Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction

1. Physical perspective- can harm individuals, their properties, such as homes and environmental
resources for living, as well as physical features like buildings and infrastructure. The most obvious and
quantifiable effects of a calamity are its physical ones.

2. Psychological Perspectives- can have serious effects on a person's mental health, including post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a number of other disorders and symptoms that have received less
attention.

3. Socio-cultural Perspective- A variety of factors, such as social conditions and cultural settings,
influence what the population living in a disaster-risk area understands and does about natural hazards
and disaster risk. They are typically also exposed to information and ideas from sources outside of their
own cultural setting on various levels. Such an idea is beneficial, particularly for people who are
marginalized sector to maintain optimism and keep fighting any obstacles in their path. their conviction
that assistance would come from someone or God just when they needed it most. Also, it helps most
people survive the many oddities of life.

4. Economic Perspective- is an occurrence that interrupts the economic system's operation and has a
major negative impact on assets, production factors, output, employment, and consumption.

5. Political Perspective- Most people believe that natural disasters are less divisive politically than wars.
Yet, a close inspection indicates that politics is intimately connected to the effects of a natural disaster
as well as the subsequent provision of humanitarian aid.

6. Biological Perspective- The biological perspective focuses on information from genetic and
neurological investigations, as well as studies of the immune system, to identify the psychological
components of human behavior. It is also known as biopsychology, and it has been important to
psychology from the start.
1. Physical perspective

Natural catastrophes typically have an impact on the physical infrastructure, Agricultural

production might potentially result in fatalities and property damage. The size of the disaster, the
location of the affected area, and the recovery efforts made to lessen the immediate consequences of a
disaster are some of the aspects that affect how a disaster affects a nation. Some Effects of Physical
Disasters Injuries, Physical disabilities or illness, Sanitation, Damage in infrastructure

2. Psychological Perspectives

Many disasters are unforeseen, which leaves the victims in a condition of shock. People
commonly try to avoid reality and deny the loss. The victims are more prone to stress, anxiety, and other
types of maladaptive reactions when they are in a denial state. The loss of the sensation of affection,
attachment, and belongingness that comes with the death of a close relative also induces a mood of
insecurity in the victim.