Introduction to Disasters Flashcards
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Definition of disaster according to the Merriam- Webster Dictionary
“a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss or destruction.”
What does IFRC stand for?
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the…
largest humanitarian organization
Definition of disaster according to the IFRC
“sudden calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or a society’s ability to cope using its own resources”
What is the name of the Republic Act concerning disaster risk and management in the Philippines?
Republic Act 10121 or the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010
According to the RA 10121 ( Section 3), disaster is…
“a serious disruption of the functioning of the 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.”
Definition of disaster risk according to the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (2017), which is a group established by the UN General Assembly…
“the potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets, which could occur to a system, society or a community in a specific period of time.”
What is risk?
this is the exposure of vulnerable communities to a hazard.
What is disaster?
an unforeseen and uncontrollable event either caused by nature or humans and result in massive destruction and casualites.
THE RISK FROM ANY DISASTER IS INFLUENCED BY THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SEVERAL FACTORS:
HAZARD
a phenomenon or event that may pose danger to human lives and may cause destruction of properties and the environment.
TRUE or FALSE:
Hazard is the same as disaster.
FALSE, but hazard can turn into disaster when the community it affected could not cope with the devastating effects such as numerous deaths, injuries and damages.
What aggravates the effects of hazard?
It is often caused by human activities such as deforestation and poor waste management. Thus, the hazard turns to disaster.
TRUE or FALSE:
For people to reduce or prevent disasters, they should be all well-equipped and prepared for disasters.
TRUE
THE RISK FROM ANY DISASTER IS INFLUENCED BY THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SEVERAL FACTORS:
EXPOSURE
the degree to which elements such as people and properties are at risk to potential losses due to a particular hazard.
Example of exposure.
Communities living in coastal areas are exposed to storm surges and tsunamis.
THE RISK FROM ANY DISASTER IS INFLUENCED BY THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SEVERAL FACTORS:
VULNERABILITY
the degree of susceptibility or proneness of a community to the damaging effects of a hazard on a particular environment.
Example of vulnerability.
Communities in rural areas that are dependent on agriculture for their livelihood are vulnerable to drought.
Other conditions that contribute to vulnerability are…
poverty, poor health and sanitation, poor governance, poor land use and planning, and degraded natural resrouces.
THE RISK FROM ANY DISASTER IS INFLUENCED BY THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SEVERAL FACTORS:
CAPACITY
the ability of a community, society, or organization, in terms of its available resources, to support the people and to recover from the effects of a hazard. It can be any form of physical, institutional, social, human, or economic resources.
Situational:
Hazard - Earthquake
How to reduce exposure, vulnerability, capacity and risk?
Exposure - temporary relocation of the people in the community under a fault line.
Vulnerability - let the community undergo preparations, trainings and drills for the action plan before, during and after the earthquake.
Capacity - seek assistance from the Local Gov. Unit (LGU) in order for them to provide the resources needed.
Risk- integrate the plans on exposure, vulnerability and capacity.
Disaster comes in two forms.
natural disaster and man-made disasters.
Another classification of disasters is according to particularly affected levels in a society- namely…
domestic, community and national levels.
The iceberg theory states…
the direct damages are directly seen and felt during a disastrous event, while indirect damages continue to be experiences even after the disaster has occurred.
