CONCEPT OF DISASTER RISK

REDUCTION
 WHAT IS DISASTER RISK REDUCTION?

• DRR IS A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING,

ASSESING, AND REDUCING THE RISK OF DISASTERS.
• IT AIMS TO REDUCE SOCIO-ECONOMIC
VULNERABILITIES TO DISASTER AS WELL AS
DEALING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER
HAZARDS THAT TRIGGER THEM.
• WE NEED TO MANAGE RISK NOT JUST DISASTER.
 IMPORTANCE OF DISASTER REDUCTION RISK

• FOCUS ON MITIGATION EFFORTS

• PREPARATIONS INCLUDE TO EDUCATE
• COMBINATION OF GOVERNMENT AND SCIENTIST
• CONSIDERING THE HISTORY
• DRR SHOULD VIEWED AS A PRODUCT OF CHOICE
• DRR SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY STAKEHOLDERS
AND ALL CONCERNED SECTORS
 PRINCIPLES OF DRR
• MAIN GOAL IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
• REDUCE THE VULNERABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY TO HAZARDS AND
DISASTERS.
• PRIORITIZE 2 THINGS: PROTECTION OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST AT
RISK AND THE SYSTEMS AND RESOURCES THEY RELY ON.
• DRRM PLAN SHOULD BE ABLE TO FOSTER A CULTURE OF PREVENTION
(CITIZENS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES).
• ASSISTANCE GIVEN TO DISASTER AREAS OR VICTIMS MUST BE EQUAL,
CONSISTENT, AND IN PREDICTABLE MANNER, REGARDLESS PF
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION, INDUSTRY, OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.
• DRRM PLAN MUST ENSURE THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.
 PRINCIPLES OF DRR
• DECISIONS ON DRRM MUST BE TRANSPARENT TO
EVERYONE INVOLVED.
• DRRM PLAN MUST BE ADAPTED TO THE CONDITIONS
PREVAILING IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
• A DRRM PLAN MUST BE RESULT-DRIVEN.
• A DRRM PLAN SHOULD BE WELL-FUNDED.
• A DRRM PLAN FOR A COMMUNITY MUST BE PRIORITIZED.
• A DRRM PLAN SHOULD HAVE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY
APPROACH.