This document defines key terms related to disaster risk reduction and management. Disaster is defined as a serious disruption to a community due to hazardous events. Disaster management involves preparing for and responding to disasters, while disaster response refers to immediate actions after an event. Other terms defined include risk prevention, preparedness, mitigation, awareness, management, hazards, exposure, and vulnerability. The document also defines acronyms related to disaster management in the Philippines such as NDRRMP, NDRRMC, DRR, and DRM.
This document defines key terms related to disaster risk reduction and management. Disaster is defined as a serious disruption to a community due to hazardous events. Disaster management involves preparing for and responding to disasters, while disaster response refers to immediate actions after an event. Other terms defined include risk prevention, preparedness, mitigation, awareness, management, hazards, exposure, and vulnerability. The document also defines acronyms related to disaster management in the Philippines such as NDRRMP, NDRRMC, DRR, and DRM.
This document defines key terms related to disaster risk reduction and management. Disaster is defined as a serious disruption to a community due to hazardous events. Disaster management involves preparing for and responding to disasters, while disaster response refers to immediate actions after an event. Other terms defined include risk prevention, preparedness, mitigation, awareness, management, hazards, exposure, and vulnerability. The document also defines acronyms related to disaster management in the Philippines such as NDRRMP, NDRRMC, DRR, and DRM.
DISASTER a serious disruption of the functioning of a
community or a society at any scale due to
hazardous events DISASTER MANAGEMENT is a process of effectively preparing for and responding to disasters. DISASTER RESPONSE the actions taken directly after a destructive event occurs RISK PREVENTION measures and actions taken in advance in order to prevent new risks or impede their development and strengthening PREPAREDNESS knowledge and capacities of governments, professional response and recovery organisations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from the impacts of likely, imminent or current hazard events or conditions. DISASTER MITIGATION is a process of making an issue less severe. This process helps eliminate or reduce the impacts and risks of hazards that will cause continued concern for the affected community. PREVENTION activities and measures to avoid existing and new disaster risks AWARENESS measures taken to prepare for and reduce the effects of disasters MANAGEMENT process of effectively preparing for and responding to disasters DRR STANDS FOR Disaster Risk Reduction DRM STANDS FOR Disaster Risk Management HAZARD a process, phenomenon or human activity that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation. EXPOSURE it represents the stock of property and infrastructure exposed to a hazard. VULNERABILITY accounts for the susceptibility to damage of the assets exposed to the forces generated by the hazard. NDRRMP National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan. RISK REDUCTION is a hazard and risk information may be used to inform a broad range of activities to reduce risk DISASTER PREVENTION AND ultimate purpose of emergency management is to MITIGATION save lives, preserve the environment and protect property and the economy NDRRMC National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council RING OF FIRE is a region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur DISASTER PREPARATION is a measures taken to prepare for and reduce the devastating effects of a disaster FOREST a complex ecological system in which trees are the dominant life-form FOREST PROTECTION 2is a part of Silviculture which deals with the safe guarding, protecting, or caring of the forest CLIMATE CHANGE an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere brought by the global warming. VEGETATION all the plant life in a particular region or period AFFORESTATION planting trees in areas where there were none before FOREST FIGHTS POLLUTION Minimize noise from public vehicles BOILING waters should be brought to a rolling boil for at least 2 minutes DISINFECTION use of chlorine Instruction may be found on available chlorine solution NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES Non- Renewable Resources RENEWABLE RESOURCES Renewable Resources WATER CONSERVATION Water Conservation PPP Polluter Pays Principle UPP User Pays Principle PRINCIPLE OF RESPONSIBILITY responsibility of all persons, corporations and states to maintain the ecological processes PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE to ensure that a substance or activity posing a threat to the environment is prevented from adversely affecting the environment PRINCIPLE OF PARTICIPATION participate in collectively environmental decision making activities PRINCIPLE OF PROPORTIONALITY - is based on the concept of balance. SOIL CONDITION defined as the capacity of a soil to function DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources WATERSHED the entire geographical area drained by a river and through tributaries MILITARY AND BORDER Safeguard and preserve national sovereignty and SECURITY territorial integrity SOCIO-CULTURAL SECURITY Heighten consciousness and pride on Filipino heritage, culture and values. ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTER Promote human and ecological security. SECURITY HEALTH SECURITY mitigate the impact of health related threats HUMAN AND POLITICAL Guarantee public safety and achieve good SECURITY governance ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTER promote human and ecological systems SECURITY FOOD AND WATER SECUTIRY achieve food and water security ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL develop a dynamic inclusive and sustainable SECURITY economy ENERGY SECURITY achieve energy security PUSH FACTOR drive to violent extremism PULL FACTOR nurture the appeal of violent extremism DISORTED PRINCIPLE Violent extremists driven by twisted beliefs and values or ideologies GROUPTHINK powerful way to bring people together to achieve common goals BLAME groups of individuals often appear in communities struggling with social or political issues SYMBOLS build pride or create a positive emotional connection PROPAGANDA misleading or biased information that support a particular point of view INTERNAL Law and order and Administration pf Justice EXTERNAL overlapping territorial claims and maritime domain issues CULTURAL COHESIVENESS embrace the values and beliefs system ECOLOGICAL BALANCE path that is sustainable TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY intact and inviolable SOCIO-POLITICAL STABILITY conditions where peace prevails even in diversity and where cooperation and support exist LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES agencies respond to, detect, and prevent crime. COMMUNITY a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity PENOLOGY the study of the punishment of crime and of prison management. INTERNATIONAL SECURITY strengthen international relations ko INFORMATION AND CYBER provide strong cyber infrastructure and cyber SECURITY security TRANSPORTATION AND POST- improve vital transportation infrastructure and port SECURITY security MARITIME AND AIRSPACE ensure maritime and airspace security SECURITY NPA New Peoples Army NDF National Democratic Front CPP Communist Party of the Philippines ASG Abu Sayyaf Group CAPACITY BUILDING Carry out concrete disaster prevention, mitigation and management activities. POLICY DEVELOPMENT Lobby for and/ or support climate change responsive policies and ordinances