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Understanding Dynamic Pressures
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Today we'll discuss dynamic pressures that impact disaster risk. Can anyone tell me what they think dynamic pressures are?
Are they the things that make communities more vulnerable to disasters?
Exactly! Dynamic pressures are factors that increase vulnerability. They stem from root causes like limited resources and inadequate skills. For example, limited access to training can leave communities unprepared.
Does that mean improving skills could reduce these pressures?
Absolutely! Enhancing local skills is essential for building resilience. Memory Aid: Think 'S.I.P.' – Skills Improve Preparedness.
What about economic factors? How do they fit into this?
Great question! Economic burdens like debt can create significant pressures on communities. The pressure builds when these financial strains are combined with hazards. Let's remember: 'Debt + Hazard = Risk' as a mnemonic.
So risks increase as we see more pressures?
Exactly! The risk equation R = H x V illustrates this. The more vulnerable a community is, the higher the risk when disaster strikes. To summarize, dynamic pressures stem from root causes and build vulnerability.
Impact of Macro-forces
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Moving onto macro-forces! These are large-scale trends that can influence disaster risk. Can anyone give me an example of a macro-force?
Something like rapid urbanization, right?
Exactly! Rapid urbanization creates more physical infrastructure and, unfortunately, increases vulnerabilities if ill-planned. For memory, think 'U.R.B.A.N.' – Understanding Risks Brought by Accelerated Neighborhoods.
What about deforestation? How does that fit?
Excellent point! Deforestation contributes to climate change and increases disaster risks among communities that depend on natural resources. Writing 'D.F.' for Deforestation and Floods can help as we study.
And what about debt repayment affecting communities?
Debt repayment can impoverish communities, leaving them unprepared for hazards. It’s vital to connect these macro-forces to specific vulnerabilities directly. Remember the link: 'Debt = Vulnerability'.
So, demographic changes are linked to these macro-forces?
Yes, demographic changes can alter resource distribution and magnify vulnerabilities. The summary takeaway: Macro-forces significantly influence disaster risk dynamics.
Frameworks for Action
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Let's delve into international frameworks for disaster risk reduction, starting with the Hyogo Framework. What do you all know about it?
It focuses on making disaster risk reduction a priority, right?
Correct! Its key principle is achieving national and local priorities in disaster risk management. For memory, think 'H.Y.O.G.O.' - 'Helping Your Organization Grow Outreach'.
And what about the Sendai Framework?
The Sendai Framework expands upon Hyogo with a focus on multi-hazard approaches. It's about managing diverse risks. Connect it with 'S.E.N.D.A.I.' – 'Strengthening Emergency Networks During All Incidents'.
Why is reducing underlying factors so critical?
Because addressing root causes combats vulnerabilities that lead to higher disaster risks. The takeaway here: frameworks serve as guides to implement practical disaster risk reduction strategies.
So, our goal through these frameworks is to enhance community resilience?
Exactly! Increasing awareness and preparedness is key to mitigating disaster risks. That wraps up our summary discussion on frameworks!
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The section elaborates on the pressure and release model, examining how factors like lack of resources, economic burdens, environmental changes, and social inequalities create dynamic pressures that exacerbate vulnerability to disasters. It emphasizes the importance of addressing underlying issues through frameworks like the Hyogo and Sendai frameworks for effective disaster risk reduction.
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The concept of dynamic pressures is key to understanding the complex interplay between disaster risk and societal vulnerabilities. The pressure and release model illustrates how root causes such as limited resources, unfavorable political ideologies, and economic systems contribute to establishing dynamic pressures. These pressures manifest as everyday issues, including institutional inefficiencies, inadequate skill development, and stress from economic burdens like debt repayments.
Root Causes and Dynamic Pressures
- Limited access to resources: This includes a lack of infrastructural investment and skills training, which can hinder community resilience.
- Political Ideologies: Contexts of oppressive regimes, like North Korea, highlight how restrictions on press freedom and communication can exacerbate dangers during disasters.
- Macro-forces: Elements such as rapid urbanization, deforestation, and declining soil productivity further compound vulnerabilities. Deforestation, for instance, impacts climate change and affects all communities reliant on agricultural productivity.
Vulnerability and Risk Equation
The vulnerability experienced by people can be explained through the equation Risk = Hazard x Vulnerability (R=HxV), implying that higher vulnerability coupled with hazards significantly escalates the potential risks.
Frameworks for Disaster Risk Reduction
Understanding these dynamic pressures led to international frameworks for action, namely the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015) and the Sendai Framework (2015-2030), which stress the need to make disaster risk reduction a priority at both national and local levels. These frameworks aim to enhance preparedness and governance through knowledge and education, reducing the underlying factors that lead to increased vulnerability, thus fostering resilience in communities.
Conclusion
In summary, tackling dynamic pressures through awareness, preparedness, and proactive legislation is crucial for effective disaster risk management. Only by recognizing and addressing the root causes can communities develop stronger resilience against future disasters.
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Root Causes of Dynamic Pressures
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And they talk about they have come with the understanding of this framework is called a pressure and release model. So we have the root causes as I discussed with you, that the limited access to the power, structures, resources. Ideologies where the political ideology, the systems, political systems and economic systems and how these root causes can actually create certain add-on to the dynamic pressures.
Detailed Explanation
The pressure and release model helps us understand the interplay between root causes and dynamic pressures affecting societies. Root causes include limited access to resources, power structures, and various ideologies, such as political and economic systems. These factors contribute to the vulnerability of communities by limiting their ability to respond effectively to hazards, thus increasing the dynamic pressures they face.
Examples & Analogies
Think of a balloon filled with air (representing a society). If there are small holes (root causes) on the surface, the pressure inside can build up, and eventually, the balloon can burst (a disaster). The more holes there are, the less able the balloon (society) is to maintain its integrity.
Everyday Issues Contributing to Dynamic Pressures
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For example, when we have the institutional lack of institutional training, appropriate skills, local investments, even how the markets will also create some kind of everyday issues. And the press freedom you know like if you take the example of North Korea you know how what is happening in North Korea may not be known to the whole world you know how to communicate with this, the press freedom, ethical standards in public life and these are more of the everyday processes.
Detailed Explanation
Various everyday issues, such as lack of training and skills, insufficient local investment, and limited press freedom, exacerbate dynamic pressures. These factors prevent communities from effectively preparing for and responding to crises. For instance, in countries with restricted press freedoms, essential information may not flow freely, making it harder for the public to respond to potential hazards.
Examples & Analogies
Imagine a chef (community) trying to prepare a meal without a recipe (knowledge) or the right tools (resources). Without these, not only will the meal be subpar, but it could also lead to food safety issues (disasters) for those consuming it.
Macro-Forces and Their Impact
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The other aspects are the macro-forces, the demographic change you know the rapid population change, rapid urbanisations and the amputation expenditure, the debt repayment because we have been taking lot of loans from world bank and other things. So how we are able to, how this particular debt is increasing, and it is adding to the burden of the citizen's lives and their livelihoods.
Detailed Explanation
Macro-forces such as rapid demographic changes and urbanization contribute significantly to dynamic pressures. These changes can lead to increased debt burdens, particularly when governments take loans for development without adequate planning for repayment. This accumulation of debt can place a heavy financial strain on citizens, compromising their livelihoods and increasing vulnerability to disasters.
Examples & Analogies
Consider a family that keeps borrowing money without a plan to pay it back. Eventually, the debts pile up (like macro-forces) and result in stress and inability to afford essential needs, making them more vulnerable when unexpected expenses arise.
Environmental Impact of Urban Expansion
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Deforestation because of the industrial and expansions, physical expansion of cities, and how the deforestation is in turn affecting the climate change and which is again relating to the DRR.
Detailed Explanation
As cities expand physically, they often lead to deforestation, which adversely affects the climate. This environmental degradation is closely related to disaster risk reduction (DRR) because it can create conditions that heighten vulnerability to natural hazards, such as floods or landslides.
Examples & Analogies
Think about a sponge (the forest) that absorbs water. If you start cutting the sponge away, it can't hold as much water (representing heavy rains) anymore, leading to flooding (a disaster) in the area.
Livelihoods at Risk in Economic Decline
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Livelihoods at risk and the low-income levels like today we are looking case of Venezuela, how the situation, the financial situations have been you know disrupting the whole community in a global level, and it is also relating how even on one side when the economy falls down how it have impact on the whole society as a whole.
Detailed Explanation
Low-income levels and deteriorating economic conditions can jeopardize livelihoods. In Venezuela, for instance, economic collapse has not only diminished individual incomes but has also disrupted entire communities. Such economic downturns create conditions that increase societal vulnerability to disasters.
Examples & Analogies
Imagine a town that relies on a single factory for jobs. If that factory shuts down unexpectedly, everyone in the town (the community) is affected financially, making them less able to cope with any additional shocks (disasters), like natural disasters.
Definitions & Key Concepts
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Key Concepts
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Pressure and Release Model: A framework that illustrates how root causes lead to dynamic pressures and increased risk.
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Risk Equation (R=HxV): Indicates that risk is the product of hazard and vulnerability.
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Multi-hazard Approach: A strategy for managing diverse risks from various types of disasters.
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Community Resilience: The ability of a community to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from hazards.
Examples & Real-Life Applications
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Examples
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In North Korea, restricted press freedom creates a lack of communication during disasters, increasing vulnerability.
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Rapid urbanization can lead to poorly constructed infrastructure that is vulnerable to hazards such as earthquakes.
Memory Aids
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🎵 Rhymes Time
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Where hazards grow and pressures rise, prepare for storms and see the skies.
📖 Fascinating Stories
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Once in a town where floods would loom, the people learned to reduce their gloom; by tackling debts and skills with pride, they faced the storms without a guide.
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R=H x V reminds us more risks arise when risk factors thrive.
🎯 Super Acronyms
DRR
- Disaster Risk Reduction – a strategy for safety and production!
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Glossary of Terms
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Term: Dynamic Pressures
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Factors that increase vulnerability to hazards due to underlying causes.
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Term: Root Causes
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Fundamental factors that contribute to the occurrence of dynamic pressures.
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Term: Macroforces
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Large-scale societal trends such as urbanization and demographic changes that affect disaster risk.
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Term: Hyogo Framework for Action
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An international agreement that emphasizes disaster risk reduction as a priority for nations.
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Term: Sendai Framework
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A follow-up to the Hyogo Framework that promotes a multi-hazard approach and improved governance for disaster risk reduction.