reviewer drrr

• Reasons why we are disaster-prone:

  • Typhoon Belt
  • Pacific Ring of Fire
• Risk factors underlying disaster:

  1. Climate Change

  2. Environmental Degradation

  3. Globalized Economic Development

  4. Poverty and Inequality

  5. Poorly Planned and Managed Urban Development

  6. Weak Governance
• Disaster Risk:

  • Potential loss of life or damaged assets that could occur
• Function of Disaster Risk:

  • Hazard: a process, phenomenon, or human activity that causes loss of life
  • Types of Hazard:
  • Natural Hazard: predominantly associated with natural processes
  • Anthropogenic Hazard (human-induced hazards): predominantly by human activities
  • Vulnerability: susceptibility of an individual to the impacts of a hazard
  • Capacity: combination of all strengths
  • Exposure: situation of people in hazard-prone areas
• World Risk Index (2013):

  • Philippines is ranked 3 (27.52)
• Impact of Disaster:

  • Effects of disaster on people, buildings, and society
  • Losses: measure of the damage caused by disaster
  • Monetary for physical assets
  • Number of fatalities and injuries
  • Direct Losses: physical or structural impact
  • Indirect Losses: subsequent or secondary results of initial destruction
  • Gains: demands of construction material and expertise following
• Impact of Disaster includes:

  • Displaced People
  • Food Scarcity
  • Health Risk
  • Lost Productivity
  • Supply Chains Disruption
  • Lost Investment
  • Lost Education
  • Homelessness
  • Mental Health
  • Intangible Cultural Impact
  • Emotional Aftershocks
  • Infrastructure and Property Damages
  • Economic Loss
• Disasters from different perspectives:

  1. Physical Perspective: damages to physical elements such as people and buildings

  2. Psychological Perspective: serious mental health effects

  3. Socio-cultural Perspective: behavior of communities

  4. Economic Perspective: losses on human physical or financial aspects

  5. Political Perspective: role of government

  6. Biological Perspective: impact on living organisms