DRRR

• Disaster


  A dangerous situation or threat from natural or man-made events that disrupt the functions of individuals in a community. This could mean death, damage to resources, and loss of property.
• Disasters occur when a hazard is exposed to a vulnerable community

  
• Hazard


  A threat to life, environment, or property. A hazard can be considered a disaster if it poses actual harm to life and the environment.

  
• Types of Hazards

  • Natural Hazards
  • Man-made Hazards
• Natural Hazards

  • Biological
  • Geological
  • Hydrological
  • Meteorological
  • Climatological
• Man-made Hazards

  • Pollution
  • Accidents
  • Arson •War
• Vulnerability


  The failure to withstand the impacts of hazards
• Mitigation


  The act of preventing or minimizing the effects of a disaster by introducing precautionary measures before it strikes a community
• Disaster Risk


  The combination of the probability of an event and its negative consequences

  
• Resilience


  • The ability of a community to withstand, accommodate, and recover from a disaster
• According to UNISDR, 1.6 billion people have been killed in disasters worldwide since 1980. It is also estimated that the global average annual loss will increase up to US$415 billion by 2030.
• Risk Assessment


  Analyzing disaster loss from previous years to plan mitigation procedures and estimate future disaster losses

  
• Disaster Risk Reduction


  Aims to decrease the risk level in communities by implementing policies and measures to control potential risks like poor urban and rural planning, poverty, and poor government and local capacities
• The Philippines experiences an average of 20 tropical cyclones yearly, has plate movements daily, and has 20 active volcanoes that can erupt at any moment
• The word "DISASTER" originated from the French word, 'DESASTRE', signifying bad star or evil star
• The failure to withstand the impacts of hazards is called vulnerability, which is often caused by limited resources, illnesses within the population, and disabilities within a community

  
• What does UNISDR stands for?

  United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction
• Disaster Risk Factors

  Physical, Psychological, Socio-cultural, Economic, Biological