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Effects of Hazard Exposure and Vulnerability To

The document discusses the concepts of hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and risk in relation to disaster scenarios. It presents two situations illustrating the impact of disasters on individuals and defines key terms related to disaster risks. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of disaster mitigation measures to reduce the impacts of hazards.

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Effects of Hazard Exposure and Vulnerability To

The document discusses the concepts of hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and risk in relation to disaster scenarios. It presents two situations illustrating the impact of disasters on individuals and defines key terms related to disaster risks. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of disaster mitigation measures to reduce the impacts of hazards.

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Aldrin Lubong
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Effects of Hazard,

Exposure and
Vulnerability to
Disaster Risks
Let’s analyze the scenario

Situation 1: You are a mom. You live in Brgy.


Aplaya, which is right next to Laguna de Bay.
You have a 2-storey house, and the ground
floor where your sari-sari store is situated
already flooded. You wrapped your baby and
went to the second floor, but the flood is fast
rising and you are likely to get trapped. Your
husband went to Barangay Hall, where they
prepared boats, but he has not yet come back.
Situation 2: You are in grade 12, at your
age you usually spend your time with your
friends and go other places with them. You
are very much excited because this is the
day where you and your friends have been
waiting for, A moment later President
Duterte announced the Enhanced
Community Quarantine in entire Luzon
because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. You
and your friends decided not to continue
your outing and change it into friends
gathering party near you.
Defining Hazard, Vulnerability
and Risk
Hazard
harmful condition, substance,
human behavior or condition that
can cause loss of life, injury or other
health effects, harm to property,
loss of livelihood and services,
social and economic disruption or
damage to the environment. Any
risk which is imminent is threat.
Exposure
presence of elements at risk
or chance of being harmed
from a natural or man-made
hazard event.
Vulnerability
the characteristics and
circumstances of a community,
system, or asset, that make it
susceptible to the damaging
effects of a hazard and inability of
a community to prevent, mitigate,
prepare for and respond to
hazardous events.
Risk
the probability of possible
adverse effects. This results
from the interaction of social
and environmental systems,
from the combination of physical
danger, and exposed item
vulnerabilities.
Disaster
serious disruption to the functioning of a
community or society which causes
widespread human, material, economic
or environmental losses that exceed the
capacity of the community or society
concerned to cope with the use of their
own resources. It results from the mix of
hazards, risk conditions and inadequate
capability or measures.
Exposure and
Vulnerability
They are distinct. A certain
community can be
exposed but it does not
mean that it is vulnerable.
Exposure and
Vulnerability
Exposure to hazard can make
a community vulnerable. But
not all communities that are
exposed to hazard can be
considered vulnerable.
Physical
Population
elements
Buildings: Urban land
Density of
use, construction
population,
types, building
distribution in space,
height, building age,
distribution in time,
total floor space,
age distribution,
replacement costs.
gender distribution,
handicapped, income
Monuments and
distribution
cultural heritage
Essential Socio-economic
facilities aspects
Emergency shelters, Organization of
Schools, Hospitals, population,
Fire Brigades, Police governance,
community
organization,
government
support, socio-
economic levels.
Cultural heritage
and traditions.
Transportation Economic
facilities activities
Roads, railway, Spatial distribution
metro, public of economic
transportation activities, input-
systems, harbor output table,
facilities, airport dependency,
facilities. redundancy,
unemployment,
economic
production in
various sectors.
Environmental
Life lines
elements
Water supply, Ecosystems,
electricity supply, protected areas,
gas supply, natural parks,
telecommunicatio environmentally
ns, mobile sensitive areas,
telephone forests, wetlands,
network, sewage aquifers, flora,
system. fauna,
biodiversity.
Disaster mitigation
measures
those that eliminate or reduce
the impacts and risks of hazards
by means of proactive measures
taken before an emergency or
disaster takes place.

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