DRRR Report
DRRR Report
DRRR Report
LEARNING COMPETENCIES
• Explain the meaning of
disaster;
• Differentiate the risk
factors underlying
disasters
SCOPE
DEFINITION OF TERMS
• HAZARD
• EXPOSURE
• VULNERABILITY
• CAPACITY
• RISK
• DISASTER
EFFECTS OF DISASTERS
• EARTHQUAKE
• TROPICAL CYCLONE
• TRASHSLIDE
PHILIPPINES RISK PROFILE
DEFINITION OF TERMS
HAZARD
• July 16 1990
• Ms=7.8
• DEAD – 1,666
• INJURED – 3,500
TYPHOON
TRASH SLIDE
RISK PROFILE
The country is considered one of the most disaster-prone. It
ranks 12th
among 200 countries most at-risk for tropical cyclones, floods,
earthquakes, and landslides in the 2009 Mortality Risk Index of
the UN
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
• 22 active volcanoes (5
most active).
Fact:
The Philippine Archipelago
has a complex tectonic
setting with several trenches
and many active faults
The Philippine Archipelago occupies the western ring of
the Pacific Ocean (Western Segment of the Pacific Ring of
Fire), a most active part
of the earth that is characterized by an ocean-encircling
belt of active volcanoes
and earthquake generators (faults).
ACTIVE, INACTIVE AND
POTENTIALLY ACTIVE
VOLCANOES OF THE
PHILIPPINES
300 volcanoes
22 active