Disaster control management
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- Disastersare as old as human history but the dramatic increase and the damage caused by them in the recent past have become a cause of national and international concern.
- WATER AND CLIMATEGEOLOGICALCHEMICAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND NUCLEARACCIDENTBIOLOGICALVarious Disasters
- Floods and Drainage ManagementCyclonesTornadoes and HurricanesHailstormCloud BurstHeat Wave and Cold WaveSnow AvalanchesDroughtsSea ErosionThunder and LightningTsunami[Various Disasters]WATER AND CLIMATE
- Landslides and MudflowsEarthquakesDam Failures/Dam BurstsMinor Fires[Various Disasters]GEOLOGICAL
- Chemical and Industrial DisastersNuclear Disasters[Various Disasters]CHEMICAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND NUCLEAR
- Forest FiresUrban FiresMine FloodingOil SpillsMajor Building CollapseSerial Bomb BlastsFestival Related DisastersElectrical Disasters and FiresAir, Road, and Rail AccidentsBoat CapsizingVillage Fire[Various Disasters]ACCIDENT
- Biological Disasters and EpidemicsPest AttacksCattle EpidemicsFood Poisoning[Various Disasters]BIOLOGICAL
- 428 per year[Reported Disaster Events Average]1994-1998
- 707 per year[Reported Disaster Events Average]1999-2003
- 60%1999-2003 shows an increase of about _____ over the previous years
- 142%The biggest rise was in countries of low human development, which suffered an increase of _______
- 45%[Reported Deaths Worldwide from All Disasters 1992-2001]Drought/Famine
- 16%[Reported Deaths Worldwide from All Disasters 1992-2001]Food
- 14%[Reported Deaths Worldwide from All Disasters 1992-2001]Technological
- 12%[Reported Deaths Worldwide from All Disasters 1992-2001]Earthquake
- 10%[Reported Deaths Worldwide from All Disasters 1992-2001]Windstorm
- 3%[Reported Deaths Worldwide from All Disasters 1992-2001]Extreme temperature and others
- US $880 billionGlobal economic loss related to disaster events average around ___________ per year.
- Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)CRED
- PhilippinesAccording to CRED, the _____________ is the most prone country in the past century
- thirdOut of 173 countries assessed for their exposure to hazards, the Philippines placed ______
- 25.14Risk % of Philippines
- Vanuatu50.28%Most at risk country
- Republic of the Philippines (RP)[Disaster Risk Profile]is vulnerable to almost all types of natural hazards because of its geographical location
- Republic of the Philippines (RP)The country is considered one of the most disaster-prone
- 12th200According to the Mortality Risk Index of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (2009):RP ranks ______ among ________ countries most at-risk for tropical cyclones, floods, earthquakes, and landslides
- typhoon beltRP is located along the ___________ in the Pacific, making it vulnerable to typhoons and tsunamis.
- 207An average of _____ typhoons yearly—____ of which are destructive
- Pacific Ring of FireThe Philippines is located along the ______________, between 2 Tectonic plates—Eurasian and Pacific—which are volcanic and earthquake generators.
- 225Pacific Ring of Fire has _________ active volcanoes—____most active
- French word "Desastre"Disaster originates from?
- baddes meaning
- staraster meaning
- DesastreBad or Evil Star
- DisasterA serious disruption in the functioning of the community or a society causing widespread material, economic, social or environmental losses which exceed the ability of the affected society to cope using its own resources
- DisasterA result from the combination of hazard, vulnerability, and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce the potential chances of risk.
- DisasterHappens when a hazard impacts on the vulnerable population and causes damage, casualties, and disruption
- DisasterAny hazard which is a triggering event along with greater vulnerability, causing greater loss to life and property.
- Hazardsflood, earthquake or cyclone
- Vulnerabilityinadequate access to resources, sick and old people, lack of awareness