DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Disaster has been defined by the UN as a serious disruption of the
functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human,
material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds
the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own
resources.
Hazard: It is a dangerous phenomenon or a physical condition that has
the potential to cause fatalities, injuries, property damage, loss of
livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental
damage.
Risk: Likelihood Consequences (Therefore by decreasing either likelihood
or consequences incurred we may reduce the probable risk)
Vulnerability: The extent to which a community, structure, service,
and/or geographical area is likely to be damaged or disrupted by the
impact of particular hazard, depending on their nature, construction and
proximity to a disaster-prone
area.
TYPES OF DISASTER
1) Depending upon its nature of occurring
Natural Disaster: Result of natural phenomena Further classified on the
basis of origin.
Anthropogenic Disaster: Result of man's interaction with artificial
environment
Hybrid Disaster: Arises from linkage of man-made and natural events
2) Depending on the basis of onset
Sudden onset
