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    This document discusses the impacts of disasters, including social, economic, political, health and psychosocial impacts. It notes that vulnerabilities and impacts differ based on factors like caste, class, gender, age, location and disability. Certain sectors of the economy are more vulnerable to disasters, like agriculture, fishing and manufacturing. Social groups like scheduled castes, the disabled, children, women, elderly and young are also more vulnerable. Vulnerabilities can affect individuals and communities at all phases of the disaster cycle from warning to reconstruction.

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    Disaster Risk Management

    Lecture 1

    L 3 –IMPACTS OF DISASTERS Niyati Jigyasu


    Chitkara School of Planning and Architecture
    RECAP
    CLASSIFICATION OF DISASTER

    FLOOD

    EARTHQUAKE

    TSUNAMI

    TROPICAL CYCLONES

    DROUGHT

    Analysis of Event

    Primary and secondary hazards

    Primary and secondary effects

    Impacts

    Vulnerabilities (Social, political, geographical, climatic, economic)


    L 3- Impacts of Disasters
    Impacts of Disasters ( based on people)

    (including social,
    economic, political, health, psychosocial, etc. )
    Differential impacts- in terms of caste, class, gender, age,
    location, disability

    Vulnerabilities of an individual or a group


    or community
    Economic Impact of Disasters

    • Direct reported economic losses from disasters have


    multiplied fivefold in real terms to 629 million USD
    (IFRC 2003)

    • Economic impact in developed countries is much


    higher than in the developing world.
    • However developing countries bear the heaviest
    burden of these costs in terms of average annual
    damage relative to GDP and strength of their
    livelihoods.

    • 11 Percent of the people prone to disasters live in


    low income developing countries, but they account
    for more than 53 percent of the total recorded
    deaths resulting from natural disasters (UNDP 2004)
    Which sectors are economically vulnerable to disasters?

    • Agriculture (Primary)

    • Animal Husbandry (Primary)

    • Inland and Marine Fishing (Primary)

    • Manufacturing (Secondary)

    • Trade and Hospitality (Secondary)

    • Services (Tertiary sector)


    Economic Impacts of Disasters

    • Some of the impacts are more visible and tangible


    (impacts we can assign a monetary value to) than the
    others.

    • Some impacts are short term, while others are long


    term.

    • Some impacts are direct, while others are indirect.


    What are the potential direct economic losses to
    various sectors?

    • Destroyed or Uninhabitable Buildings

    • Death/casualty of earning members

    • Destroyed or damaged productive assets

    • Loss of Valuable Records and Inventory


    Need to consider social vulnerability along with economic
    vulnerability = Socio-economic Vulnerability

    • Social Vulnerability is
    the potential impact
    from a particular event
    on people and
    communities that are at
    different levels of
    preparedness.
    Which social groups are vulnerable to disasters?

    • Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

    • Challenged and disabled (visually / orthopedically / mentally)

    • Children

    • Women

    OLD AND YOUNG MOST AT RISK


    -Less mobility
    -Less resistance to disease
    -More dependent
    -Fewer resources
    Which economic groups are vulnerable to disasters?

    • Non Workers / Unemployed

    • Marginal / Small Farmers


    So does these vulnerability affect at every
    phase of the Disaster cycle???
    PHASES OF THE DISASTER CYCLE

    1. The warning phase: indicating the possible occcurence of a


    catastotrophe and the threat period during which the
    disaster is impending.
    2. The impact phase: when the disaster strikes
    3. The emergency phase: when rescue, treatment and salvage
    activities commence
    4. The rehabilitation phase: when essential services are
    provided on a temporary basis
    5. The reconstruction phase: when a permanent return to
    normal is achieved.
    The Warning phase

    Telecommunication systems
    -At international level(PTWC)
    -Awareness of people receiving,
    understanding, educated for
    warnings

    Policies of the state ..who


    informs whom???

    Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004


    Received signals three minutes,
    Who gets affected??? thirty seconds after the quake
    The target group began
    The Impact Phase

    Financial condition i.e. Quality of


    settlements... Money can buy design
    and engineering that minimises

    Location
    -Due to choice
    -Caste
    -Occupation, e.g. fishermen
    -Gender…
    ABOVE ALL ….TYPE OF HAZARD
    The Emergency Phase

    Awareness of help

    Accessibility of aids due to

    --Location
    -
    -Hierarchy of caste/ economic status
    -
    -Religion
    -
    -Gender safety and equality
    The Rehabilitation Phase

    Awareness of rights, aids, government benefits

    -Hierarchy of caste/ economic status

    Possibility of Insurance and reserve resources


    Acceptance of new attitudinal changes in policies, reconstruction,
    re
    re-planning…

    PSCYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT...very important


    Psychological impact
    MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS, 26TH NOVEMBER, 2008
    • Level 1 – Large group meetings for morale building and provision
    of information.
    • Level 2 – Small group meetings for ventilation, assessment,
    provision of support and information.
    • Level 3 – Small group therapy sessions and individual counselling
    sessions.

    Survivors Support and Rehabilitation Project


    Units for Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

    • Note: Vulnerability is expressed in percentage


    loss, while the corresponding risk is estimated
    in Rupees million

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