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This document provides information about exposure, vulnerability, and the dimensions of vulnerability. It defines exposure as elements at risk of potential losses from hazards, and vulnerability as susceptibility to hazards due to physical, social, economic, and environmental factors. The dimensions of vulnerability include the physical, social, economic, and environmental dimensions. The document also discusses groups that may be more vulnerable than others, such as children, the elderly, women, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, survivors of conflict and violence, and the urban poor. It provides an activity to identify vulnerable sectors in a community for a sample disaster and programs to reduce their vulnerability.

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Student Copy DRRR Week3 4thQtr 08 June 2021

This document provides information about exposure, vulnerability, and the dimensions of vulnerability. It defines exposure as elements at risk of potential losses from hazards, and vulnerability as susceptibility to hazards due to physical, social, economic, and environmental factors. The dimensions of vulnerability include the physical, social, economic, and environmental dimensions. The document also discusses groups that may be more vulnerable than others, such as children, the elderly, women, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, survivors of conflict and violence, and the urban poor. It provides an activity to identify vulnerable sectors in a community for a sample disaster and programs to reduce their vulnerability.

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RODRIGO T.

LAMAMIGO
Subject Teacher
Virtual Consultation – Week 3 – 4th Quarter
Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction (DRRR)
June 8, 2021 (Tuesday)
BRIEF INTRODUCTION
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), formerly known as
the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), defines
exposure as the situation of people, infrastructure, housing, production capacities
and other tangible human assets located in hazard-prone areas.

On other hand, vulnerability is defined as the condition determined by


physical, social, economic, and environmental factors or processes which
increase the susceptibility of an individual, a community, assets or systems to the
impacts of hazards. It is the predisposition that puts anything whether tangible or
intangible at a disadvantage in case of a disaster.

In the first module, you learned capacity as the strengths, attributes, and
resources of a community or society to manage and reduce disaster risks.
Vulnerability arises as an outcome of a lack of or insufficient capacity. Therefore, a
greater capacity reduces vulnerability, whereas a weaker capacity promotes
vulnerability.
Exposure
- refers to the elements at risk that
can be affected by hazards or are
present in the hazard zones that
are subject to potential losses.
Exposed elements may be
tangible or intangible.
Categories of Elements Exposed to Hazards
1.Physical Elements - Infrastructures such as bridges, roads,
railways, harbors, and airports. - Essential facilities such
schools, hospitals, fire and police stations, and emergency
shelters - Utilities that include power, water, and gas supply -
Transportation and communication facilities.
2.Societal Elements - vulnerable age groups (children and the
elderly), persons with disability (PWD), homeless, etc.
3.Economic Elements - business and trade activities,
accessibility to work, productivity and opportunity costs.
4.Environmental Elements – biodiversity, and environmental
resources such as land, water and air.
Dimensions of Vulnerability
The susceptibility of an individual, community, asset or system to the impacts of
hazards is determined by the physical, social, economic, and environmental dimension.
The greater the susceptibility to the effects and impacts of a hazard, the greater the
vulnerability.
1. Physical Dimension – refers to geography, location and place of the population at risk;
and the site, design and materials used for physical structures.

2. Social Dimension – this includes demography; displacement and migration; level of


education and literacy; health, and well-being; social equity and access to basic human
rights; cultural beliefs, morality, and traditional values; safety and security; and the
governance aspects.
3. Economic Dimension – refers to susceptibility of an economic system to the effects of a
possible disaster. This dimension includes income, gross domestic product, tax revenue,
domestic savings, investments, financial market, and indebtedness.
4. Environmental Dimension – this includes the regulation of the ecosystem, ecosystem
degradation, depletion of the natural resources, habitat destruction, and loss of
biodiversity.
Variation of Vulnerability across Sectors
Vulnerability and capacity of people may be influenced by physical,
social, economic or even political factors. Age, gender, health status and
poverty greatly affect the vulnerability of different groups. The following are
some groups with potentially higher vulnerability than others:

1. Children – They are not fully developed physically and emotionally and
have a poor capability to defend themselves from abuse and exploitation.
As a vulnerable sector they should be provided with special protection
needs.
2. Senior Citizens – The elderly may have poor health conditions which can
worsen during a disaster. They would require assistance in terms of source of
income, supply of medicines or access to medical facilities.
3. Women – Some women have less opportunities for work and lower wages
due to discrimination and gender inequality. Pregnant women and those
who underwent childbirth would need pre and post-natal care.
Variation of Vulnerability across Sectors
4. Persons with Disability – They are often not reached by disaster warning systems or are not
included in disaster plans. Due to their conditions, they would require higher level of protection
and easy access to specified healthcare.

5. Ethnic Minorities – Disaster may force indigenous people to flee from their homes and
relocate to distant places. They are vulnerable to misrepresentation and discrimination due to
cultural differences. They may also have less of income generating opportunities when
displaced by disaster events.

6. Survivors of Conflict and Violence – Aside from physical needs, victims of conflict and
violence would also need counselling to help them recover from disaster. They may also need
protections as they are vulnerable to abuse.

7. Urban Poor - Those with low income and unsecure livelihoods are less likely to have greater
capacity to withstand its effects of disaster. It is possible that laborers in the informal sector be
displaced due to the circumstances of disaster.
Knowledge and awareness on our vulnerability to
disaster will help us prepare and minimize the negative
impacts that these disasters may bring.
The table below shows the different dimensions of
vulnerability of a sample community to an earthquake.
ACTIVITY 2
Vulnerable Sectors

Directions: Choose any sample disaster for this activity. Complete the table below by identifying
vulnerable sectors of your community. Cite programs or measures on how to reduce the vulnerability of
the groups you identified.

Person with Disability


Senior Citizen

Ethnic Minorities
Urban Poor
Women
REMINDERS:
* Attend in the webinar June 8 or 9 (9:00a.m.)
2nd Quarter NSED June10 Join at 8:30 a.m.

* Perform duck, cover, & hold on June 10 and


send your picture to your class President.
Link to register: https://bit.ly/Q2NSED2021
* Class President complete the 2nd Quarter
NSED report template & submit to your
class adviser on June 10 at 5:00 p.m.

June 9, 2021 (9:00 a.m.)

Link to register: https://bit.ly/3ololRH


Link to register: https://bit.ly/Q2NSED2021
REMINDERS:
ASSIGNMENT:
* Do performance tasks
“Webinar & NSED Photocollage”

* Read and Study Week 4 Module


“Recognizing Vulnerability of Exposed Elements”
Tamang kaalaman
ay kahandaan,
maging ligtas
MNHSians.

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