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Vulnerability-and-Exposure

The document discusses disaster readiness and risk reduction, focusing on exposure, vulnerability, and the factors that contribute to societal susceptibility to disasters. It identifies vulnerable sectors such as agriculture, watersheds, coastal resources, and human health, while highlighting human factors like wealth, education, governance, technology, age, and gender that influence vulnerability. Additionally, it includes activities for analyzing risk factors and encourages awareness among youth regarding disaster mitigation strategies.

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Vulnerability-and-Exposure

The document discusses disaster readiness and risk reduction, focusing on exposure, vulnerability, and the factors that contribute to societal susceptibility to disasters. It identifies vulnerable sectors such as agriculture, watersheds, coastal resources, and human health, while highlighting human factors like wealth, education, governance, technology, age, and gender that influence vulnerability. Additionally, it includes activities for analyzing risk factors and encourages awareness among youth regarding disaster mitigation strategies.

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DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION

EXPOSURE AND
VULNERABILITY
LEARNING COMPETENCIES
Enumerate elements exposed to hazards
Explain the meaning of vulnerability
Explain why certain sectors of society are
more vulnerable to disaster than others
Analyze why certain structures are more
vulnerable to specific hazards than others
Determine the elements that are exposed to
a particular hazard
Recognize vulnerabilities of different
elements exposed to specific hazards
Differentiate among hazards, exposure, and
vulnerabilities and give examples from actual
situations.
Exposure
Exposure refers to the
presence of people,
livelihood, environmental
service and resources,
infrastracture, or economic,
social, or cultural assets in
places that could be
adversely affected by
physical events and which,
thereby, are subject to
potential future harm, loss,
or damage. It may be
possible to be exposed but
not vulnerable.
VARIOUS
ELEMENTS
EXPOSED TO
HAZARDS
Physical Hazard
It is defined as “a factor
within the environment
that can harm the body
without necessarily
touching it.”
Examples: Vibration and
noise
Cultural Hazard
also known as social
hazards, result from your
location, socioeconomic
status, occupation and
behavioral choices.
Economic Hazard
refers to major natural
disasters which can and
do have severe negative
short-run economic
impacts.
Environmental
Hazard
refers to state of events
which has the potential
to threaten the
sorrounding natural
environment and
adversely affect people’s
health.
Vulnerability
It is the state of susceptibility
to harm from exposure to
stresses associated with
environmental and social
change and from the absence
of capacity to adapt.
Vulnerable Sectors
Include:
1. Agriculture and Food
The agriculture sector in the
Philippines is highly
dependent on a constant
water supply and
unpredictable growing
seasons. Climate-related
changes disrupt farming
activities and hamper
agricultural production
resulting physical factors.
Vulnerable Sectors Include:
2. Watersheds: Forestry,
Biodiversity, and Water
Resources
Major river basins in the
Philippines are considered the
lifeblood of the Philippine
economy. However, because of
the pollution, unstable
resource use and the
additional pressure brought on
by climate change, these areas
have become less viable.
Vulnerable Sectors Include:

3. Coastal and Marine


Resources

Even without climate change,


many parts of the Philippines
coasts were already getting
damaged and deteriorating
due to natural causes or
human-induced activities.
Vulnerable Sectors Include:

Human Health

Infectious diseases that are


climate-sensitive become
vulnerabilities of a population
that is threatened by the
increasing frequency of
extreme climate events. Other
diseases have re-emerged or
have become harder to treat.
HUMAN
FACTORS
1. Wealth
The poor are less able to
afford housing and other
infrastructure that can
withstand extreme events,
and less likely to have access
to medical care.
2. Education
With education, we can learn
how to avoid or reduce many
impacts. When populations
include professionals trained
in hazards, then these people
can help the populations with
their hazards preparations
and responses.
3. Governance
They can advcance policies
that reduce vulnerability.
They can support education
and awareness efforts, as well
as economic development to
reduce poverty. They can
foster social networks and
empower individuals and
communities to help
themselves to prepare for and
respond to hazards.
4. Technology
It can improve our ability to
forecast extreme events,
withstand the impacts of
events, and recover
afterwards. Wealthier, more
educated societies are more
likely to have more advance
technology.
5. Age
Children and the elderly tend
to be more vulnerable. They
have less physical strength to
survive disasters and are
often more susceptible to
certain diseases.
6. Gender
Women are often more
vulnerable to natural hazards
than men. This is in part
because women are likely to
be poor, less educated, and
politically marginalised, often
due to sexism in societies
around the world.
Activity #1
Direction: Analyze the given situation by identifying the correct risk factor. Write only the
letter that corresponds to your answer. To facilitate your task, accomplish the given table
below:
A. Climate Change
B. Environmental Degradation
C. Globalized Economic Development
D. Poverty and Inequality
E. Poorly planned and Managed Urban Development
F. Weak Governance
1. unwillingness to assume their roles and responsibilitiesin governing
disaster risk department.
2. Rising sea levels
3. cities located in low-altitude estuaries such as MarikinaCity, Philippines
are exposed to sea-level rise and flooding.
4. houses are built with lightweight materials.
5. effects in developing countries
6. deforestation that can lead to landslide
7. global Warming
8. garbage slide killed that over 200 people in an informalsettlement in
Manila, the Philippines,
Mini-Performance Task #1
Direction:
Suppose you are invited by the SK Chairman in your barangay as a resource speaker to
your fellow age group during an Environmental Awareness Activity and you were asked
to give emphasis on the risk factors underlying disasters so that young people will be
equipped with knowledge on how to mitigate the effects of a disaster. Have a concept in
mind of how you are going to deliver the information. Write down what you want to
deliver to the audience. The given rubrics below will beused for scoring.

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