DRRR

• Disaster


  A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic, or environmental losses and impacts which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources
• Risk


  The possibility that something bad or unpleasant (such as an injury or a loss) will happen
• Disaster is different from hazard
• A hazard may or may not result to a disaster
• Hazard examples

  • Very strong typhoon
  • Ground shaking
• Philippines

  • Located in the Pacific Ring of Fire where two major tectonic plates of the world meet, the Eurasian Plate and the Pacific Plate
  • Has many active volcanoes found in historical records
• Philippines belongs to the top ten countries facing the highest risk next to Vanuatu and Tonga
• Philippines ranks third on the list of most vulnerable countries to climate change with a 24.32 % disaster risk
• This disaster risk percentage can be lessened if all the Filipinos are well informed and knowledgeable enough on disaster preparedness and prevention
• Philippines


  • Located along the Typhoon Belt on the Western North Pacific Basin where more or less 66 percent of tropical cyclones enter or originate
  • Visited with an average of 20 events of Typhoons per year in which more or less six of these typhoons can be rather destructive
  • Its eastern seaboard is highly exposed to typhoons with winds speed greater than 150 kilometers in every hour
• Disaster


  A sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community's or society's ability to cope using its own resources
• Disasters are increasing nowadays and it cannot be avoided
• Disasters are the final exam for a community when they have not taken the course
• Disaster preparedness


  Measures taken to prepare for and reduce the effects of disasters, to predict and, where possible, prevent disasters, mitigate their impact on vulnerable populations, and respond to and effectively cope with their consequences
• Disasters are often described as a result of the combination of: the exposure to a hazard, the conditions of vulnerability that are present, and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce or cope with the potential negative consequences
• Risk


  Interaction between exposure to natural hazards including the adverse effects of climate changes and the vulnerability of societies
• Vulnerability


  The extent to which a community, structure, service, or geographic area is likely to be damaged or disrupted by the impact of particular hazard
• Factors contributing to vulnerability

  • Physical
  • Economic
  • Social
  • Psychological
  • Physiological
  • Environmental
  • Systemic
• Capacity


  Strength, Attributes and Resources available within a community or organization that can be used to cope with, withstand, prepare for, prevent, mitigate or quickly recover from a disaster
• Disaster risk factors

  • Physical factors
  • Psychological factors
  • Socio-cultural factors
  • Economic factors
  • Political factors
  • Biological factors
• •Physical 


  Unstable locations, closer proximity to hazards, fragile unprotected houses.
• Economic 


  – No productive assets, limited income earning opportunities, poor pay, single income revenue, no savings and insurance
• •Social 


  – Low status in society, gender relations, fewer decision-making possibilities, oppressive formal and informal institutional structures, and political, economic and social hierarchies.
• •Psychological


  – Fears instigated by religious and other belief, systems, ideologies, political pressures, mental illness.
• •Physiological 


  – Status in life – young, old, adolescent, pregnant, lactating mothers, chronic illness, disability, exposure to sexual violence and harassment, HIV/Aids and other infections
• •Environmental

  – Natural resource depletion and resource degradation
• •Systemic 


  – Degree of networking, Linkage & Coordination among different agencies, Mechanism of identifying gaps in existing system and strengthening the week areas.
• •Hazard 


  • A dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage.
• •Disaster 


  • A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic, or environmental losses and impacts which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.
• •Risk 


  the possibility that something bad or unpleasant (such as an injury or a loss) will happen
• •Disaster 


  is different from hazard.
• hazard

  may or may not result to a disaster.
• •Philippines 


  is an archipelago in Southeast Asia surrounded by the Philippine Sea and Pacific Ocean in the east and the South China Sea in the west. 
• Land area of the Philippines and it's population?

  300,001 sq km and an estimated population of 101,991,000 (World meter, August 4, 2015)
• Philippines is also one of the countries that belong to what? and where two major tectonic plates of the world meet?

  Pacific Ring of Fire

  Eurasian Plate and the Pacific Plate
• Disaster Risk factors 


  are variables that either aggravate or mitigate the effects of hazards, affecting the degree or scope of a disaster.
• •Physical factors 


  would pertain to tangible objects or infrastructure, like the availability of fire exits, or the sturdiness of the building, or the presence or absence of objects that can harm you or help you, etc.
• •Psychological factors


  include state of mental capacity and health (e.g. are we dealing with babies? Kids? Adults? People with special needs?), perception of self (e.g. self-assessment of capability to respond to disasters, fear), etc.
• •Socio-cultural factors 


  include religion, social status, traditions, perception by society, etc.
• •Political factors 


  include government structure, diplomatic issues, etc.