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L1: Disaster Risk Concepts and Definitions Flashcards

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Define a hazard

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A process, phenomenon or human activity that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation

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Define exposure

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Situation of people, infrastructure, housing, production capacities and other tangible human assets located in hazard-prone areas

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Define vulnerability

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Conditions determined by physical, social, economic and environmental factors or processes which increase the susceptibility of an individual, a community, assets or systems, to the impacts of hazards

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Define disaster risk

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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, determined probabilistically as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity

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Define disaster

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a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society at any scale due to hazardous events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability and capacity, leading to: human, material, economic, or environmental losses and impacts

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Define disaster risk reduction

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aimed at preventing new and reducing existing disaster risk and managing residual risk, all of which contribute to strengthening resilience and therefore to the achievement of sustainable developement

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Define resilience

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ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the restoration and preservation of its essential basic structures and functions through risk management

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What is the risk equation

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Risk = hazard x exposure x vulnerability

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How to reduce the hazard

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engineering or structural measures, good environmental management practices

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How to reduce the exposure

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planning controls, early warning, evacuation

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How to reduce vulnerability

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increase resilience of building, infrastructure, community, economy

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Classification of hazards - NATURAL

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NATURAL
Geological (earthquakes, tsunamis)
Biological (epidemics, infestation)
Hydrological (floods, droughts)
Atmospheric (cyclones, storms)
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Classification of hazards - CONTEXT

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CONTEXT
Environmental degradation (deforestation, desertification)
Land pressure (urbanisation)
Climate change (sea level rise, extreme events)
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Classification of hazards - MAN-MADE

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MAN-MADE
Transport accidents (air, road, rail, seas)
Hazardous materials (storage, transport)
Intentional (conflict, terrorism)
Industrial failures ( explosions, fires)
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Hazard magnitude

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amount of energy released, or size of event (richter scale/moment magnitude scale, volcanic explosivity index (VEI), saffir-simpson hurricane scale, beaufort wind scale)

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Hazard intensity

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effects of an event related to the presence of damageable assets or people in the area. when natural phenomena exceed certain intensity threshold it becomes a hazard

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Hazard frequency

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can be expressed in terms of magnitude and frequency. curves extrapolated to represent low-probability, high-magnitude events

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Human and social DIRECT IMPACTS

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fatality, injury, loss of home and property, loss of income or livelihood

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Human and social INDIRECT IMPACTS

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disease, food scarcity, disability, displacement, unemployment, civil and political unrest

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Physical DIRECT IMPACTS

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structural damage or destruction, non-structural damage and damage/loss of contents

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Physical INDIRECT IMPACTS

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deterioration of damaged buildings and infrastructure

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Economic DIRECT IMPACTS

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capital costs, interruption of business due to loss of workforce and economic infrastructure

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Economic INDIRECT IMPACTS

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loss of markets and investments, insurance losses, disruption to economic growth

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Environmental and cultural DIRECT IMPACTS

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damage to ecological zones, sedimentation and pollution, damage to cultural heritage

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Enviromental and cultural INDIRECT IMPACTS
enviromental degradation, loss of biodiversity, loss of cultural diversity
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For infrastructure: RESISTANCE
inherent strength, protection, ability to resist stress
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For infrastructure: REDUNDANCY
system capacity providing alternative options or substitutions to allow continued functioning when some elements fail
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For infrastructure: RELIABILITY
ability to operate under a range of conditions, frequency with which hazard protection devices fail
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For infrastrucure: RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
speed with which disruption is overcome and functionality/service restored
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Characteristics of resilient communities
good health, knowledge and education, reliable services and robust infrastructure, diverse livelihood opportunities, healthy ecosystems, ability to organise and make decisions, access to external assistance
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3 main sources of global disaster data
1. the EM-DAT database 2. reinsurance company data 3. the DesInventar system
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Why do you have to be cautious when analysis disaster data?
- most countries don't systematically collect data - small events often neglected - most disasters are compound events, creating problems with classification - only direct tangible impacts recorded (deaths and losses) - no internationally agreed criteria on what constitutes a disaster - vested interests and socio-political influences may affect figures reported
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Where is data for the EM-DAT sourced?
UN agencies, governments, NGOs, insurance companies, research institutes, press agencies
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EM-DAT criteria for risk
``` at least one of: 10+ killed 100+ affected Declaration of a state of emergency Call for international assistance ```
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Example of reinsurance company data
Munich reinsurance company: -NatCat SERVICE: catalogue of natural hazards and losses since 1980 -World Map of Natural Hazards on NATHAN (Natural Hazards Assessment Network) Swiss reinsurance company: -Sigma
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Difference between EM-DAT and reinsurance comapny data
reinsurance company data has higher thresholds for inclusion than EM-DAT and more emphasis on economic losses
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Reinsurance bias: hazard
assumed every hazard is reported: | -selective reporting may occur depending on priorities of agencies collecting data
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Reinsurance bias: temporal
assumed losses are comparable over time: | -recording processes may change
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Reinsurance bias: threshold
assumed all losses are counted: | -criteria for inclusion in databases means that many smaller events are filtered out
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Reinsurance bias: accounting
assumed all types of losses are counted: | -highly variable and depends on collecting agency interests/ease of data collection
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Reinsurance bias: geographic
assumed losses are comparable within and across different geographic areas: -political and administrative boundaries change; geographical units are not uniform internally
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Reinsurance bias: systematic
assumed losses are computed uniformly: | -economy may or may not be inflation-adjusted; agencies may select upper, lower or mean estimates
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Define 'everyday disasters'
small, local events triggered by natural hazards that do not usually require external humanitarian assistance - cumulative impact may be greater than that of less numerous official 'disasters'
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Who adopts the DesInventar system?
- UNDP asia-pacific regional centre | - UNISDR sendai framework for DRR
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What does UNISDR stand for?
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
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What is the Global Assessment Report (GAR)?
biennial global assessment of DRR and analysis of natural hazards affecting humanity. Uses EM-DAT and DesInventar data to calculate Disaster Risk Index
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What is the Global Platform?
main global forum for strategy, coordination and review of progress on international DRR policies
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What is the Natural Disaster Hotspots Report?
-developed by TH he World Bank and Columbia University (2004) -6 hazards represented in terms of hazardousness -exposure and vulnerability derived from EM-DAT data
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What is the World Risk Index (WRI)?
- developed in 2011-16 by Institute for Environment and Human Security of the United Nations University - relates vulnerability to susceptibility and capacity
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Comparisons and limitations of global disaster risk assessments
- inclusion of hazards and methods used for quantifying hazards varies - vulnerability parameters different - DRI and WRI at national scales, hotspots sub-national - all assume hazards act separately, instead of interacting
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Why does disaster risk seem to be increasing?
``` INCREASE IN REPORTING -official databases -wider media reach -more open societies -social media and remote sensing INCREASE IN HAZARDS -human-induced -climate change INCREASE IN EXPOSURE AND VULNERABILITY -urbanisation -unplanned development -sustainability issues ```

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