BASIC CONCEPTS OF DISASTER & DISASTER RISK

• EFFECTS OF DISASTER - causes widespread of death, injury, and property damage
• EFFECTS OF DISASTER - damages crops & decreases quality and quantity of water
• 2 TYPES OF DISASTER:

  1. NATURAL DISASTER
  2. MAN-MADE DISASTER
• NATURAL DISASTER - is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the earth
• NATURAL DISASTER - floods
• NATURAL DISASTER - Hurricanes
• NATURAL DISASTER - tornado
• NATURAL DISASTER - volcanic eruptions
• NATURAL DISASTER - earthquake
• NATURAL DISASTER - tsunami
• NATURAL DISASTER - storms
• MAN-MADE DISASTER - results of man's negligence, errors, and intentions
• MAN-MADE DISASTER ACTEGORIES:

  1. TECHNOLOGICAL/INDUSTRIAL DISASTER
  2. TRANPORTATION DISASTER
  3. SOCIAL DISASTER/DISASTER INDUCED ENTIRELY BY HUMANS
• 4 DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF NATURAL & MAN-MADE DISASTER:

  1. DISPLACED POPULATION
  2. HEALTH RISK
  3. FOOD SCARCITY
  4. EMOTIONAL AFTERSHOCKS
• DISASTER RISK - potential disaster losses in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services which could occur in a community or society over some specified future time period
• DISASTER RISK - HAZARD X EXPORSURE X VULNERABILITY
• HAZARD - a potentially damaging physical event, phenomenon, and human activity that may cause the loss of life/ injury, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental damage
• EXPOSURE - degree of community to experience hazard
• VULNERABILITY - state of being at risk
• PHYSICAL FACTOR - tangible object or infrastracture
• PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTOR - state of mental capacity or health
• SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTOR - religion, social status, traditions
• ECONOMIC FACTOR - assets and liabilities, income, social-economic class
• POLITICAL FACTORS - government structure, local government units, diplomatic issues
• BIOLOGICAL FACTORS - health issues, injuries
• CAPACITY - capability and coping ability of schools, households, and communities to manage when disaster hits
• Earthquake per year - 150-200 MILLION
• Earthquake a day - 20