DRRR Flashcards
It is often described as a result of the combination of
several things: the exposure to a hazard.
Disaster
A pre-event element of DRR which is the outright
avoidance of adverse impacts of hazards and related
disasters
Prevention
A post event element with the provision of
emergency services and public assistance during or
immediately after a disaster.
RESPONSE
A pre-event element which pertains to the
adjustment in natural or human systems in response
to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects
ADAPTATION
a term used for reducing and
preventing disaster risks.
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
The outright avoidance of adverse impacts of
hazards and related disasters
PREVENTION
The lessening or limitation of the adverse impacts
of hazards and related disasters.
MITIGATION
The adjustment in natural or human systems in
response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects.
ADAPTATION
The knowledge and capacities developed by
governments, professional response and recovery organizations,
communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to,
and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current hazard
events or conditions.
PREPAREDNESS
The provision of emergency services and public
assistance during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives,
reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic
subsistence needs of the people affected
RESPONSE
The restoration, and improvement where appropriate, of
facilities, livelihoods and living conditions of disaster-affected
communities, including efforts to reduce disaster risk factors.
RECOVERY
must be clear and simple.
This is a challenging task, as normally people don’t want to hear
about “dangerous things”. Some are afraid of even thinking about the
possibility of an earthquake, a tropical cyclone, floods, landslides, tsunamis
or even the most common household hazards, such as fire, hitting their
homes.
RISK COMMUNICATION
pertains to
the idea of processing the
active engagement in
identifying, analyzing,
treating, monitoring, and
evaluating disaster risk to ease
vulnerabilities and enhance
the capacities of at-risk
communities
Community-based Disaster
Risk Management
is a collective term encompassing all aspects of
planning for, preparing and responding to disasters and refers to the
management of the consequences of disasters and includes all the pre
and post disaster interventions.
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
– originating from solid earth
Geo Physical
HAZARD
– caused by deviations in the normal water cycle and/or
overflow of bodies of water caused by wind set-up
Hydrological
HAZARD
– caused by long-lived processes
Climatological
HAZARD
– caused by the exposure of living organisms to germs and toxic
substances
Biological
–
physical weakness or
structural drawback that
makes some buildings,
assets, or areas susceptible
to damaging impacts of
disasters.
Physical Vulnerability
–
conflicts among communities,
lack of capacities, lack of
knowledge, skill, or
preparedness or giving in
attitude of the communities
make them vulnerable to
negative impacts of hazards.
Social Vulnerability
lack of economic resources or
dependence on one source of
livelihood because of which a
community, or some part of
it, becomes liable to damages
in case of a disastrous event.
ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY
environmental degradation,
deforestation or other
environment related factors
which makes the surrounding
areas vulnerable to losses by
possible disasters.
ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY
– proximity or closeness of the people, property, systems, or
other elements to the hazard zones that are thereby subject to potential
losses in case of any disasters.
Exposure
the combination of all the strengths, attributes, and resources
available within a community, society, or organization that can be used to
achieve agreed goals or to resist and fight the negative impacts of
disastrous situations.
Capacity
potential losses in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets,
and services, could occur to a particular community or society over some
specified future period
Disaster Risk
emphasize its objectives in
order to avoid, reduce or transfer the adverse impacts of disaster
hazards on people, property and the environment through its activities
and proactive measures.
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
a risk modification process. Its alternatives
comprise of retaining the risk, avoiding the risk, reducing the risk or
transferring the risk
RISK TREATMENT
restoration of an entity to its normal or near-normal
functional conditions after the occurrence of a disaster
REHABILITATION
permanent measures to repair or replace damaged
dwellings and infrastructure and to set the economy back on course.
RECONSTRUCTION
