Basic Concepts of Disaster and Disaster Risk

1. Disaster

1.1. Natural

1.1.1. Geophysical

1.1.1.1. Hydrological

1.1.1.1.1. Meteorological

1.1.1.1.2. Flood Tsunami Storm surge

1.1.1.2. Earthquake Avalanches Volcanic eruption Sinkhole

1.2. Man-made

1.2.1. Fire,Road accident

1.2.1.1. Terrorist Attack

1.2.1.1.1. Chemical Disaster

1.3. Physical Perspective Psychological Perspective Socio-cultural Perspective Economic Perspective Political Perspective Biological Perspective

2. Disaster Risk

2.1. Forward Looking

2.2. Dynamic

2.3. Invisible

2.4. Unevenly distributed around the earth

2.5. Emergent & Complex

3. Risk Factor

3.1. Badly Planned and Managed Urban Development

3.1.1. Environment pollution Landfill Increase in deforestation Harmful agricultural practice Increase in population

3.2. Environment Degration

3.2.1. Impact of human health

3.2.2. Loss of diversity

3.2.3. Scarcity of natural resources

3.2.4. Atmospheric change