• Cooperation

• Community organization

• Local knowledge

• Resources

PARTICIPATORY PROCESS AND CONTENT

Action must involve the community members, particularly the most vulnerable sectors and groups and the whole process of risk assessment, identification of mitigation preparedness, measures, decision-making, and implementation.

PROACTIVENESS

The community must stress on pre-disaster measures of prevention, mitigation and preparedness.

RESPONSIVENESS

Community actions must be grounded on needs, perceptions and priorities of the communities in terms of disaster and disaster risk reduction.

INTEGRATED

The community plans for pre-disaster, during disaster and post-disaster measures and links with other communities, organizations and government units/agencies at various levels especially for things that the local community cannot adequately address.

COMPREHENSIVE

There must be a short-term, mediumterm and long-term measures to address vulnerabilities.

MULTISECTORAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Action must consider the roles, participation and concerns of all stakeholders in the community while upholding the basic interests of the vulnerable sectors and combining indigenous knowledge and resources with science and technology.

DEVELOPMENTAL

Community action response to reducing the factors, conditions, and processes that create and supports societal vulnerabilities such as poverty, environmental degradation, and social inequity.

SAFETY

Awareness + Preparedness =?