DISASTER AND RISK

FACTORS UNDERLYING
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DISASTERS
•How would you define DISASTER?
•The central topic of this subject is to
explore the span of disaster.
•We will talk about the why, when,
where, who and how of disaster.
OBJECTIVES OF THE DAY
•To explain the meaning of disaster
•To differentiate the risk factors
underlying disasters
ACTIVITY
•You will be given paper strips.
•You will think of a disaster you have
experienced or have heard of.
•You will write three words to
characterize the disaster.
•You are given 40 seconds to do this.
ACTIVITY: THINKING THREES
•Look for your groupmates based on
the color of the strips that you have.
•Share with your groupmates what you
have written.
•You are given 2 minutes for this.
ACTIVITY: THINKING THREES
•A bigger strip will be given to you.
•Based on the words written by you and
your groupmates, you will write your
own definition of disaster.
•Assign a presenter for your group.
•You are given 3 minutes to do this.
SHARING OF IDEAS:
REPORTING
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DISASTER
•A serious disruption of the functioning of a
community or a society involving
widespread human, material, economic or
environmental losses and impacts, which
exceeds the ability of the community or
society to cope using its own resources.
REPAIR TIME!
•You are given an opportunity to modify
your definition to become congruent
to the definition given earlier.
•You are given 2 minutes to do this.
DISASTER RISK
•The term refers to the potential (not actual)
disaster losses, in lives, health status,
livelihoods, assets and services, which
could occur in a particular community or
society over some specified future time
period.
•What are the different risk factors
underlying a disaster?
•How can we manage these risks?
Activity: RNR (Read-uNderstand-
Report)
•You will be grouped into 5 groups.
•You will be given reading materials.
•You will read and understand each selection.
•You will report to the class afterwards.
•You are given 8minutes to do this.
•2 minutes for reporting
REPORTING
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IDENTIFY WHETHER THE
FOLLOWING PICTURES
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CONSTITUTE A DISASTER
ASSESSMENT
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ASSESSMENT
•You will be given reading materials
and you will identify whether the
situation is a disaster or not and identify
the risk factor underlying the situation.