BASIC CONCEPTS

• Hazards include earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis,
• Exposure refers to the presence of people
• Vulnerability Factors contributing to vulnerability include poverty
• Risk Assessment involves the systematic analysis of hazards
• Risk Reduction aims to decrease the likelihood and severity of disasters
• Risk Management involves the systematic application of policies, strategies
• Resilience ability of individuals, communities, systems, and societies to withstand,
• Acceptable Risk Used in determining ways to reduce possible harm to people,
• Residual Risk remains after efforts of disaster risk reduction
• Extensive Disaster Risk Disaster risk that's linked to low severity, high-frequency events that often occur in localized areas.
• Intensive Disaster Risk Disaster risk that's linked to low severity, mid to high-frequency events that often occur in localized areas.
• Primary effects direct effects manifested from the disaster event itself.
• Secondary effects arise from primary effects.
• Tertiary effects arise from the secondary effects. It may be caused by multiple primary and tertiary effects
• Physical perspective sees visible and tangible materials
• Psychological perspective focuses on people's mental health
• Sociocultural perspective highlights how people respond collectively to disasters based on their perceptions.
• Economic perspective investigates the communities' economic activities and their disruption.
• Political perspective targets how government services are utilized to reduce disaster risk and disaster losses.
• Biological perspective recognizes the possibility of disease outbreaks after an occurrence of a disaster.