DRRR P2

• Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)


  A systematic approach to identifying, assessing and reducing the risks of disaster
• Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)


  • Aims to reduce the damage caused by natural hazards like earthquakes, floods, droughts and cyclones through an ethic of prevention
• Disaster


  Hazard + Vulnerability + Exposure = RISK
• Factors that contribute to disasters


  • Exposure
  • Vulnerability
  • Capacity to cope
• Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)


  The concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through analysis and management of the causal factors of disasters
• Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)


  • Leads to: reduced exposure to hazards, lessening of vulnerability of people and assets, effective management of land and the environment, improved preparedness for adverse events
• International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)


  Provides a vehicle for cooperation among Governments, organizations, and civil society
• Key principles and elements for a faster, better, and more efficient way of giving aid: People have to work together, All people are served with RESPECT, patience, and empathy
• Republic Act 10121 (Philippines Disaster Risk Reduction and Management)


  A law that requires the country's government and its citizens to be prepared for disaster
• Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM)


  The implementation of DRR, since it describes the actions that aim to achieve the objective of reducing risk
• The Philippines is one of the most at risk countries in the world, 9th in disaster risk with 20.69% disaster risk as of 2019
• Republic Act 10121 was implemented to prevent the loss of lives during disasters natural or man made, to reduce the loss of structures, and to prepare the people for upcoming Typhoons, Earthquakes, Landslides etc.
• Scope of disaster risk reduction and management councils

  • Provincial disaster risk reduction and management council (if 2 or more cities are affected)
  • Regional disaster risk reduction and management council (if 2 or more provinces are affected)
  • National disaster risk reduction and management council (if 2 or more regions are affected)
• Disaster Risk Reduction Plan


  A document prepared (by an authority, sector, organization, or enterprise) that sets out goal and specific objectives for reducing disaster risk
• Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA)


  The global blueprint for disaster risk reduction efforts between 2005 and 2015
• Sendai Framework


  Adopted by the United Nations member states in 2015 at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan
• Disaster Management Cycle


  1. Response

  2. Relief

  3. Recovery

  4. Rehabilitation

  5. Reconstruction

  6. Development

  7. Prevention