Liceo de Cagayan University

RNP BLVD., Kauswagan Road, Cagayan de Oro City

Tel. No. (8822)722244 (08822) 8584093 to 95 local 216
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MAIN CAMPUS

Disaster Readiness & Risk Reduction

Activity Sheet no. 3: Hazard and Vulnerability Assessment

Name: Mehl Humphrey T. Daugdaug Date:

Section: 11 – STEM 1 Name of the teacher: Ms. Naihma Mae E. Casicas
Score: /40

HAZARD VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT (HVA)

- Allows to systematically evaluate the intensity of the damage that could be caused by a
potential disaster (natural or human induced), severity, and availability of medical resources to
reduce population vulnerability and will be able to increase the capacity to cope with disasters.

List your home’s/family’s vulnerabilities/risks/capacities in the following types of

vulnerabilities: Physical, Social, Economic, and Environmental.

Address: Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City

Physical Social Economic Environmental

Vulnerability Vulnerability Vulnerability Vulnerability

Ex.

Our home’s Our barangay lacks in A lot of the families Our barangay is
foundation is already spreading awareness in our barangay are in located near a huge
old and some corners regarding disaster the lower income and body of water which
of our house’ material risks and poor economic class is susceptible to
is slowly rotting. management. and do not have floods.
access to resources
necessary to building
stable homes.

1. The roof of our Our neighborhood Many families within Our home is situated
house is deteriorating, lacks a strong sense our barangay belong near a creek, making
and there are visible of community to lower income it highly susceptible
cracks in the walls. cohesion, hindering brackets, lacking the to flooding during
collective response financial resources heavy rainfall or
efforts during required to construct typhoon events.
emergencies. stable and resilient
homes.

2. The foundation of There is a lacks of High levels of Our neighborhood is

our house is weak, awareness programs unemployment within located near
making it susceptible in our community our community result industrial zones,
to damage during regarding disasters in financial leading to poor air
earthquakes or strong risks and insecurity, making it quality and increased
management leaving difficult for families health risks during
winds. residents ill-prepared to afford emergency environmental
for potential supplies and disasters.
emergencies. evacuation expenses.

3. Our community’s Social isolation Rising housing costs Our barangay is

road network is poorly among elderly and inadequate situated in close
maintained, increasing residents exacerbates affordable housing proximity to a large
the risk of accidents their vulnerability options force many body of water,
and hindering during disasters, as families to live in making it highly
emergency response they may lack precarious conditions, susceptible to
during disasters. support networks and amplifying their flooding during
struggle to access vulnerability to heavy rainfall or
assistance. disasters. typhoon events.
4. The electrical wiring Our barangay lacks in The majority of jobs The degradation of
in many households in Absence of strong in our community are local ecosystems due
our neighborhood is leadership, seasonal or informal, to pollution and
outdated, posing a fire community leading to financial habitat destruction
hazard. organizations, or instability. reduces natural
grassroots initiatives buffers against
may impede natural hazards,
coordination, leaving our
advocacy, and community more
empowerment efforts exposed to their
to address social impacts.
vulnerabilities and
build resilience
within the
community.
5. High population Our barangay lacks in A significant portion Air pollution levels in
density in our barangay Certain groups or of economic activity our city are high,
can strain resources individuals may face in our barangay may exacerbating health
and infrastructure, discrimination, be informal, lacking risks during disasters.
exacerbating stigma, or prejudice legal protections and
vulnerability during during disasters, leaving workers
disasters and affecting their access vulnerable to
emergencies to assistance, exploitation and
resources, and income insecurity.
support.
6. Limited access roads Vulnerable groups Many households in Our barangay loss of
or poorly planned such as the elderly, our barangay may forest cover in the
urban layouts may persons with rely on remittances barangay due to
impede evacuation disabilities, migrants, from family members logging, agricultural
efforts during or indigenous working abroad, expansion, or
emergencies, putting communities may making them urbanization can
residents at risks. face greater barriers vulnerable to increase vulnerability
to accessing fluctuations in global to erosion, landslides,
resources, services, economic conditions. and loss of
and information biodiversity.
during emergencies.
7. Improper waste Limited access to Rising living costs in Our barangay located
management practices, nutritious food and our barangay, near coastlines,
such as open dumping clean water can including housing, rivers, fault lines, or
or burning of garbage, increase food, and utilities, steep slopes are
can pollute the susceptibility to can strain household vulnerable to
environment, attract health issues during budgets and reduce disasters such as
pests, and contribute to emergencies. disposable income. floods, landslides,
the spread of disease and earthquakes.
within the community.

8. Houses with Children, the elderly, Small businesses in Contamination of air,

inadequate and individuals with our barangay may water, and soil in our
ventilation may pre-existing medical lack resources and barangay from
experience moisture conditions may resilience to industrial activities,
buildup, mold require additional withstand economic waste disposal,
growth, and support and shocks such as agricultural runoff, or
respiratory health assistance during recessions or market vehicle emissions can
issues, particularly in disasters. downturns. pose health risks to
humid climates or residents and
flood-prone areas. ecosystems.
9. Neglected Our barangay lacks in Communities in Our barangay is
maintenance of roofs, insufficient social disaster-prone areas limited access to
gutters, foundations, services, such as may experience clean and reliable
and other critical mental health support frequent disruptions water sources in the
components can lead and counseling, can to economic activities barangay due to
to deterioration, leave individuals due to damage to overextraction,
leaks, and structural without adequate infrastructure, loss of pollution, or drought
weaknesses, resources to cope livelihoods, and can affect drinking
compromising the with disaster-related displacement of water supply,
resilience of homes stressors. residents. sanitation, and
during disasters. agricultural
productivity.
10. Failure to secure Limited access to Many residents in our Destruction of natural
outdoor furniture, nutritious food and barangay may be habitats and
equipment, or loose clean water can burdened by debt, ecosystems in our
objects increases the increase limiting their ability barangay can lead to
risk of property susceptibility to to invest in loss of biodiversity,
damage or injury health issues during productive assets or disruption of
from flying debris emergencies. cope with financial ecological services,
during high winds or emergencies. and reduced
storms. resilience to
environmental
changes.