Question

introduction to disaster risk management and understanding disaster risk mitigation

Answer 1

According to the terminology of UNISDR, disaster-risk is defined as “the potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets which could occur to a system, society or a community in a specific period of time, determined probabilistically as a function of hazard, exposure, and capacity”. In the technical sense, it is defined in terms of the combination of three terms: hazard, exposure and vulnerability.Disaster-risk Reduction "is aimed at preventing new and reducing existing disaster risk and managing residual risk, all of which contribute to strengthening resilience and therefore to the achievement of sustainable development". The UNISDR definition further annotates that “disaster risk reduction is the policy objective of disaster risk management, and its goals and objectives are defined in disaster risk reduction strategies and plans".

Disaster-risk Reduction strategies and policies define goals and objectives across different timescales, with concrete targets, indicators and time frames.

Disaster-risk Management is the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies, to prevent new disaster risks, reduce existing disaster risks, and manage residual risks, contributing to the strengthening of resilience and reduction of losses. Disaster risk management actions can be categorized into; prospective disaster risk management, corrective disaster risk management and compensatory disaster risk management (also referred to as residual risk management).


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