The document defines disasters as tragic events that cause loss of life and property damage, classifying them as natural disasters like earthquakes and floods or man-made disasters. It also explains that disaster risk is the likelihood of losses from a disaster and includes direct losses to infrastructure as well as indirect economic and social impacts affecting housing, health, education, and the environment.

1. Basic Concept of
Disaster and Disaster
isk

2. What Are Disasters?
 The term “disaster” originated from
the French word desastre, which is a
combination of the words “des”
meaning bad and “aster” meaning
star.
 Is a tragic event that causes loss of
lives and great damages to
properties and the environment.

3. Classification of Disasters
 Natural disasters are disasters caused by natural resources. Examples are earthquakes,
flood, hurricane, tornado, fire, tsunami, volcanic eruptions, drought, avalanche, and
wave.
- rapid onset or acute onset, such earthquakes, tsunamis, and flood
- progressive onset or gradual onset, such as drought that may lead to famine.
 Man-made disasters are caused by man and are identifiable as either intentional or
non-intentional humans actions.
-technological disasters
-terrorism or violence
-complex humanitarian emergencies

4. What Is Disaster Risk?
 Expressed as the likelihood of loss of life, injury or destruction and
damage from a disaster in a given period of time.
 The United Nations International Strategy on Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
defined disaster as the potential loss in lives, health status, livelihood, and
various assets that are often challenging to quatify.

5. Two Caregories of Disaster Risk
 Intensive Risks- pertains to the exposure of a large number of people in a specific
geographic area to extreme events that can further lead to catastrophic disaster
involving high- mortality rate and asset loss.
 Extensive Risks- more on the exposure of dispersed populations to various hazards of
low or moderate intensity

6. Impacts of Disaster
The impact of disaster are identified as:
 Direct losses
 Indirect losses
 Intangible losses

7. Direct Losses Indirect Losses Intangible Losses
• Include physical effects such
as damages and changes
reduce ability of an individual
or infrastructure
• Affect community by
disrupting or damaging
utility services and local
business
• include psycological
situations caused by casualty
and ability reduction
• Involve damages to people,
buildings, vehicles, clean-up,
and disposal costs
• Include loss of income,
increase in costs, expenses
connected

8. Social Impacts
 Housing- Destruction may be
brought by floods and
earthquakes and may lead to
homelessness. This can be have
a long-term impact on society.
Hence, the source of income of
the affected families will be
impared.

9.  Health- Health care
infrastructures are
vulnerable to hazards.
equipment is damaged,
hospitals cannot
accomodate those who are
affected by calamities.

10. Education- Schools often serve as
evacuation and relief centers when
strikes. This disrupts the educational
services that can have long-term effect on
both students and teachers.

11. Economic Impacts
 Natural disasters tend to have stronger impact on countries with major
debt and poverty problems.
 Funds are used for reconstruction, repair, rehabilitation, and medical aid.
 Negatively impact on economic growth and may lead to a decline in the
capacity to import and export goods.
 Cause a spike of unemployment in the country.

12. Environmental Impacts
The following are just several negative
environment impacts of disasters:
 Flooding can cause tress and root crops to be submerged.
 Drought damages ecosystems by reducing water supply that is essential
for living organisms to survive.
 Earthquakes can lead to environmental degradation.
 A tsunami can cause long-term negative effects in the population of
species in the region, and consequences on the livelihood of fishermen,
housing, and infrastructure.

13. ACTIVITY

14. Answer the following questions:
1. What makes communities vulnerable to disasters?
2. What makes the Philippines very vulnerable to natural disaster?
3. What is the difference between disasters and disaster risks?