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I learned that that DRRR is the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through analysis. I realized that we can do so many things to prevent the destruction of such disaster if we make a preparedness plan. Mitigation is one way that impact of disaster can be reduced. With DRRR, vulnerability of people and assets could be lessen.

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In all our lectures, I've learned that natural disasters does not only mean the disaster itself but the hazards, the preparedness and how it affects each individual in their lives. I've learned certain ways to mitigate and prevent these from hurting us like how we should act during one or why it is happening. These kind of factors like the hazard, exposure, vulnerability, coping capability and more. To summarize it, there is nothing we can do to stop these disasters but the hazards it can gives us can be prevented through certain ways to help us reduce its effects.

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I realized how timely the discussion on learning the concepts of risk reduction in our time today, with the recent disasters and calamities. During the lesson, we discussed the importance of understanding the basic concepts, principles and trends on DRRR. These are very informative and eye-opening as many really crossed our minds. I say this because i believe most of us rarely think that a hazard would hit and become a disaster. Somehow, we are too laid back of the fact that a hazard would hit our country as we have gotten used to their natural occurrence without realizing the disastrous damage it can bring to a lot of factors involved in the nation's and the people's development. We would then see how such calamities greatly affect the lives of others in the news but we ourselves do not take action and think "what if i was in that situation?". I doubt most families have emergency supply kits. I doubt that they have an evacuation plan in case an earthquake or fire hits. These are the circumstances one must prepare for even if it might never happen (possibly) to you because when it does and you are ill-prepared then casualties will arise. Everyday, we always face threats may it be from man or from nature. The consideration of hazard, vulnerability and exposure should always be considered in the best case of prevention because potentially, it would prevent us to cause and create more harm and be more mindful of our senses.

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After listening to all of the lectures, I understand that catastrophe risk is made up of several concepts, including coping capability, hazard, exposure, and vulnerability. Identifying these notions can go a long way toward averting a tragedy. However, after completing this program, I learned that understanding disaster risk principles might help to avert natural catastrophes. These ideas can also assist people understand what they should do in the event of a natural disaster. We actually have the ability to mitigate the harmful consequences of a potential natural disaster. Learning these principles has helped me develop knowledge of what to do in the event of a natural disaster in my community, and it has given me cautious thoughts to assist avert harmful consequences.

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In general, I've learned that the hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and coping capacity would all be used to evaluate the risk of a disaster. As long as the coping capacity is high, the likelihood of a disaster is minimal. In addition, I've discovered that there are numerous mitigation measures/activities that we can undertake in order to minimize the effects of potential disasters. One example is the use of long-lasting, high-quality building structures. Disasters happened unexpectantly and it's very essential for us to learn this subject as we might end up in a situation that would require us to use our knowledge in order to survive and stay safe.

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Generalization of the Basic Concepts of DRRR

The entirety of the subject's run was very fruitful since I was able to learn various concepts like the following: Natural Phenomenon is natural occurrences that go with the flow of nature and don't cause any damage or affect anyone, Hazards on the other hand-- are events that have the possibility to harm but it hasn't happened yet it refers to how it might happen much like a warning sign, Disaster is when that Hazard has impacted and already affected a certain place or community-- it's when those warning took form in reality. There are also concepts about resilience and coping capacity which basically tell us to prepare for disasters and be ready to create actions for something that might happen at any time.

Overall, I think Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction is very important and essential to us because every day we are faced with more and more dangers, and this subject's entirety helps us know what to do and how to see things from a perspective we might haven't taken in the past.

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Overall, I learned a lot of things in the synchronous classes. I was able to widen the scope of what I know about Disasters and Hazards. It was made known to me that we are able to prevent natural disasters, although initially I really was against that idea at first because I thought natural disasters are natural phenomena in which we humans have no control, but our teacher explained to us that natural disasters and natural hazards are different. I learned that a hazard only becomes a disaster when a lot of lives are lost and properties are affected by the hazard. Natural or man-made hazards are something out of our control, but we can mitigate the effects of these hazards to prevent disasters. With these and many more learnings, I realized how important it is for us to learn about  Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction because we don't know when these hazards or calamities might occur so its better to be prepared.

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To summarize everything I've acquired in the sessions, disaster risk is determined by the presence of three variables: hazards, vulnerability to a hazard, and coping capability related to a community's vulnerability reduction, mitigation, and resilience. All throughout there is a lot of misconception happening but that was before and all of it has been raise and corrected. We all know a lot of disaster keeps coming around loss of life, injury, disease, as well as property damage, asset destruction, loss of services, social and economic disruption, and environmental degradation these things are the negative effects cause by a disaster. If appropriate settlement planning, land use planning, construction rules, and community development are implemented,  If there had been more knowledge, economic policies, and other measures in place, this "natural calamity" may have been avoided. Almost all vulnerability and exposure to natural hazards can be mitigated. As a result of human actions, natural dangers become natural disasters. It is important to remember that we as humans do not have infinite capacity and have suffered and will continue to suffer substantial losses as a result of natural disasters in the future. We must recognize,  that we have the ability to make the right decisions, put in place the proper policies, and engage in intelligent development planning to lessen the risk of disasters.

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To recapitulate the entirety of the Lessons,
It structures my belief and perspective that
natural events and phenomena
becomes natural hazards due to exposed
elements. Thus, There is a progression of
disaster risk if there is a progression of '
developments and structures.  These disasters can
be seen and determined through such risk
factors. Not only that, The lessons that we have discussed
further allowed me to further pursue that thought
that Disaster risk is the totality of the
probability of the increase and decreasing rate
of the various potential losses such as : population(life),
injury, and damaged assets. As stated disaster risk factors
are the follow: Vulnerability, Hazard, Exposure. I am also
clarified as to what are their differences and their relationships.
The differences are as stared:

Hazard= the potential disasters that can impact through destruction
Vulnerability= likelihood of such damages to be affected due to the exposure
to the hazard
Exposure= the assets itself ( which can be affected by the hazard)

With these definitions, We can concur that there is a relationship.
This can further be distinguished through the formula :
Exposure x Vulnerability over coping capacity .
This particular formula allows us to predetermine and reduce
disaster risk. This allows us to be more knowledgeable along with
preparedness that aid and assist us for survival. Thus, We must put
in mind that knowledge should be acquainted with practice. These
practices can be in the form of mitigation (risk avoidance, acceptance, transference and limitation).
Mitigation allows us reduce risks from stated disasters. Hence, Application of mitigation allows for thorough
prevention of such risks and it is vital.
The attained knowledge these past few weeks are beneficial and essential since knowledge is is the key
for survival. Although, Practice makes it perfect.

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To give my generalization, I was able to correct my misconceptions regarding about the concept of Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction from the previous discussions and I can say that I have learned a lot. I have kept in mind what are the different kinds of hazards that poses threat to our community and at the same time, I already have the idea on how to be prepared enough in facing those kinds of situations. Through discussing different components such as Hazard, Exposure, Vulnerability and Coping Capacity, we can ensure that these are useful as we evaluate the severity and reduce the risks of such disaster and be more aware to the phenomena. Thus, we can mitigate such impacts of these hazards as we learn these different lessons and be able to apply it in real life situations.

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To generalize everything, I learned about the the risk, hazards, exposure, coping capacity and vulnerability. We also tackled about how some disasters can be preventable. I also learned about how we can be able to estimate the disaster risk through using the of disaster risk = hazard x exposure x vulnerability/ coping capacity.  We also tackled about the earthquake hazards and how it brings impact to the environment including human life.

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I have learned the basic concepts which are correlated to the concepts and elements connected to disaster risk, reduction, and management. I have learned about the exposed resources in every disaster risk and the hazards both natural and man-made hazards that could be a threat to humans and human assets. I learned the different mitigations to protect, prepare and reduce the effects of the hazard or disaster. I learned the steps to take in a disaster letting me be able to manage my resources and energy proactively even in a disaster.

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Generally, the concepts I've learned in DRRR is about the variables involved in a disaster before, during, and after it occurred. The concepts were useful as it will be used to mitigate the damages the disaster will do. The methods to determine the severity and effects of the disaster were also included. These methods and concepts taught were very vital for any disaster prone area as having the knowledge of it can save you or others. Disasters can be prevented or inevitable like war or earthquakes respectively. Both manmade and natural disasters can be detrimental to some extent as human lives may be taken or vital economical infrastructures or facilities may be damaged or destroyed. Disasters were our opponent, but to beat the opponent is to know them well.

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The importance of learning the basic concept of DRRR because it helps us to identify the risk factor of a situation, it can be low, high, or absent. With this, we can be responsible for input decision-making when there is a hazard that can potentially make a disaster. Through the help of the disaster risk equation, we can determine the levels of risk. In the first following, this equation is a little bit confusing but I can assure you that if you will just clearly observe each situation you can determine the levels of risk. It is essential we as humans to know the hazards that exist near our workplace and home because we will be able to know how to mitigate these hazards, We can't avoid these hazard especially when it is not man-made, we can just mitigate them by avoiding to do an activity near on it, with these even though it will occur as unexpected, it will not also affect other people's lives.

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To summarize what I gained from this week's and previous week's DRRR sessions, I was able to increase my knowledge of the subject by understanding the distinctions between natural hazard, risk, and catastrophe. I was able to learn the aid of the activities we were provided, to learn more about the hazard exposure, and vulnerabilities of a catastrophe, primarily, I have learnt a lot about ways to mitigate natural hazards or avoid natural disasters, I am able to to summarize, the topic focuses on being prepared and understanding how catastrophes affect us and what causes them. The lessons mentioned were quite beneficial, since they are extremely necessary to understand these kind of issues since we may encounter them in real-life circumstances and may apply our knowledge to them.

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To simplify what I have learned from this week and last week DRRR session, I was able to broaden my knowledge regarding the subject itself as I was able to know the differences between natural hazard, risk, and disaster. I was able to know more about the hazard, exposure, and vulnerabilities of a disaster with the help of the activities we were given. Mostly, I have learned a lot about ways to mitigate natural hazards or prevent natural disasters. I am able to conclude that the subject is focused on being prepared and to know the what the disasters effect on us and what caused it. The lessons discussed were very helpful as it is really important to know these kind of topics since we may face them in real-life situations and we are able to apply our knowledge to it.

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I have learned that disasters are preventable  because a disaster comes from the happening of a natural phenomenon creating risks of disaster but  there are a lot of factors of disasters which are vulnerability, hazard, and exposure. If one of these factors becomes abnormal, disaster risk occurs. I have learned that with these factor analysis, disaster plan, and with the enough knowledge, we do know that these disasters can be prevented, but natural phenomenon can't be prevented because they happen naturally and all we have to do is to prepare for what comes next and to have knowledge of an exact disaster that happens in your specific community. knowledge is where we know how to prevent or to plan

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In general, I have learned that different hazards and natural disasters can be preventable because there are numerous ways on how we can do it and for the different ways on how it can impact the community. I also learned on how to understand the different basic concepts of DRRR in order for us to understand properly the situation and can implement a solution in a proper way.

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Basic concept if DRR is that disasters can be caused by natural, man made and technological hazards, as well as various factors that influence the exposure and vulnerability of a community.

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Torayno,Zoren : There are no natural disasters, but hazards, exposures, and vulnerabilities can lead to natural disasters. The disaster risk formulas discussed help determine whether the affected area is high, low, or unaffected, and practice coping skills that help adapt to the actual situation. I also learned that the human condition prevents disasters. This means that we cannot prevent its existence, but with our own knowledge and awareness of disaster risk, we can mitigate its impact.

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Torayno,Zoren : There are no natural disasters, but hazards, exposures, and vulnerabilities can lead to natural disasters. The disaster risk formulas discussed help determine whether the affected area is high, low, or unaffected, and practice coping skills that help adapt to the actual situation. I also learned that the human condition prevents disasters. This means that we cannot prevent its existence, but with our own knowledge and awareness of disaster risk, we can mitigate its impact.

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Overall, I've learned about the basic concepts of DRRR most especially about the three elements which is the hazard, exposure, and vulnerability. Learning these is very essential because provides life-saving information.

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In general, I have learned that natural hazards such as typhoons, earthquake, etc. the impact of which are actually preventable because there can be an action done for the damages of these phenomena can be reduced. I also learned it is important to learn the different concepts that go into DRRR such as categories of disaster risk, impacts of the disaster, and many more because this will help us create a more effective and practical approach in making preparations to prevent a natural disaster

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To generalize all of what we have tackled in our previous 3 sessions, first and foremost, I was apprised with my own understanding about natural disasters. Due to that, I was able to correct my misconceptions and gain more deepened information about Disaster preparedness and Risk Reduction. I learned that disasters are preventable by means of human conditions. This means that, although we cannot prevent its existence, with the use of our own knowledge and awareness about disaster risk, we can be able to mitigate its impact.

I learned also that there are 3 elements of disaster risk, and these 3 elements have their own significant role.

·         Hazard – a dangerous phenomenon of all those events happening around us that brings harm and threat.

·         Exposure – it is the element at risk from the occurrence of hazard.

·         Vulnerability – it evaluates the capacity of community and its people in coping and adapting with the impacts of certain disasters.

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In the past two synchronous class meetings that we had, I learned that disasters can be prevented by having enough awareness and that when there is an evacuation, we must follow it. It is also very important to somehow have enough knowledge about the hazard, exposure, and vulnerability of such disaster because it will give us awareness about whether the disaster risk of that disaster is high or low. If that disaster has high hazard, vulnerability, and exposure, then it means that its disaster risk is also high, but when the coping capacity is present, then the disaster risk of that disaster is low. It is very important for us to have enough knowledge about disaster risk because we can't deny the fact that we don't know when a disaster will hit us, so having knowledge about these things can somehow lessen the possible risk of experiencing such disasters.

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We were asked by the teacher if we can prevent natural disasters. Naturally, my answer was 'no' only for the answer to be a 'yes.' This is because we can prevent natural disasters, however we cannot prevent natural hazards. A hazard only becomes a disaster when a human life and property is harmed. There are two classification of disasters which is what we call natural disaster and man-made disaster. The term, disaster risk is used to describe the likelihood of destruction, loss of life, or injury from a disaster that may happen at any time. I also learned of the terms vulnerability, exposure, and coping capacity. These are important terms to remember when one talks about disasters because they are like a determining factor to a person considering where they want to live safely. It is also used to assess disasters and community.

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During our discussions, I was made aware of some of my incorrect assumptions about disaster risk. I learned how hazard, exposure, and vulnerability are the  components  that play an important role in disaster risk. Additionally, I found out that disasters are avoidable or can be prevented when human living conditions are affected with the potential damage that causes hazard to become a disaster.

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Generally, I understood that disaster is caused by natural phenomenon or man-made actions. There are disaster risks which is the product of hazard (dangerous phenomenon), vulnerability (physical, social, economic, environmental, coping capacity, adaptive capacity), and exposure (structures, population, agriculture, business, assets). All of these factors are interconnected with one another. People cannot stop disasters, but by training and assessing our environment, location, and infrastructures, the effects of disasters on our community can be minimized.

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To sum up all of the lessons discussed from the 1st week sessions, I have learned that there is no such thing as natural disaster but only a natural hazard and it can be prevented through mitigating the human actions that causes natural hazard. Disaster can then be seen if there is the presence of hazards, vulnerability and exposure which is a combination which known as factors of risk. Also, I have learned the disaster risk formula which is Hazard x Exposure x Vulnerability over coping capacity which can be used in order for us to know how to reduce disaster risk.

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In the course of our discussions, I was enlightened with my misconceptions with regards to disaster risk. I learned that there is no such thing as a natural disaster but only a natural hazard. This hazard becomes a disaster when human and living conditions are disrupted and when the possibility of damages are existent. With that, I discovered that disasters can be prevented. Aside from that, I also learned as to how hazard, exposure, and vulnerability are products and determining factors on the extent of disaster risk.

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To sum up all the lessons that we had this week, Disasters are severe disruptions to a community's functioning that exceed its ability to cope using its own resources. Natural, man-made, and technological hazards, as well as various factors that influence a community's exposure and vulnerability, can all contribute to disasters. The likelihood of loss of life, injury or destruction, and damage from a disaster in a given time period is expressed as disaster risk. Disaster risk reduction is a methodical approach to identifying, assessing, and mitigating disaster risks. It aims to reduce socioeconomic vulnerabilities to disasters as well as the environmental and other hazards that cause them.

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In general, I understood that a disaster is a naturally occurring phenomenon that will occur at some point in the future, and that disaster impacts can be avoided. If an area's vulnerability is high, the risk of disaster is also high, and conversely. We may use and learn from it when analyzing the danger of a disaster. The knowledge available can be utilized to devise strategies for reducing the impact or danger of a disaster.

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In general I have learned that disaster risk ensures the safety and well-being of communities and persons who are been impacted by disasters. This disaster divided by two category which is human made and natural it can be also combined by the two. Disaster risk focuses in the exposure to hazards, vulnerability and capacity. When we say vulnerability it is the capacity to endure a respond in the event of a disaster. Exposure to hazards to identify hazards in the community. Learning this things makes me realized that it is important to know and understand Disaster risk because it gives us insights information for making decisions that decrease disaster risk to vulnerable people and to prevent future disasters.

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Overall, the lessons in DRRR were about disaster risk and management. We learned about how disasters may occur in places around the world, the effects of disasters on areas and people, and how one can prepare, survive, and reduce the damage of  these disasters. This can be done through preparation and evacuations, because disasters themselves cannot be stopped, but the effects can be reduced to both our homes and the people.

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To generalize the lessons I've learned in class, the basic concept of DRRR is about disaster risk, disaster preparedness, disaster management, hazard, exposure and vulnerability. disaster can be natural or man made, they can have intensive or extensive risks. the impacts of disasters are direct, indirect and intangible losses. one thing for sure is that disasters and hazards can be mitigated. Risk is the product of vulnerability, hazard, and exposure, the 3 defines the risk of the disasters. Vulnerability is something that is susceptible to weakness or damage, Hazard is the gravity of the disaster and an event of a dangerous situation, Exposure is the physical exposure of the hazard and it can be measured. Coping capacity can also be related here because these are something that reduces the risks of the hazard, so the higher the capacity means the lower the risk.

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What I've learned on DRRR for the past 2 synchronous is that Disaster Risk Management is really important is that it help us to have prevention, addressing,  residual risk, preparing, and recovering. This topic can even help to conduct effective disaster response. This can also help improve on readiness and awareness to the other people. Well when it comes to a situation there will be a hazard, vulnerability and exposure. This can help people to prevent disasters and at the same time for us to survive in different kinds of disasters like: tornadoes, big storm, earthquake, floods, landslides, tsunamis and many more

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To sum up my takeaway from the lesson, I've discovered that there are no natural disasters, yet there are what we call natural hazards. And if hazards and vulnerabilities meet, there will be a disaster, whether the risk is high or low. It is also important to determine factors that can affect the intensity of such risk. I was able to differentiate exposure from vulnerability, wherein exposure is a concept in disaster risk that can be measured by the total number of individual or different assets in an area. While vulnerability takes multitudes of forms, generally, it refers to a condition determined by physical, social, and environmental factors or processes, which increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazards. Overall, these hazards can give social impacts, economic impacts and environmental impacts, as well as direct losses, indirect losses, and intangible losses. That is why it is important to create a plan or an entire methodology together with the different government organizations, groups, and the people of the community that can help us measure the community's susceptibility to hazards and resilience to create ways wherein we can cope and withstand the impacts of the hazards.

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In general, disasters are a big threat to both the environment and life (from humans and animals). Proper preparations are the key to survival, or knowledge in how to prevent being a victim of the effects of disasters. Although it is unavoidable that disasters can ruin the environment and life, it can still be prevented. First and foremost, learning about hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and most importantly, coping capacity when understanding disaster risks is a must when facing disaster-level situation. All these are the lessons of this week.

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This week, we learned that there is a difference between disasters and hazards. Whereas before, we'd often use the two terms interchangeably, we now know that hazards refer to a potential threat or danger to certain exposed elements, while disasters (both natural and man-made) refer to the consequence or actual outcome of destructive and harmful events. Our misconception that disasters could not be prevented was also corrected. This is because of the various safety precautions, protocols and procedures that we can take, in order to minimize, and possibly even eliminate the threat of disasters entirely. It shows how important disaster preparedness and risk reduction is, and how we, as members of the community need to be educated on these kinds of topics so as to mitigate and minimize the effects of a disaster.

Just earlier today, we also learned of the contributing factors to disaster risk: vulnerability, exposure, and the presence of a hazard. The coping capacity of a community also plays a part in this in the sense that it lowers disaster risk and decreases the chances of greater damage being inflicted to the community. The difference between exposure and vulnerability was also further discussed. Exposure refers to the living and non-living elements that are affected by and exposed to a hazard (like people, properties, assets, and more). Vulnerability is a term that is associated with the rate or likelihood that the exposed elements will be affected by the hazard. This can be physical, social, economic, and/or environmental.

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Generally, I have learned all about the basic disaster risk. This includes the relationship of hazard, vulnerability, exposure and coping capacity. As long as there is a coping capacity, the disaster risk is low. In determining how high, medium or low a certain disaster is, it will all depend on how strong is the impact of the hazard, exposure, vulnerability on a certain community or place.

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I learned that disasters doesnt mean the hazard itself but it also mean the outcome of the hazard and how it affected many, we can determine the disaster risk if it is high or low through the presence of the hazard, exposure, capacity, and vulnerability, it is high when there isnt a coping capacity, and the risk is low when the coping capacity is present. There are also different kind of impact when a disaster happen and that is indirect, direct, or intangible loss.

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It is really important to learn the basic concept of DRRR because it helps us to identify the risk factor of a situation, it can be low, high, or absent. With this, we can be responsible for input decision-making when there is a hazard that can potentially make a disaster. Through the help of the disaster risk equation, we can determine the levels of risk. In the first following, this equation is a little bit confusing but I can assure you that if you will just clearly observe each situation you can determine the levels of risk. It is essential we as humans to know the hazards that exist near our workplace and home because we will be able to know how to mitigate these hazards, We can't avoid these hazard especially when it is not man-made, we can just mitigate them by avoiding to do an activity near on it, with these even though it will occur as unexpected, it will not also affect other people's lives.

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From what we've discussed, I was most surprised to discover that there is no such thing as natural disasters, but they are instead called, natural hazards and natural phenomena. I also learned more about the 3 factors of Risk: Exposure, Vulnerability and Hazard. Vulnerability is the strongest factor in risk assessment because it's directly evaluating many different aspects of the community and its people, it evaluates the preparedness of the people in coping hazards (social, economic, coping and adapting factors), and evaluates the readiness of infrastructures (physical, environmental) in defending itself and shielding people from the dangers of disasters. For example, no matter the amount of buildings in a community, no matter the amount of people in a community, if everyone is prepared enough and the infrastructures were thoughtfully built, disasters can be prevented, or at the very least, be reduced as best as possible.

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In the past two synchronous meetings, I've learned and realized that Disasters can be prevented through mitigation and awareness.  Hazard, exposure and vulnerability are what makes the disaster risk high, but with coping capacity, the exposure would be low. The topic that we had discussed these past few days was very important since it really happens in real life and we can use the things we've learned since it gives information on how we cope up on things especially when disaster is coming.

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To sum up all that has been discussed so far, on the first session, We were first asked if disasters are preventable, and at that moment I automatically answered, No, but the effects could be lessened. However, throughout the discussion I have learned that disaster could indeed be preventable because of a lot of factors firstly, there is no such thing as natural disasters, but there is natural phenomenon  that could lead to disasters. Examples of natural phenomenon are typhoon, cyclone, thunderstorms and hurricane. Depending on the levels of these phenomena could lead to disasters. But what is really a DISASTER?.
It is a serious problem that can occur for short or long periods that can cause loss for both economic, environmental, and even death. Aside from these natural phenomena there are also materials that are identified as Dangerous Goods, these good are hazardous if not kept or thrown away properly can cause disasters this includes, batteries, acids, cleaning products and even light matches. So, to answer the question, yes disasters are preventable if we as a people learn to cooperate in cleaning our surroundings and are knowledgeable enough of the effects of these natural phenomena and dangerous Goods.
Under the Disaster, there is also disaster risk. Disaster risk depends on the amount or level of vulnerability which is in qualitative form meaning it is descriptive. It also depends on the hazardous effects and how many are exposed to the disaster meaning it is quantitative.
Vulnerability includes the physical, social, economic, etc. In hazard, it is the dangerous phenomenon and on the Exposure it includes the structures, population, agriculture, business, etc.  Under these three there is the coping capacity of the people, meaning one of the three is missing and the coping capacity is present then the risk is low, so when the capacity is missing then the risk is high. However, if all three are missing while the capacity is present then there is no risk or it is low.

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In general, I learned that disaster can be prevented and lessen the impact of the hazard by being prepared, creating effective solutions and following it respectively. Exposure is something that is affected by hazards, while vulnerability is how it holds or defends itself from the hazards. I also learned that despite being high risk to exposure what matters is the vulnerability. A building may have a lot of floors but despite that it could be stable enough to hold against a hazard. Risk consists or is a product of three elements, which are the hazard itself, vulnerability, and exposure. There are different types of vulnerability and they are; physical, social, economic, environmental and so on. There are also different types of exposures; it could be a population, structures or buildings, agriculture and more.

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In the current world we are living where everything is constantly changing and evolving, yet the occurrence of natural phenomena are still present. As a result, damage to infrastructures, unwanted economic effects, and environment impacts could possibly be visible after the catastrophic phenomena. Its a must that there should be a proper risk and hazard assessment and management in order to provide awareness, safety, preventions, and pro-active solutions and response before and after the calamity to protect communities. Thus, we should be able how to assess in terms of area vulnerability and exposure, and the identification of potential hazard.

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Mitigating the damages and the effects of a disaster is somehow a challenging matter, for there are components that we shall be able to consider, such as vulnerability, exposure, and hazards. These 3 are the main components when it comes to determining the severity of disasters in a certain area. The higher the exposure, vulnerability, and hazard, the higher the risk we may face. That is why it is just important that should increase our resilience and coping capacity when it comes to handling disasters. That is why we must try our best to eradicate these factors in our community in order for us can easily predict and manipulate the effects of these phenomena.

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In general, we have tackled more about assessing the risks of disasters where we can utilize the Disaster Risk Formula to assess said risk of any given disaster that we may eventually face later in life. The said formula can be manipulated depending on the variables present. We can use this information to create ways to reduce risks of said disasters by simply knowing the things that needed to be accounted for in a disaster.

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In general, hazard is a phenomena that can be done on a matter of time. A hazard will be called a disaster if this affects and has a destruction be done on the community. Thus, if the vulnerability and exposure of an area really affects by a particuar hazard, the disaster risk is also high, and vice versa. The topics in this week was very important and gives insight to us since it gives information on how to assess a situation whether it has a high, low, or moderate disaster risk.

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In general, we've revisited the concepts of disasters and risks, Such as natural phenomenons and Human-made disasters and talking about a certain rubric such as the vulnerability and exposure. And how we should be identify wether the area is in high risk.

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I learned that evaluating a disaster risk comes from analyzing a situation or a community's specific hazard, exposure, and its vulnerability. In which, knowing the results of such computations gives us descriptions to choose in giving awareness and forecast people to determine the risk level and coping mechanism during this disaster. Which guides to enumerate strategies on how we can cope and adapt in this disaster. Including that a natural phenomenon can be a disaster, if it is considered a threat to people's lives, properties, and other factors affected.

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Overall, we discuss Disaster Risk Management which has prevention, adding residual risk, preparing, responding, and recovering. Also, we also discuss the disaster risk which is a hazard, vulnerability, and exposure. Lastly, we also discuss the disaster risk formula. With those topics, we can able to use this formula to lessen the damage and with that, we can able to improve our abilities, increased our awareness, and also make a beneficial plans in order to lessen the damages.

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In general, the discussions and topics this week were about the concept of natural disasters. To be specific, we learned an effective way to assess and further respond to disasters through the Disaster Risk Formula. The formula is applicable to all types of disasters and it includes the following conditions/variables: Hazard, Exposure, Vulnerability and Coping Capacity. We can use this to evaluate the severity and reduce the risks of such disaster and be more aware as to how to accordingly react to the phenomena.

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As a whole, disasters, whether man-made or natural, remain as tragic occurrences that causes loss of lives and inflict great damages to numerous assets, properties, and even to the environment. These disasters, however, can be preventable through a thorough and precise movements of readiness and preparation. Moreover, disaster risk, being the potential severity of the threat posed by disasters, needs to be formulated accordingly for the sake of better mitigation methods and innovative countermeasures. Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction is thoroughly designed and initiated for the sake of declining the impact of disasters. Factors that dictate the severity and extent of a certain disaster risk involves hazard, vulnerability, and exposure. The Disaster Risk Formula was declared for the purpose of assessing and demonstrating a sense of awareness to the integrity of an establishment and its durability to withstand a certain disaster. The same formula can establish a sense of meaningfulness that would inform people on the extent of the changes to be initiated and the rate of mitigation needed to be fastened, knowing how the formula itself can predict the fate of the public and the buildings itself after the occurrence of a disaster has already taken place. Whether the disaster risk of an area is high, moderate, or low, the majority is invited to remain aware of the given subject and must not take such equation for granted in order to strive for better resorts and truly consolidate the basic concepts of DRRR. Knowledge is potential, the translation of that knowledge though, comes power.

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There is no natural disaster but there is a natural hazards and natural phenomenon which leads to a disaster when there is a hazard, exposure, and vulnerability and I learned that the product of these three leads to risk or great (disaster) risks that can harm many people, environment and other exposed elements. The discussed disaster risk formula can help us identify if the area affected would be high, low, or unaffected, and practice our coping capacity to help us develop to the situation in reality. In general, our knowledge of hazards and disaster risk can help us improve our ways to prevent disasters of natural and man-made hazards.

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Generally, being knowledgeable and aware of our surroundings is critical because it will assist us in gearing up, preventing, or minimizing the damage or risk that a natural or man-made hazard can induce us. Last time, we talked about disaster risk management and disaster risk formula, which helped me correct some misconceptions I had, such as the fact that there is no such thing as a natural disaster, but there is natural hazard, and made me understand that disasters can be avoided; it's just that some of us lack knowledge on these matters.

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Above all, natural hazards are extreme natural phenomena that can result in loss of life, severe property damage, and disruption of human operations. Some natural disasters, such as flooding, can occur anywhere on the planet. Other natural disasters, such as tornadoes, can occur only in specific places. We discussed how hazards could be classified as either man-made or natural. However, both natural and man-made disasters have the potential to devastate people and infrastructure. The process of identifying choices and activities to improve opportunities and reduce risks to project objectives is known as risk mitigation planning. I've also learnt that appropriate and timely mitigation can help mitigate the possibility of a major tragedy.

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In general, the topic is all about the different kinds of natural disasters which helps us gain knowledge about preparation, responding and we also discuss about disaster risk with this topic it can help us to increase awareness and helps us how to be prepared about the upcoming disasters knowing that we cannot predict disasters coming.

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As a whole, the topics discussed this week in DRRR were all about ways of how we can avoid destruction and total annihilation when we have to face natural disasters. The purpose for our discussions is for us to understand and comprehend how much life threating natural disasters are. It gives people a perspective of what will and can happen when a natural or man made disaster were to occur in any given time which will help benefit our society as a whole and our vulnerability towards these said disasters will be diminished. Total awareness and understanding gives us an advantage for us to survive in this kinds of situations.

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Based on the previous synchronous meetings, I was able to correct my misconceptions and at the same time, I was able to expand my knowledge regarding Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction. On our first meeting, I was guided with the content standard, performance standard, and the competencies we have to achieve for this semester. Also, I was able to know that disasters are preventable in a deeper perspective and know the difference between natural hazards and natural disasters. Based on what I understand, a natural hazard refers to a situation that imposes threat or danger while natural disasters are the effects of the natural hazard. Aside from these, I was able to give out my initial response to the essential question and answer the pre-test. These two activities helped me assess my prior knowledge. In our second meeting, we had a very interactive session as we have several activities while discussing the topic of disaster risk, hazard, vulnerability, exposure, and coping capacity. With this, I can say that these topics are helpful for us to be aware of our situations and our response towards situation that imposes harm and threat to our lives and properties. I am looking forward to our discussion for next week as I am eager to deepen and expand my knowledge regarding Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction.