significance of development and governance in a disasters impact and vulnerability Flashcards

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what must resilient communities have

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-strong relationship between organisations
-enough volunteers to help
-individuals/ families have the knowledge to prepare and respond to a disaster

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physical vulnerability

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living in a hazard prone area in buildings that offer little to no protection

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environmental vulnerability

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when an area has increased risk because of population pressure forcing people into riskier areas e.g. rapid urbanisation, marginal land, geological structures (liquefaction)

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knowledge vulnerability

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-when people lack education or training and therefore understanding
-when there’s no evacuation or warning systems in place

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social vulnerability

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-community unable to support the disadvantaged in it e.g. poor and elderly

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economic vulnerability

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-people risk loosing their jobs, assets and money

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example of economic vulnerability

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shut air space in japan due to 2011 earthquake led to car chips not being delivered- disruption in production of cars

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example of social vulnerability

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in Japan- most elderly people died because inability to get to higher land (Tsunami)

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how might governance affect vulnerability and resiliance

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-most countries have national disaster management strategies e.g. FEMA (federal emergency management agency)
-increases resilience and reduces impacts of disasters (in LIC may be ineffective due to lack of funding and resources)
-low level corruption of local government means building codes are ignored and construction allowed in inappropriate places

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reasons swiss cheese model- cumulative causation

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-when diff factors line up the losses are greater
-disaster can be linked from a single hazard event combined with cascade of other events
-hazard becomes disaster when the holes line up

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governance

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the different ways in which governments, the private sector and all individuals in a society organise themselves to manage their common affairs

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what does a disaster occur as a result of (swiss cheese model)

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coincidental events and processes

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how to be most effective in reducing disaster risk

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-integrated system approach featuring strong coordination across sectors and a delegation of responsibilities (entrust another person) to the local level

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economic governance and what it effects

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the decision making processes that affect a countries activities and its relationship with other economies- affects poverty and quality of life

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political governance

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process of decision making to create policies including disaster reduction and planning on a national, regional, district and local level

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administrative governance

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system of policy implementation and requires good governance at central and local levels- in cases of disaster risk reduction requires functioning enforcement of building codes and land use planning