Disaster Management Flashcards
Definition of a disaster?
Faulkner 1999: defines a disaster as an enterprise of destination that is confronted with a sudden unpredictable catastrophic change over which it has little control.
Types of Disasters?
Global Risk Report 2023: predicts risks for the next ten years. Splits them into economic, geographical, societal, environmental and technological. In the next ten years, 6 out of 10 risks were environmental.
SENDAI Framework: Classification Disaster Family: Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Human Typologies. All split by natural, industrial and human disasters.
Murphy & Bayley 1989 highlight that…
tourism is more susceptible to natural disasters because of the exotic locations. That highlights why disaster management is so important.
Frameworks for Disaster Management?
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction: 4 steps.
1. Understand Risk
2. Strengthen Disaster Risk Governance.
3. Investing in Disaster Risk
4. Enhancing Preparedness.
Disaster Management Cycle:
Response, Recovery, Prevention, Preparation, Hazard EVENT.
Faulkner Emergency Preparedness Framework:
Disaster Prevention and Planning, Strategic Implementation, Resolution, Evaluation.
Strategies…?
Abraham 2023: conducted a SWOT analysis on using Chatbots to help aid disaster management in companies. It found that it was extremely effective in connecting visitors to employees and crucial in information transfer, but found weaknesses such as an older generation which may not be as tech savvy and technology may fail. Links to digitisation.
