Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

Emergency Management - answerway to manage the impact of disaster or losses D=H - answerLinear model in emergency management Disaster Preparedness - answerimprovement of the emergency management concept for it goes one step backward before a disaster or crisis happens Vulnerability - answercondition determined by physical, social, economic, and environmental factors or processes that increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of disasters Capacity - answercombination of all strengths and resources available within a community, society or organization that can reduce the level of risk or effects of a disaster Disaster Management - answercyclical model that features prevention, mitigation, preparedness, disaster response (formerly emergency response), recovery, and development. Citizenry-Based and Development-Oriented Disaster Response (CBDO-DR) - answeraims to contribute to pro-people development for the general improvement of the well-being and quality of life for the majority of the Filipinos Disaster Risk Management - answersystematic process of using administrative decisions. organization, operational skills, and capacities to implement policies, strategies,and coping mechanisms of the society and communities to lessen the impact of natural hazards and related environmental and technological disasters. These comprise all forms of activities, including structural and non-structural measures to avoid (prevention) or to limit (mitigation and preparedness) adverse effects of hazards. Disaster Risk Reduction - answerthe conceptual framework of elements considered with the possibilities to minimize vulnerabilities and disaster risks throughout a society, to avoid (prevention) or to limit the adverse impact of hazards within the broad context of sustainable development Prevention - answeractivities to provide outright avoidance of the adverse impacts of hazards and means to minimize related environmental, technological, and biological disasters. Mitigation - answerstructural and non-structural measures undertaken to limit the adverse impact of natural hazards, environmental degradation and technological hazards. Preparedness - answerPre-disaster activities that are undertaken within the context of disaster risk management and are based on sound risk analysis Relief/Response - answerthe provision of assistance or intervention during or immediately after a disaster to meet life preservation and to meet the basic subsistence needs of those people affected Recovery - answerDecisions and actions taken after a disaster with a view to restoring or improving the pre-disaster living conditions of the stricken community, while encouraging and facilitating necessary adjustments to reduce disaster risk. Dev