EXPOSURE AND

VULNERABILITY
PHILIPPINES
3rd most disaster prone country (next to Vanuatu and Tonga)
LOCATION: West Side of the Pacific Ocean
Proximal (near) to the Equator
An archipelago

PEOPLE
RACE: Malayo-Polynesian (Austeonesian)
VULNERABLE GROUPS: Woman, Children, Elderly, Disabled
and Migrants

ENVIRONMENT
Tropical Weather (Dry and Wet season)
JUNE to NOVEMBER – Strong Typhoons
JUNE to OCTOBER – Heavy Rains
DECEMBER to MAY – Dry Season
ECONOMY
POVERTY – Increase Vulnerability
URBANIZATION – Relating to city (Growing city)
Reasons for Rapid Urbanization
Inadequate employment in the provinces
Territorial Scarcity
Disasters
Climate change

ARISING PROBLEMS
Overcrowding
Low quality of life
Poor Communities
CONCEPTS OF DISASTER VULNERABILITY
HAZARD
Anything/Something that could cause damage or harm (Veneema, 2013)

EXPOSURE
The presence that makes disaster a possibility (Coppola, 2015)

VULNERABILITY
The possibility or susceptibility to acquire consequences/effects of hazard (Coppola,
2015)
Vulnerable – refers to the person/people
FACTORS THAT COULD AFFECT VULNERABILITY (Veneema, 2013)
Age, Race, Gender, Social Status, Educational Level, Employment, Environment,
Technology, Communal differentiation, Diversity and Politics.

TYPES (societal factor)

Physical
Social
Economic
Environmental
TYPES OF VULNERABILITY (GENERAL)

Physical Vulnerability
Geographic
Groundwork- interaction they have on where
they inhabit
Population
Social Vulnerability – deals with their inherent
characteristics
Economic Vulnerability - Damage VS Capacity
Environmental Vulnerability -