Vulnerability and Elements at Risk

Question 1

elements at risk

Answer 1

people, properties, economic activities, and private and public services potentially threatened by a harmful event

Question 2

exposed element

Answer 2

quantified; the number of people or structures within the exposed area

Question 3

vulnerability

Answer 3

Characteristics and circumstances of
people, community, system or
properties that increase the chances
of suffering from a disaster.
- May arise from various physical, social, economic, and environmental factors such as poor design and
construction of buildings, inadequate protection of assets, lack of public information and awareness, limited official recognition of risks and preparedness measures, and disregard for wise environmental
management.
- precedes a disaster

Question 4

types of vulnerabilities

Answer 4

1. Physical Vulnerability
2. Social Vulnerability
3. Economic Vulnerability
4. Environmental Vulnerability

Question 5

physical vulnerability

Answer 5

• Refers to the design and condition of a facility or equipment that makes it
  inadequate to safe standards or makes
  it more susceptible to a hazard

Question 6

social vulnerability

Answer 6

• Refers to the characteristics which
  makes someone or something
  susceptible to certain hazard in terms
  of demographic and socio-economic
  profile

Question 7

economic vulnerability

Answer 7

• Refers to the system, program,
  activities, or regulation of business
  which leads to financial loss

Question 8

environmental vunerability

Answer 8

Refers to the environmental
degradation and depletion of
natural resources

Question 9

concept of capacity

Answer 9

A combination of all strengths and resources available within a community, society or organization that can reduce the level of risk,
or effects of a disaster.

Question 10

capacity development

Answer 10

The process through which individuals,
organizations, and societies obtain, strengthen, and maintain the capabilities to set and achieve
their own development objectives over time

Question 11

UNITED NATION’S DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME’S ASSUMPTIONS ON DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE DRR CAPACITIES

Answer 11

• Essential to the success of any DRR initiative is
also ensuring locally generated, owned, and
sustained capacity.
• Rather than being the concern of any single
agency, professional discipline, or stakeholder
group, the development of DRR capacity is the
concern of the entire society.
• The development of technical capacities
associated with professional disciplines or
functions– such as environmental management
or land-use management– needs to be combined
with other types of capacity development that
include the promotion of leadership and
managerial capacities and performance
enhancing measures.
• An enabling environment– i.e strong political
ownership and commitment at the highest levels
of authority, extensive participation,
transparency, and clear public accountability– is
essential for translating capacity into
performance.

Question 12

HOW DOES VULNERABILITY RELATE TO CAPACITY?

Answer 12

• Vulnerability is inversely proportional to the
capacity.
• Therefore, as you increase the capacity, the
vulnerability decreases.
• As you address and lessen the different
vulnerabilities of a community, you are alsodecreasing the risk for a disaster.

Question 13

VULNERABLE SECTORS IN THE
SOCIETY- CHARACTERIZATION

Answer 13

• Socio-economic Indicators
• Low Income
• Occupation
• Educational Attainment
• Demographic Indicators
• Young and aging people
• Pregnant women
• People with pre-existing medical conditions

Question 14

most vulnerable sectors

Answer 14

• Community members whose capacities are low
and insufficient to withstand and overcome the
damaging and adverse effects of disasters
• Composed of farmers, the urban poor,
indigenous people, PWD, women and children
• Abused sector and the lowest levels of the
society

Question 15

less vulnerable sectors

Answer 15

• community members whose capacities start from
their own ability acquire material resources; skills
and trainings; and, position in society
• Has capacities to overcome the adverse effects of
disasters
• Professionals, small entrepreneur, and others who
belong to the higher levels of society
• Roles include extension of assistance and support to
vulnerable sectors

Question 16

high vulnerable sectors

Answer 16

• Having high position in the community
• Most of the time, they are the targets of
vulnerable and less vulnerable sectors in
advocacy work relating disaster issue to the
structure and policies implemented by the
government that are root causes of the
vulnerability of the community.