SCIENCE

REHABILITATION
WHAT IS DISASTER RISK
provides the necessary tools and support to
MANAGEMENT?
regain functional abilities
Disaster risk management is the application of disaster risk
reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk,
RECOVERY
reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk,
restoring or improving of livelihoods and
contributing to the strengthening of resilience and reduction of
health, as well as economic, physical, social,
disaster losses.
cultural and environmental assets, systems
and activities, of a disaster-affected
DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
community or society
1.Prospective Disaster Risk Management
2. Corrective Disaster Risk Management The Sun:
3.Compensatory Disaster Risk Management Earth’s Greatest Energizer
4.Community-Based Disaster Risk Management
THE ATMOSPHERE
- Maintains the temperature of Earth
COMMUNITY-BASED DISASTER RISK
- Protects Earth from harmful solar radiation during
MANAGEMENT
the day and traps heat to keep Earth warm
Involvementof the local community is imperative
during the night
as they are the first line defense in disaster
preparedness and response. Since the local LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
residents are more familiar with their conditions
and circumstances, they are in the planning, Troposphere
preparations, and response strategies. The - extends about 14 – 18 km from the surface
government should encourage and equip the local - air is dense
community to provide these services effectively. - called as “weather sphere”
- the higher you up to the troposphere, the colder it gets
(170 to -15 0 C)
-the air gets thinner as you travel upward of the troposphere
- TROPOPAUSE

Stratosphere
- 50 km above the surface
- as you move up the Stratosphere, temperature increases
- ozone layer (O3 )is found here

Mesosphere
- extending to about 90 km above the surface
- layer where meteorites burn up
at the top of the Mesosphere, temperature my go as low as
-100 0 Celsius as you go higher up the Mesosphere, the
temperature decreases
-the orbits of satellites are above mesosphere, but weather
balloons and jet planes cannot reach high enough to enter
this layer

Thermosphere
- extends more than 1000 km above the surface
- contains minute number of gases and ions
- the higher the altitude, the higher the temperature (1727
°C)
- the exosphere is above it, and the ionosphere is below
- International Space Station (ISS) of the National
Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA), Maya cube satellites
of the Philippine Space Agency (PSA), orbit here

Exosphere
- a thin transition layer outer space where atoms and
molecules tend to flee off because of a little gravity holding
them in this region
- primarily composed of He and H
- No breathable air in this layer
- Temperature could reach up to 1500
degrees Celcius
 Warm and Dry or Cool and Wet Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
If a surface is a little wet (or very wet) it will stay
cooler in the Sun. If a surface is dry, it will get warmer ▪ a region of low air pressure that is
in the Sun. located near the equator, between about 50
and 50S
Interaction of the Sun and the Atmosphere ▪ is where air masses of northeast trade
winds from the Northern Hemisphere
When the sun heats air, air pressure decreases, converge with air masses of southeast trade
resulting in hot air rising to cooler temperatures. winds from the Southern Hemisphere
Air current is moving vertically, while air moving ▪ is a breeding hub of weather disturbances
horizontally is called wind. because warm air rises then cools,
A light, localized wind near bodies of water is called condensing to form rain clouds and heavy
breeze. rains

Sea Breeze

Land Breeze

Influences of Earth’s Axial Tilt

• As Earth orbits the sun at a

slanted position, the sun’s radiation
does not hit Earth uniformly with the
Monsoons same intensity and length of time.
▪ a system of winds over a large area involving • This phenomenon affects the
greater air masses that move horizontally intensity of sunlight absorbed in
▪ monsoon – derived from the Arabic word mausim – different areas of Earth, resulting in
season of winds length of daytime and seasonal
▪ refer to the changing direction of winds over a changes at different time of the year.
certain period of tie along the shores surrounding the
Indian Ocean • Earth’s rotation - 24 hours
▪ Types: northeast monsoon (Amihan) and southwest • Earth’s revolution – 365 1⁄4 days
monsoon (Habagat)

At the Equator
AMIHAN ▪ sunlight hits the equator perpendicularly and is received
NORTHEAST MONSOON more intently and uniformly than other parts of Earth
▪ not much temperature difference around the equator
WINDS COMING FROM THE ▪ no seasons are observed except for the wet and dry
NORTHEAST seasons
▪ when the sun shines directly above the equator , the
COOL AND DRY AIR length of daytime is equal to the length of nighttime
SLIGHT - T O - MODERATE (equinoxes)
RAINFALL

NOVEMBER TO MAY At the Hemispheres

▪ Due to the axial tilt of Earth, one hemisphere would
receive more intense sunlight – occurrence of seasons

HABAGAT
SOUTHWEST MONSOON At the Poles
•The pole that is tilted towards the sun can experience 24
WINDS COMING FROM THE hours of sunlight, while the pole that is tilted away from the
SOUTHWEST sun can experience 24 hours of darkness.

WARM AND MOIST AIR

MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL

JUNE TO OCTOBER