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Disaster risk reduction for development
1.
2. Disaster Risk Reduction
Is a systematic approach to identifying, assessing and
reducing the risks of disaster.
It aims to reduce
socio-economic vulnerabilities
the environmental and other hazards that trigger
them
3. Risk: is a function of the hazards to which a
community is exposed, their vulnerabilities and
capacity of that community to absorb the shock.
Mathematically:
Risk is proportional Hazard * Vulnerability
Adaptive Capacity
4. The amount of risk a community faces is determined by
their individual and collective vulnerability
Vulnerability is determined by:
exposure to hazard
sensitivity to hazard
adaptive capacity
5. Who are the most vulnerable:
The poor
Women
The elderly
Children
People just recovering from shock
Communities that have not suffered similar shock in
the past
6. Disaster can throw people into poverty, especially
repeat events
It can cause
transitory poverty
or chronic poverty
7. Disaster can make people:
Dispose their productive asset
Misuse their savings
Misappropriate and divert their income
Loan money from informal sectors at high interest
rates
8. Effective DRR entails:
Disaster preparation and awareness
Integrating disaster risk management into national
development
Post disaster needs assessment
Improved disaster risk financing and insurance
9. Development Benefits of Disaster Risk Reduction
Economic advancement
Job creation
Community cohesion
Reduced fatalities
10. Development Benefits of Disaster Risk Reduction
Economic advancement
Job creation
Community cohesion
Reduced fatalities