DISASTER

GROUP MEMBERSABDUL RAHMAN BIN YUSOFF@ATAN

KHAIRUNNISA BINTI MASKURI CYPRIANA CAYAUS

FATIN NASUHA BINTI ZAMRI

MOHAMAD NOOR FAHMI RUZAINI BIN MD YUSOFF

DISASTER

Sudden, calamitous events,

that seriously disrupts the functioning of community

or society,

causes human, material, economic or environmental

losses,

that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to

cope using it’s own resources.

(VULNERABILITY + HAZARD) / CAPACITY= DISASTER

Hazard impacts on vulnerable people

Ability to cope with hazard

VULNERABILITY : Inability to withstand the impact of hazard.

HAZARD : Situation that threaten life1. Natural hazard2. Man-made hazard

CAPACITY : Ability to cope with the impact of hazard.

Heavy Rain in Tanjung Malim??

DISASTER

NATURAL DISASTER-Natural occurring physical phenomena

MAN-MADE DISASTER- Events caused by humans

Factors Of Natural Disaster

Earthquakes:-Tectonic plates

Floods:-Seasonal

climactic change

Wildfire:-lightning strikes

to the earth

Tsunamis:-decline or uplift

in a plate

Volcanos:-Magma or

molten rock

Prevention of Natural Disaster

Earthquakes

• strengthening the infrastructure of buildings

Tornados/Floods

• modifying building• codes to ensure that

buildings can withstand high winds, forbidding

• building on land that is prone to flooding and identification of evacuation procedures

Volcanic eruption/tsunami

• Climate monitoring

EFFECT

Physical Destruction

Distruption of utilities

Economics

Environment

Emotional

Geography

ANTHROPOGENIC

DISASTER“ WHAT YOU

GIVE YOU GET BACK ”

Anthropogenic Disaster

WHAT IS ANTHROPOGENIC DISASTER?

Threat having an element of human intent, negligence, or involving a failure of human made system.

Categories Sociological Hazards

- Crime- Civil Disorder- Terrorism- War

Technological Hazards- Industrial Hazardous Materials- Structural Collapse- Power and Energy Outage- WildFire and Open Burning- Transportation

Sociological hazards Ways to Mitigate the disaster:

EDUCATE PEOPLE

ROUND TABLE APPROACH COMMUNITY CONCERN

LAW ENFORCEMENT

TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS

Ways to Mitigate the disaster:

Green technology

restriction Agenda 21

diplomacy