Lesson Keme Flashcards
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The potential disaster loses in lives, health statuses, livelihoods, assets and services which could occur in a particular community or a society over some specified future time period
Disaster risk
IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF RISK FACTORS
- Exposure
2.Hazard
- Vulnerability
the “elements at risk from a natural or man-made hazard event (Quebral, 2016).
Exposure
A potentially dangerous physical occurrence, phenomenon or human activity that may result in loss of life or injury, property damage, social and economic disruption, or environmental degradation.
Hazard
the condition determined by physical, social, economic and environmental factors or processes, which increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazard (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United nation, FAO 2008).
Vulnerability
it describes the condition of a society or community, asset or system that make them prone to the impact of a hazard
Vulnerability
RISK FACTORS UNDERLYING DISASTER
• Severity of Exposure
• Gender/Family
Age
• Developing Countries
• Low or negative social support
which measures those who experience disaster first- hand which has the highest risk of developing future mental problems, followed by those in contact with the victims such as rescue workers and health care practitioners and the lowest risk are those most distant like those who have awareness of the disaster only through news.
Severity of Exposure
Exposure (pagkakalantad)
Amount of exposure is related to risk of mental problems
Severity of exposure
Those that go through the disaster
Higher risk
In close contact of victims
High risk
Had indirect exposure
Low risk
Girls suffer more negative effects
Disaster recovery is more stressful when children are present in the home.
Gender and family
likely to be more distressed after disasters
40-60 yrs old
FACTORS WHICH UNDERLIE DISASTERS
A. Climate Change
B. Environmental Degradation
C. Globalized Economic Development
D. Poverty and Inequality
E. Poorly planned and Managed Urban Development
F. Weak Governance
means the alteration of the world’s climate that we humans are causing such as burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and other practices that increase the carbon footprint and concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Climate change
the change that can be attributed “directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods”
Climate change
changes to the environment can influence the frequency and intensity of hazards, as well as our exposure and vulnerability to these hazards. For instance, deforestation of slopes often leads to an increase in landslide hazard and removal of mangroves can increase the damage caused by storm surges.
Environment degradation
Increases of air and water temperatures lead to?
to rising sea levels, supercharged storms and higher wind speeds, more intense and prolonged droughts and wildfire seasons, heavier precipitation and flooding.
Main causes of environmental degradation:
economic growth
population growth
urbanization
intensification of agriculture
rising energy use and transportation. Poverty still remains a problem at the root of several environmental problems.
It results in an 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.
Globalized Economic Development
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.
Poverty and inequality
For example, poor solid waste management can cause blockage to storm water and sewage networks that can lead to water logging and flooding. Destruction or damage to infrastructure can lead to water scarcity or contamination.
Poorly planned and Managed Urban Development
_____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.
Weak governance
