Professional Documents
Culture Documents
AN OVERVIEW
BY
Poorer than
Society before
Elements at Risk
Disruption of
Huge Losses/ Normal life &
Damages Development
Suffers
Damage HAZARD
Potential
Awareness- Effect
on Elements
Quicker
Society Recovery
Elements at Risk
Action Communities
Plans More
Huge Losses/
Resilient
Damages
Elements at Risk
Societal Elements
Natural Features People & Live-stock
River/Stream Banks Huts & Semi-permanent Houses
Low-lying Areas Weak Buildings
Sea & Sea-coast Agri. & Horticultural crops
Slopes of hills
Livelihood tools / Equipment
Unsecured personal assets
Public Infrastructure
Scale of Disaster
Is Dependent on :
• Lead Time Available.
• Intensity of Hazard.
• Duration.
• Spatial Extent.
• Density of Population & Assets.
• Time of Occurrence.
• Vulnerabilities existing in the Elements at
Risk.
• Hazard X Vulnerability =
Disaster
ELEMENTS AT RISK
• People
• Livestock
• Rural Housing Stock
• Houses Vulnerable
• Crops, Trees,Telephone, Electric poles
• Boats, Looms, Working Implements
• Personal Property
• Electricity, Water and Food Supplies
• Infrastructure Support
AIMS OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT
• Reduce (Avoid, if possible) the
potential losses from hazards.
POST-
DISASTER
Stages of Disaster
Cyclone
Well Before
Weeks-Months