What is Disaster Risk Reduction? Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) refers to an orderly approach of identifying, reducing and assessing the risks of a disaster. Its main aim is to minimize socioeconomic, environmental or any other vulnerabilities and hazard that might trigger a disaster (McEntire, 2000). Its development has been influenced by various researchers who have focused on disaster vulnerability since the 1970s. Due to its effectiveness development, aid agencies, and other organization should
Disaster management has become a hot issue in urban development and human security since threats from hazards and vulnerability are increasing, and have caused the damage from natural disasters to become more severe, and it has become crucial to lower the socio-economic loss. “Disaster,” is defined as a serious disruption to the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and having an impact which exceeds the ability of the affected
UNDP Disaster Relief in Coastal Regions Democratic Republic of the Congo RAISING FUNDS I. Topic Background Providing relief for costal disaster has always been a problem. Getting the money to pay for the property damage especially in developing nations is hard. However for developing nations it can undo years of progress. This is an even more frighting thing since natural desasters are becoming more frequent in southern Mediterranean and middle east. There was an increase from three a year in 1980
the obvious disaster location in the coastal lowlands. The mountainous highlands contributed as much damage, aggravating the rainfall effects with several
Natural disasters have a greater impact on less economically developed countries (LEDCs) than more developed countries (MEDCs). How far do you agree with this statement? Natural disasters have always disastrous effects. These could be economic, social and/or environmental. Infrastructure damage can severely obstruct economic activity; social effects can include homelessness, illness, loss of life, injury, and destruction of communities; and environmental damage can range from the tree felling to
1. DISASTER PREVENTION AND RESPONSE STRATEGIES 1.1 History of Disaster Risk Management Up until 1991,the management of disasters in the country was on an ad-hoc basis. The floods in Phalombe district in 1991 exposed the weakness of the ad hoc arrangement. The Government did not how to respond and this resulted in a haphazard response to the disaster. The disaster resulted in passing the Disaster This resulted in passing the Disaster Preparedness and Relief Act in 1991. The act made provision
Community participation is essential for risk reduction because community relations, actions, and beliefs are at the center of functionality. Communities contain multiple cultures with different religions, views, and livelihoods. It is not feasible or humane to try and implement a universal disaster risk reduction approach; a universal approach strips away factors that make individuals whole, it disregards the high possibility of unplanned actions or responses in the presence of a catastrophe. Moreover
Community Based Disaster Risk Management for Earthquake Risk Mitigation Planning in Historic City Core area, Kathmandu, Nepal Jeny Shrestha DMHA Capstone Spring 2014 Jeny Shrestha 1 Problem Statement Due to the unpredictable nature of sudden earthquakes, humans are often caught by surprise. The issue is even more pressing as researches highlight a direct link between disaster risk and vulnerability within vulnerable local communities in developing countries (Dixit, et al., 2013; Uprety and Yoshida
Describing Risk-Based Decision Making In addition to participating in two forums in week seven, the final assignment is to complete a four to five page paper on risk-based decision making. What is risk-based decision making? Risk-based decision making is an organizational procedure that processes the likelihood of unwanted outcomes into a structured format to better help stakeholders make informed choices. This paper will draw upon the various lecture presentations from weeks one through seven, the
Programme (UN-HABITAT) Delegation: Australia Due the alarming progression climate change, Australia faces many natural disasters such as bush fires, heatwaves, severe storms, earthquakes, cyclones and the possibility of the lack of water due to dry weather. Australia is concerned by the risks that these natural disasters will pose to the safety and security of countries facing natural disasters due to climate change. As such, Australia recognizes there is an urgent need to place a large focus on building
The impact of natural disaster over the years has negative effects on human physical, social and economic wellbeing, none the less the need to adopt practices to mitigate the risk impact on society is essential to a rapid recovery process. Professor Stephen Nelson (2013), a lecturer in the department of Earth and Environmental Science at the Tulane University in New Orleans explained in his report that hurricane being a natural disaster cannot be controlled by man but studying its pattern and effect
definitions and descriptions of each phase or component of emergency management, the importance of understanding interrelationships and responsibilities for each phase, some newer language and associated concepts (e.g., disaster resistance, sustainability, resilience, business continuity, risk management), and the diversity of research perspectives. Emergency management has been described for the past three decades as a “four phase” process, involving: • Mitigation; • Preparedness; • Response; • Recover
No communities or states are immune from disasters. A natural or man-made disaster can happen at any time and the impact can be devastating and overwhelming. It can affect citizen’s livelihoods and environment in a matter of second. The government has implemented various types of hazard reduction programs over the past several years to reduce or minimize the loss of life, injuries and property losses caused by the destruction of these disasters. Six of these programs will be discussed in this
The federal government's role in planning for, mitigating, responding to and recovering from natural and human-made disasters dates to the Congressional Act of 1803, which was enacted to provide relief from the aftermath of a devastating New Hampshire fire (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2010). Later disasters in our nation’s history “reached catastrophic proportions in terms of deaths, injuries and property loss which focused government and public attention on the need to develop formal systems
Coping with Disaster This paper will discuss Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management that are city wide or larger in scope. It will first define disaster, then examine the typical stages in preparing for and coping with a disaster. Selected types of disasters will be considered, and examples reviewed, namely biological, chemical, and radiation related disasters. What is a disaster? A disaster is an unexpected calamity that is of sufficient magnitude that the normal societal coping mechanisms
STUDY ON DISASTERS AND THEIR IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY Abstract: The Disaster is an occurrence of without any prediction. The term ‘Disaster’ can be referred to any incident, manmade accident or natural occurrence that could influence in whatever way. The impact of upcoming disaster cannot be evaluated as there is no developed technology. There are two type of disasters i.e. Natural and Manmade disasters. Aftermath of disaster results in adversely change local or regional climate
events induced by global climate change, such as more persistent rainfall leading to flooding or more intense tropical storms, cause threatening risks to transportation
the most common natural disaster as well as the leading cause of natural disaster fatalities worldwide. (Doocy S., Daniels A., Murray S., & Kirsch TD., 2013). Schanze et al., 2006, also indicate that flooding is one of the most threatening natural hazards in the world. Musa and Usman, (2013) assert that, flooding has the largest damage potential and affects a larger number of people when compared to other natural disasters. According to Munich, 2015, due to flood disaster, there have been a proportionate
discuss about how landslides occur. Then it will discuss few of the physical causes of landslides by analysing two disasters that has occurred in the recent past.One of these two disasters was a result of one distinct event while the other was triggered as a result of a combination of physical reasons. It will also address a few options and measures that can be taken in order to reduce the risk of damage from landslides. Landslides are generally classified as mass movement material down a slope. Once a
Disaster can have varying physical, social and political impacts across the affected population. The physical impact largely includes the causalities of human lives and damages of the properties, animals and crops. Likewise, the social impact includes psychological, socioeconomic, demographic and political factors. In this, the psychological factor causes negative psychological responses (Gerrity and Flynn, 1997) and also the positive impact as evident in the increased family and social bonding