DRRR

Question 1

It is defined as a crisis situation causing wide spread damage which far exceeds our ability to recover. It also can occur from both natural and man-made events, resulting in significant impacts on human life, property, and the environment.

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Disasters

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Are devestating occurrences triggered by natural hazzards. These catastrophic events can lead to loss of life, destruction of property, and significant environmental disruption.

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Natural Disasters

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Are catastrophic events that result from human actions, including neglience, malice, or systematic failures.

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Man-Made Disasters

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Determined by the interplay of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability of a community. It reflects the potential impacts that a disaster may have, considering the specific conditions and assets of the affected area.

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Disaster Risk

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Determined based on the number of human lives missing or lost and on the condition of the survivor

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Severity

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Are the immediate and direct consequences resulting from catastrophic events. (Physical destruction, loss of life, and disruption of essential services)

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Primary Effects of Disasters

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Are the longer term consequences that arise after the immediate impact of a disaster. (Trauma, depression, anxiety, as well as socio-economic disruptions)

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Tertiary Effects of Disasters

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The consequences that arise as a result of the primary effects of a disaster. (Interuption of essential services such as electricity, water supply, and communication systems)

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Secondary Effects of Disasters

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A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something. It is defined as the angle or direction in which a person looks at an object. It is also defined as the ability to understand what is important and what isn’t.

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Perspective

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Are phenomena that cause great physical damage in a community infrastructure, its people and their properties, e.g. houses and environmental sources of living.

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Calamities

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Perspective of disasters that is normally left untreated. They tend to deny the loss and try to escape from reality. Being in a denial state makes the victims more vulnerable to stress, anxiety, and other different maladaptive reactions

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Psychological Perspective

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Are processes or conditions, often development-related, that influence the level of disaster risk by increasing levels of exposure and vulnerability or reducing capacity. It is derived from the interaction of social and environmental processes from the combination of physical hazard and the vulnerabilities of exposed elements.

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Risk Factors

Question 12

Refers to the presence of people, livelihood, environmental services and resources, infrastructure, or economic, social, or cultural assets in places that could be adversely affected by physical events and which, thereby, are subject to potential future harm, loss, or damage.

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Exposure

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It is defined as a factor within the environment that can harm the body without necessarily touching it. (EEH)

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Physical hazard

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It is also known as social hazards. Result from your location, socioeconomic status, occupation and behavioral choices. (EEH)

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Cultural hazard

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It refers to major natural disasters which can and do have severe negative short-run economic impacts. (EEH)

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Economic hazard

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Refers to state of events which has the potential to threaten the surrounding natural environment and adversely affect people’s health. (EEH)

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Environmental hazard

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Refers to the state of being exposed to the possibility of harm, whether it be emotional, physical, economic, environmental, or social. It can emerge from an individual’s inherent characteristics or from external situations and forces

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Vulnerability

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An example of vulnerability that involves traumatic events that has a long-term emotional impact, often affecting your ability to interact healthily in relationships. (EV)

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Unresolved Trauma

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Lack of sufficient sleep can hamper your cognitive functions, slow down your reaction times, and increase risk of harm. (EV)

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Sleep Deprivation

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This sector in the Philippines is highly dependent on a constant water supply and unpredictable growing seasons. Climate-related changes disrupt farming activities and hamper agricultural production resulting physical factors. (VS)

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Agriculture and Food

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Major river basins in the Philippines are considered the lifeblood of the Philippine economy. However, because of the pollution, unstable resource use and the additional pressure brought on by climate change, these areas have become less viable. (VS)

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Watersheds: Forestry, Biodiversity, and Water resources

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Even without climate change, many parts of the Philippines coasts were already getting damaged and deteriorating due to natural causes or human-induced activities. (VS)

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Coastal and Marine Resources

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Infectious diseases that are climate-sensitive become vulnerabilities of a population that is threatened by the increasing frequency of extreme climate events. Other diseases have re-emerged or have become harder to treat. (VS)

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Human Health

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The poor are less able to afford housing and other infrastructure that can withstand extreme events, and less likely to have access to medical care. (HF)

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Wealth

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We can learn how to avoid or reduce many impacts. When populations include professionals trained in hazards, then these people can help the populations with their hazards preparations and responses. (HF)

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Education

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They can advance policies that reduce vulnerability. They can support education and awareness efforts, as well as economic development to reduce poverty. They can foster social networks and empower individuals and communities to help themselves to prepare for and respond to hazards. (HF)

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Governance

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It can improve our ability to forecast extreme events, withstand the impacts of events, and recover afterwards. Wealthier, more educated societies are more likely to have more advance technology. (HF)

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Technology

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Children and the elderly tend to be more vulnerable. They have less physical strength to survive disasters and are often more susceptible to certain diseases. (HF)

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Age

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Women are often more vulnerable to natural hazards than men. This is in part because women are likely to be poor. less educated, and politically marginalised, often due to sexism in societies around the world. (HF)

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Gender

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It is used in estimating how much mitigation and preparedness measures will be applied. Based on data about the interesting of the previous hazard events and severity of their effects.

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Quantifying Vulnerability

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Signifies the possibility of adverse effects in the future.

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Risk

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It is the potential for harm (physical or mental). In practical terms, It often is associated with a condition or activity that, if left uncontrolled, can result in an injury or illness. It is a situation where there is a threat to life, health, environment or property. These are termed as disasters when they cause widespread destruction of property and human lives. Once it becomes active and is no longer just a threat, it becomes a disaster.

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Hazards

Question 31

Natural phenomena that pose threats or cause negative impacts to people and property.

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Natural Hazards

Question 32

Can encompass any type of substance, condition or object that can injure workers. In many types of work places, they can include spills on floors, walkways blocked by cords or boxes, falls from heights, machinery with moving parts, confined spaces and electrical hazards such as frayed cords. Are hazards that can cause immediate accidents and injuries.

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Safety Hazards

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Are agents that can make you sick. They can get into the body through the nose, mouth, or skin to cause harm. Are gases, vapors, liquids, fumes or dusts that can result in poisoning, lung disease, skin irritation, or damage to other parts of the body.

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Chemical Hazards

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Are living organisms that can cause infectious diseases and allergies. They include viruses, bacteria, and molds. Employees who work with other people, with animals or with infectious materials can be exposed to biological hazards such as blood, fungi, mold, viruses and animal droppings.

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Biological Hazards

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Can injure workers with or without contact. These types of hazards include radiation, working in extreme heat or cold, spending hours under the sun or being constantly exposed to loud noise.

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Physical Hazards

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These types of hazards occur when repetitive work, the type of work, or a certain position strains the body. These are the most difficult hazards to spot because problems build up over time.

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Ergonomic Hazards

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Death of People. Destruction and loss of vital infrastructure like transport system, roads, bridges, power, lines and communication lines. Wide spread loss of housing. Add or remove terms

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Physical Impact

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Include those that can have an adverse effect on an employee's mental health or wellbeing. For example, sexual harassment, victimization, stress and workplace violence.

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Psychological Hazards

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Protective equipment used for work-related occupational health and safety purposes. It is designed to protect the worker's body from hazards and injuries.

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PPE

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Account for 33% of all employee injury and illness cases

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Ergonomic related Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDS)

Question 41

According to the _____________________________________________________________________ the impacts of various hazards vary in severity and vary in regard to how long they last. In many ways wealth and development assist in the way people recover from hazards. A more economically developed country can prepare for and predict hazards more effectively and they have more resources to support a faster recovery. However there is also a need for resilience. In many developing countries people who experienced hardship can often recover more quickly from hazard

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International Center for integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

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Displacement of population. Loss of Cultural Identity. Forced adoption of new sets of culture. Ethnic conflicts.

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Socio-Cultural Impact

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Loss of job due to displacement.Loss of harvest and livestock. Loss of farms, fish cages, and other sources of living. Loss of money and other valuables like jewelries, furniture and appliances.

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Economic Impact

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Loss of forest due to forest fires. Loss of fresh water due to salination (intrusion of salt water to fresh water sources). Disturbance of biodiversity. Loss of natural rivers and other tributaries

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Environmental Impact

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Epidemic to people, flora and fauna. Chronic and permanent illness due to nuclear radiation. Mental disorder developed from consumption of contaminated foods. Proliferation of different viral and bacterial diseases.

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Biological Impact