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Welcome to our presentation
Presentation title: Theories On Disaster Management
Group No: 02
Group Name: Dhanshiri
Institute of Disaster Management And vulnerability Studies

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Presenters of Dhanshiri Group:
1. Md. Shahadat Hossain
2. Md. Al-Amin
3. Md. Mottasim Billah
4. Sweety Chakma
5. Md. Mostafizur Rahman
6. Ferdousy Yasmin
7. Mst. Kulsuma Khatun
8. Palas Sarkar
9. A.B.M. Hasanul Kabir and
10. Mohammad Arif Uzzaman Bhuiyan

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Theories on Disaster Management
There are 20 major theories on disaster management. Some
of them are interrelated enough. So, it is convenient to
rearrange these theories with the basis of similarity.
The summery of major theories are:
1. Sustainable Development Theory
2. Emergency Management Theory
3. System Theory
4. Policy Making Theory
5. Networking & Management Theory

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01.Sustainable Development Theory:
Development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs.
There are five theories under sustainable development:
1. Development perspectives
2. Sustainability Perspectives
3. Technology
4. Economic theory
5. Marxist Interpretation of Disasters
Implementation needed in well-planned and technology to have
our economic resilience then vulnerability.

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For example:
 Development of Dhaka city is not planned (WASA, RAJUK, City
Corporation have no sustainable development plan) so it not
sustainable and it will be create more vulnerable situation
when major hazards will be occur.
 A society’s capacity for recovery is related to economic
resilience.
 The economic impacts of the 1988 floods merit further
exploration. Although this event was extreme, widely seen as
the ‘worst’ floods in fifty years, it’s impact on overall
economic performance was muss less severe than previous
major floods, and also less than initially feared because of
economic resilience.

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02.Emergency Management Theory
Under the emergency management theory there are four theories.
They are-
1. Risk perception and communication
2. Preparedness and improvisation
3. Emergent behavior
4. Organizational behavior
 When disaster occurs (emergency moments) above these theories
are the key factors to behavior or level of vulnerability. So these
theories categories under the emergency management theory.
 When a disaster occurs in this time lack of Perception,

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cont..
When a disaster occurs in this time lack of Perception, Proper
training in rescue team and mind set the organizations to
cooperation each other creates the vulnerability level increases.
Training on rescue, ensures coordination and communications
with government, non governmental organizations, non-
governmental humanitarian responders, media and private sector
to there roles and responsibilities in an emergency is clear.
Cyclone in 1991 and Cyclone Sidr in 2007 almost same in category
but in 1991 cyclone at least 13800 people were died for lack of
emergency management where in sidr only 3447 were died only
for proper management.

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03.System Theory:
Four theories are categories under the system theory-
Compliance model of evacuation
System theory
Weberian perspectives of emergency management
Social constructionist views
These four theories organize under the system theory
because, although these theories addressing many
influencing variables (like; natural, technological, political,
cultural, gender, race, education, organizational and
psychological environments) in a complicated ways

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Cont..
but it’s basically based on social perspectives like our culture,
norms, values, customs, and institutional practice etc.
Upto Sidr, people in coastal areas in Bangladesh especially
women’s were lag behind from men to going cyclone shelter
because of social culture and practice. After sidr women were
come forward and some cases they are more advanced than
men.
This system theory helps to predict the level of vulnerability
and thus communities people who are the under risk.

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04.Policy Making Theory
Political processes not only allocate values in society, they also
knowingly or unknowingly distribute vulnerability among the
population.
 If we constitute law based on public opinion, we may neglect
less visible but more common forms of vulnerability (e.g., citizens
are more concerned today about our vulnerability to terrorism
than our vulnerability to flooding).
On the other hand, if our policy only takes into account expert
advice, our society may become more vulnerable to civil hazards
such as riots and terrorism (e.g., the public may become hostile if
its desires are not considered in the policy process).

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Cont..
National Disaster Management Policy in our country turn over a
new leaf and Enhancing professional skills and knowledge of key
personnel on risk reduction, preparedness, warning and
forecasting system, risk reduction and post-disaster activities
By this way it is possible to create a solid policy and reduce
vulnerability.

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05.Networking and Management Theory
Under the Networking and Management theory there are three
theories-
1. Networking and collaboration
2. Integration
3. Management theory
 Disaster management is a cyclic way so many organization,
community, involved to this event in different phases of this
cycle( before, during, after) in different point of views.
 If these multi-organizations have no proper contact and
cooperation among them the level of vulnerability is increases
instead of reduction.

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Cont..
To reduce vulnerability and increase capacity development it is
very important to networking among the organizations and
integrated their work by a proper strategic plan and
management. During Aila, 2009, the damage was reduced by
proper networking and management.
In Bangladesh, Disaster Management Act, National Disaster
Management Policy, Disaster Management Plan, Standing Orders
on Disaster are the regulatory framework for networking and
management on disaster.

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Conclusion:
After all, the utility of a theory is thus a function of its ability to
predict a range of behavioral outcomes. Disaster preparedness is
one of the basic components of Disaster Risk Reduction.
Preparedness identifies the steps necessary to increase the
likelihood of avoiding or minimizing hazard effect consequences.

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