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42 Module 4: Disaster Management Loss Control Management (LCM)

Impacts of Disasters

• loss of life
• Injury
• disease and other negative effects on human, physical, mental and social well-being
• damage to property

• destruction of assets
• loss of services
• Social and economic disruption
• environmental degradation.

Classifications of Disasters
• Natural Disasters
• Meteorological (Floods, Tsunami, Cyclone, etc.)
• Topographical (Earthquake, Volcanic Eruptions, Landslides, etc.)

• Environmental (Global Warming, Ozone Depletion, Solar Flare, etc.)

• Man-made or Human Induced Disaster
• Technological (Transport Failure, Public Place Failure, etc.)
• Industrial (Chemical Spills, Radioactive Spills, etc.)

• Warfare (War, Terrorism, Internal Conflicts, Civic Unrest, etc.)

Natural Disasters

A natural disaster is a consequence when a natural hazard affects humans and/or the built
environment. Human vulnerability and lack of appropriate emergency management leads to financial,
environmental, or human impact. The resulting loss depends on the capacity of the population to support
or resist the disaster. This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: “disasters occur when
hazards meet vulnerability”.

According to a report by risk analysts Verisk Maplecroft, the Philippines ranked 7th among the
countries with the most number of people exposed to natural hazards. And with Manila being the
most exposed city having almost 23 Million people in the path of cyclones, tsunamis or earthquakes.

Vulnerability in Southeast Asia

A January 2009 mapping study done by Dr. Arief Anshory Yusuf and Dr. Herminia Francisco of
the Singapore-based Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia shows the vulnerability of
Southeast Asia alone shows alarming trends.

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