Week 004
Exposure and
Vulnerability
Why will the exposed elements suffer
damage and loss?
Illustration source: Disaster Risk Reduction Resource Manual, DepEd
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Vulnerability explains why given a level of
exposure to the hazard, some people or
sectors in the community or society are more
at risk or less at risk.
Illustration source: Disaster Risk Reduction Resource Manual, DepEd
www.deped.gov.ph/sites/.../Disaster%20Risk%20Reduction%20Resource%
20Manual....
How can vulnerability be measured?
Technical
• Indicators for vulnerability like socio-economic data can
be used to measure the vulnerability component of
disaster risk. ation Systems (GIS) methodologies.
Community-based
• Vulnerability and capacity assessment using
participatory tools
• Looking at causes and root causes of vulnerability to for
risk reduction solutions in the short-, medium-, and
long-term
Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment
• Why will people and other elements at risk suffer damage and
loss with the hazard event?
• Categories and Factors for Vulnerability Capacity Assessment
adapted from Anderson and Woodrow’s Capacity and
Vulnerability Assessment
• Use of participatory tools so that ordinary people and those who
are most vulnerable like the poor, women, children , people with
disabilities can participate
Some participatory risk assessment tools
Source: Center for Disaster Preparedness