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Earthquake Vulnerability Earthquake Vulnerability Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan Assessment and Vulnerability Assessment and Vulnerability Reduction Measures Reduction Measures adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan At the end of this session, you should be At the end of this session, you should be able to: able to: VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT � What is vulnerability What is vulnerability � � Define different categories Define different categories � / types of vulnerabilities / types of vulnerabilities � Explain the process of Explain the process of � Learning Learning conducting vulnerability conducting vulnerability Objectives Objectives assessment assessment � EVR measures in different EVR measures in different � phases of disaster cycle phases of disaster cycle adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Vulnerability Islamabad Pakistan Vulnerability A set of prevailing or A set of prevailing or consequent conditions consequent conditions which adversely affect the which adversely affect the community’ ’s ability to s ability to community prevent, mitigate, prepare prevent, mitigate, prepare for or respond to hazard for or respond to hazard events events adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan Vulnerability Assessment Vulnerability Assessment • A participatory A participatory • process to process to identify what identify what elements are at elements are at risk per hazard risk per hazard type, and to type, and to analyze the root analyze the root causes of why causes of why these elements these elements are at risk are at risk adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan Categories of Vulnerability Categories of Vulnerability • Physical / Physical / • Material Material • Social / Social / • Organizational Organizational • Motivation / Motivation / • Attitudinal Attitudinal adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan Physical / Material Vulnerability Physical / Material Vulnerability � Hazard Hazard- -prone location prone location � of the houses, of the houses, farmlands, farmlands, infrastructure, basic infrastructure, basic services services � Design and Design and � construction materials construction materials of houses and of houses and buildings buildings adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan Physical / Material Vulnerability Physical / Material Vulnerability • Lack of basic Lack of basic • services: education, services: education, health, safe drinking health, safe drinking water, shelter, water, shelter, sanitation, roads, sanitation, roads, electricity, electricity, communication communication • Exposed to violence Exposed to violence • (domestic, (domestic, community conflicts community conflicts or war) or war) adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan Physical / Material Vulnerability Physical / Material Vulnerability • Lack of access and control over means of Lack of access and control over means of • production (land, farm inputs) production (land, farm inputs) • Inadequate economic fall Inadequate economic fall- -back mechanisms back mechanisms • • Dependence on money Dependence on money- -lenders lenders • • Occurrence of acute or chronic food shortage Occurrence of acute or chronic food shortage • • Lack of adequate skills and educational Lack of adequate skills and educational • background background • High mortality rates, malnutrition, occurrence High mortality rates, malnutrition, occurrence • of diseases, insufficient caring capacity of diseases, insufficient caring capacity • Over exploited natural resources Over exploited natural resources • adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan Social / Organizational Vulnerability Social / Organizational Vulnerability • Weak family / kinship structures Weak family / kinship structures • • Lack of leadership and initiative to solve Lack of leadership and initiative to solve • problems or conflicts problems or conflicts • Exclusion of certain groups from decision Exclusion of certain groups from decision- - • making about community life or unequal making about community life or unequal participation in community affairs participation in community affairs adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan Social/Organizational Vulnerability Social/Organizational Vulnerability • conflicts: ethnic, class, conflicts: ethnic, class, • beliefs, caste, ideology beliefs, caste, ideology • No or neglected No or neglected • relationship with relationship with government, government, administrative structures administrative structures • Isolated from outside Isolated from outside • world world adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan Motivational / Attitudinal Vulnerability Motivational / Attitudinal Vulnerability • Negative attitude towards change Negative attitude towards change • • Passivity, fatalism, hopelessness, Passivity, fatalism, hopelessness, • dependency dependency • Lack of initiative or Lack of initiative or “ “fighting spirit fighting spirit” ” • • Dependence on external support mentality Dependence on external support mentality • adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan Progression of Vulnerability Progression of Vulnerability Root Causes Dynamic Pressures Unsafe Conditions Lack of entitlement to Rapid population Dangerous location resources growth Unequal access to War Unprotected power infrastructure Ideologies Urbanization Low and stable incomes Political and Weak local markets Weak institutional economic systems structures for public action Epidemics Disease adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan Vulnerability Assessment Vulnerability Assessment • We should recognize that vulnerability We should recognize that vulnerability • assessment is complex assessment is complex • Vulnerability is specific to location, sector, Vulnerability is specific to location, sector, • interest group, etc. interest group, etc. • Vulnerability and poverty are strongly linked Vulnerability and poverty are strongly linked • adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan adpc Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Vulnerability Assessment & EVR measures Islamabad Pakistan Vulnerability Assessment (Hazard Specific) Vulnerability Assessment (Hazard Specific) Setting Elements At Effects on Different Characteristics of EARs Risk (EAR) EARs That Contribute to Vulnerability Urban People Injured, died, Age, Gender, physical starvation, trauma health, Social, economic & demographic Buildings Partial damage/fully Construction materials, (houses, others) damage design, location, height Infrastructure Partial damage/full Size, height/depth, design, (roads, bridges, damage materials, level of exposure telecommunicat ions, electricity) Industry Damage to building, size, type of products, type products, raw of raw material, materials, machinery, (labor, adpc management) Asian Disaster Preparedness Center