In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful

Hazard and Disaster

Management

CE-305

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 GRADING CRITERIA

a) End Semester Exam

1.5 hours (min.) 40%

b) One Mid Term Exam 1 hour 30%

c) 3-4 x Quizzes 10 – 15 Minutes 15%

d) 2 x Assignments/End Sem. Project 15%

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

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 Back
Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels

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Key Concepts

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 Defining Hazard

• Phenomenon or situation, which has the potential to cause

disruption or damage to people, their property, their services
and their environment

• A dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition

that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property
damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic
disruption, or environmental damage

• Examples: Earthquake, Floods, Droughts etc.

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Defining Hazard

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Defining Vulnerability

• The characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or

asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a
hazard

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Capacity
• Those positive condition or abilities which increase a community’s ability
to deal with hazards

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Defining Disaster

• One academic definition is Carter’s Define it as , “an event,

natural or man-made, sudden or progressive, which impacts with
such severity that the affected community has to respond by
taking the exceptional measures.

• Simply, when a hazard actually happens, Risk converts into

disaster. When a hazard hits the vulnerable area, Disaster occurs.

• This explains disaster is a situation when community own

resources overwhelmed by the impact of disaster and they need
external support to overcome this issue.

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Defining Risk

The probability that a community’s structure or geographic area is

to be damaged or disrupted by the impact of a particular hazard,
on account of their nature, construction, and proximity to a
hazardous area

PROBABILITY of HAZARD X IMPACT = RISK

R= P x I

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Risk, Hazard, Vulnerability, Disaster

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Disaster Management Cycle

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Response

• The provision of emergency services and public assistance during or

immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health
impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of
the people affected

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Relief

• Measures that are required to meet the basic needs for shelter, water,
food and health care till rehabilitation of community.

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Rehabilitation

Actions taken in the aftermath of a disaster to:

• assist victims to repair their
dwellings;
• re-establish essential services;
• revive key economic and social
activities

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Reconstruction

• Permanent measures to repair or replace damaged dwellings and

infrastructure and to set the economy back on course

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Recovery Phase

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Development

• Sustained efforts intended to improve or maintain the social and

economic well-being of a community

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Prevention

• Measures taken to avert a disaster from occurring, if possible (to

impede(obstruct) a hazard so that it does not have any harmful effects).

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Mitigation

• Measures taken prior to the impact of a disaster to minimize its effects

(sometimes referred to as structural and non-structural measures).

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Preparedness

• Measures taken in anticipation of a disaster to ensure that appropriate

and effective actions are taken in the aftermath

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Difference b/w Disaster Management (DM)
& Disaster Risk Management (DRM)

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Disaster Management (DM)

• A collective term encompassing all aspects of planning for preparing and

responding to disasters. It refers to the management of the consequences
of disasters.

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Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
A broad range of activities
designed to:

o Prevent the loss of lives

o Minimize human suffering
o Inform the public and authorities of risk
o Minimize property damage and economic loss
o Speed up the recovery process

 Disaster risk management - Stress on proactive disaster management responses of

prevention, mitigation and preparedness

It depends which risk needs to prevent, reduce, transfer or live with disaster risk
Public safety, disaster resilience, sustainable development for all

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Disaster Risk Management (DRM)

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Thank You

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