lesson 1: intro to disasters
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- Disaster is a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction (Merriam-Webster). It seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society's ability to cope using its own resources
- Types of Disaster
- Natural
- Man-made
- Major natural disasters include cyclone, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and droughts because of the large scale impact
- Minor natural disasters include thunderstorm, heat waves, mud slides, and cold waves.
- Major man-made disasters include:
- fires
- deforestation
- epidemic
- wars
- chemical pollution
- Minor man-made disasters include:
- vehicle accidents
- food poisoning
- industrial disasters
- environmental pollution
- Disaster is an unforeseen and uncontrollable event caused by nature or humans and results in massive destruction and casualties
- Risk is the exposure of vulnerable communities to a hazard
- Hazard is a phenomenon or event that may pose danger to human lives and may cause destruction of properties and the environment
- Exposure is the degree to which elements such as people and properties are at risk to potential losses due to a particular hazard
- Vulnerability is the degree of susceptibility or proneness of a community to the damaging effects of a hazard on a particular environement
- Capacity is the ability of community, society, or organization, in terms of its available resources to support the people and to recover from the effects of a hazard.
- The measures to control the risk of hazard:
- exposure
- vulnerability
- capacity
- risk
- The Philippines is known to be prone to multiple natural hazards than others.
- Types of hazards:
- biological
- chemical
- safety
- ergonomic
- psychological
- physical
- The location and physical environment of the Philippines place the country at risk to various natural hazards
- The environmental element that exposes the Philippines, particularly to natural hazards, is the loss of rainforests and alteration of natural landforms (mountains and hills)
- A social element that makes the Philippines exposed to hazards is urbanization.
- The agricultural and fishery sectors are two economic elements that make the country exposed to hazards, mainly typhoons, volcanic eruption, and earthquakes.