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• defined as a sudden, calamitous event, bringing great damage, loss, destruction and devastation to life and property. (Asian Disaster Preparedness Center-ADPC, 2012). 

• It is also defined as a serious disruption of the functioning of society, causing widespread human, material or environmental losses, which exceed the ability of the affected people to cope, using their human resources. (Adelman, 2011)

• disaster

• disaster risk

• natural disaster

• human-made disaster

• 2 types of disaster

• These originate from the different “forces” of nature (geological, meteorological, hydrometeorological and biological). 

• disaster

• disaster risk

• natural disaster

• human-made disaster

• 2 types of disaster

• These disasters occur due to people’s actions against human, material and environment. These include transport and industrial accidents, such as air and train crashes, chemical spills, and building collapses. 

• disaster

• disaster risk

• natural disaster

• human-made disaster

• defined as the probability that a community’s structure or geographic area is to be damaged or disrupted by the impact of a particular hazard, on account of its nature, construction and proximity to a hazardous area. (ADPC,2012)

• signifies the possibility of adverse effects in the future. It is derived from the interaction of social and environmental processes, from the combination of physical hazards and the vulnerability of exposed elements.

• disaster

• disaster risk

• natural disaster

• human-made disaster

• EFFECTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS TO HUMAN LIFE 

  
  

• • Displaced Populations 

• • Health Risks 

• • Food Scarcity 

• • Emotional Aftershocks

• age

• RISKS FACTORS UNDERLYING DISASTERS 

  
  

• • Severity of exposures 

• • Gender and Family 

• • Developing Countries 

• • Low or negative social supportood Scarcity 

• age

• DISASTER FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES:

  
  From this view, disaster is defined as a phenomenon that can cause damage to physical elements such as buildings, infrastructures, including people and their properties. 

• _____ effects are the most visible and quantifiable effects of a disaster.

• • PHYSICAL PERSPECTIVE 

• • PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 

• • SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

• • ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE 

• • POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE 

• DISASTER FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES:

  
   a disaster is regarded as an occurrence involving an unexpected or uncontrollable event rather than a long-term experience.

• • PHYSICAL PERSPECTIVE 

• • PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 

• • SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

• • ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE 

• • POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE 

• DISASTER FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES:

  
  From the socio-cultural perspective, a disaster is analyzed based on how people respond having as parameter their social conditions and cultural settings.

• • PHYSICAL PERSPECTIVE 

• • PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 

• • SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

• • ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE 

• • POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE 

• DISASTER FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES:

  
  From the economic perspective, a natural disaster can be defined as a natural event that causes a perturbation to the functioning of the economic system, with a significant negative impact on assets, production factors, output, employment and consumption.

• • PHYSICAL PERSPECTIVE 

• • PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 

• • SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

• • ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE 

• • POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE