DRR Lesson 2 Flashcards
I love you, love! Do your best and I will pray for you (20 cards)
A Phenomenon that could pose a threat to people, houses, and the environment
Hazard
It depends on how much impact a hazard has on society and the environment. The scale of the impact, in turn, depends on the choices we make for our lives and for our environment.
Disaster’s Severity
The combination of _____, ______, and ______ to reduce the potential negative consequences of risk results in disaster.
Hazards, Vulnerability, and Inability
The diminished capacity of an individual or group to anticipate , cope with, resist and recover from the impact of a natural or man-made hazard.
Vulnerability
It is often associated with poverty but it can also arise when people are isolated, insecure, and defenseless in the face of risk, shock or stress.
Vulnerability
People differ in their exposure to risk as a result of their social group, gender, ethnic or other identity, age and other factors.
Exposure
The resources available to individuals, households, and communities to cope with a threat or to resist the impact of a hazard.
Capacity
Counteracting Vulnerability
reducing the impact of the hazard itself where possible (through mitigation, prediction and warning, preparedness);
building capacities to withstand and cope with hazards;
tackling the root causes of vulnerability, such as poverty, poor governance, discrimination, inequality and inadequate access to resources and livelihoods.
comes from many aspects, specifically, those that arise from various social, economic, physical, and environmental factors.
concept of vulnerability
Potentially Vulnerable Groups
- Specific groups within the local population
- Migrants who leave or flee their habitual residence to go to new places
- Young Children, pregnant and nursing women, unaccompanied children, widows, elderly people without family support, disabled person
_____ is also a set of prevailing or consequential conditions, which adversely affect the community’s ability to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, and respond to hazardous events.
Vulnerability
Most Vulnerable Sector
They are the community members whose capacities are low and not sufficient to withstand and overcome the damaging and adverse effects of disasters.
They are the community members whose capacities start from their own ability to acquire material resources, skills, and pieces of training, and position in society.
Less Vulnerable Sector
This is the sector in society having a high position in the community.
Not Vulnerable Sector
Categories of Vulnerability
1.) Physical/Material Vulnerability
2.) Social/Organizational Vulnerability
3.) Attitudinal/Motivational Vulnerability
Concept of Capacity
According to UNISDR (2009), capacity refers to all the strengths, attributes, and resources available within a community, organization, or society that can be used to achieve an agreed goal.
Examples of Capacity
1.) Ownership of land and safe location and construction of a home
2.) Adequate income
3.) Savings
4.) Adequate food sources
5.) Local knowledge
6.) Family and community support in times of crisis
7.) Responsive local government
8.) Enabling legislation
9.) Strong community organizations
Capacity Development
UNDP defines capacity development as “the process through which individuals, organizations, and societies obtain, strengthen, and maintain the capabilities to set and achieve their development objectives over time.”
Coping Capacity
The ability of people, organizations, and systems, using available skills and resources, to face and manage adverse conditions, emergencies, or disasters
Coping Capacity
The process to determine how people cope in times of crisis to reduce the damaging effects of hazards.
