UN Strategies on Disaster Risk Reduction Flashcards
The ____ group on indicators and terminology relating to disaster risk reduction (A/71/644) was established by the UNGA in it’s A/RES/69/284 and endorsed by the UNGA in A/RES/71/276.
open-ended intergovernmental expert working (OIEWG)
The OIEWG report presents recommended indicators to monitor the global targets of the ____, the follow-up to and operationalization of the indicators and recommended terminology relating to disaster risk reduction.
a. Hyogo framework
b. Sendai framework
c. Yokohama framework
Sendai Framework
The lessening or minimizing of the adverse impacts of a hazardous event.
a. Mitigation
b. Hazard
c. Disaster risk
d. Exposure
e. Disaster
Mitigation
A process, phenomenon or human activity that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation.
a. Mitigation
b. Hazard
c. Disaster risk
d. Exposure
e. Disaster
Hazard
The situation of people, infrastructure, housing, production capacities and other tangible human assets located in hazard-prone areas.
a. Mitigation
b. Hazard
c. Disaster risk
d. Exposure
e. Disaster
Exposure
The potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets which could occur to a system, society or a community in a specific period of time, determined probabilistically as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity.
a. Mitigation
b. Hazard
c. Disaster risk
d. Exposure
e. Disaster
Disaster risk
A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society at any scale due to hazardous events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability and capacity, leading to one or more of the following: human, material, economic and environmental losses and impacts.
a. Mitigation
b. Hazard
c. Disaster risk
d. Exposure
e. Disaster
Disaster
The conditions determined by physical, social, economic and environmental factors or processes which increase the susceptibility of an individual, a community, assets or systems to the impacts of hazards.
a. Resilience
b. Prevention
c. Vulnerability
d. Underlying disaster risk drivers
Vulnerability
Processes or conditions, often development-related, that influence the level of disaster risk by increasing levels of exposure and vulnerability or reducing capacity.
a. Resilience
b. Prevention
c. Vulnerability
d. Underlying disaster risk drivers
Underlying disaster risk drivers
The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions through risk management.
a. Resilience
b. Prevention
c. Vulnerability
d. Underlying disaster risk drivers
Resilience
Activities and measures to avoid existing and new disaster risks.
a. Resilience
b. Prevention
c. Vulnerability
d. Underlying disaster risk drivers
Prevention
A series of United Nations conferences focusing on disaster and climate risk management in the context of sustainable development.
The World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
The World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction convened three times, with each edition to date having been hosted by Japan. Where are these places?
- Yokohama in 1994
- Hyogo in 2005
- Sendai in 2015
As requested by the ____, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) served as the coordinating body for the Second and Third UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction in 2005 and 2015.
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
____ aims at increasing public awareness to understand risk, vulnerability and disaster reduction globally.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
ISDR was adopted during the July 1999 IDNDR Programme Forum, in ____, and ratified by the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and General Assembly during the second meeting of its Commission on Sustainable Development.
Geneva
Summary of the International Strategy (July 1999 IDNDR Programme forum)
While hazards are inevitable, and the elimination of all risk is impossible, there are many technical measures, traditional practices, and public experience that can reduce the extent or severity of economic and social disasters. Hazards and emergency requirements are a part of living with nature, but ____ can be changed.
human behavior
Summary of the International Strategy (July 1999 IDNDR Programme forum):
In the words of the Secretary General
“We must, above all, shift from a culture of reaction to a culture of ____. It is not only more humane than cure; it is also much ____… Above all, let us not forget that disaster prevention is a moral imperative, no less than reducing the risks of war”.
- prevention
- cheaper
ISDR Vision
To enable all communities to become ____ to the effects of natural, technological and environmental hazards, reducing the compound risks they pose to social and economic vulnerabilities within modern societies.
To proceed from protection against hazards to the management of risk through the integration of ____ into sustainable development.
- resilient
- risk prevention
ISDR Goals
- Increase ____ of the risks that natural, technological and environmental hazards pose to modern societies.
- public awareness
ISDR Goals
- Obtain ____ by public authorities to reduce risks to people, their livelihoods, social and economic infrastructure, and environmental resources.
- commitment
ISDR Goals
- Engage public participation at ____ levels of implementation to create disaster-resistant communities through increased partnership and expanded risk reduction networks at these levels.
- all levels
ISDR Goals
- Reduce the ____ and ____ losses of disasters as measured, for example, by Gross Domestic Product.
- economic and social losses
ISDR Implementation
Conduct a national audit or assessment process of existing functions necessary for a comprehensive and integrated national strategy of hazard, risk and disaster prevention, projected over ____ and ____ year time periods.
- 5-10 and 20 year time periods
ISDR Implementation
Conduct ____ with specific consideration of demographics, urban growth, and the interaction or compound relationships between natural, technological and environmental factors.
dynamic risk analysis
ISDR Implementation
Focus multi-year risk reduction strategies on ____ concentration and ____ environments.
- urban concentration
- mega-city environments
ISDR Implementation
Institute comprehensive application of land-use planning and programmes in ____ environments.
hazard-prone