Disaster readiness and risk reduction : for senior high school /
Maria Perpetua Arcilla-Serapio.
- Manila City : Mindshapers Co., Inc., c2021.
- x, 216 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Includes reference.
Basic concept of disaster and disaster risk.--Exposure and vulnerability.--Basic concept of hazard.--Earthquake hazard.--Volcano hazard.--Other related geological hazards.--Hydrometeological hazards.--Fire hazards and related concepts.--Concept of disaster risk reduction and disaster risk reduction management.
This book provides a brief description of DRR and then reviews a selection of tools that can provide an effective framework in combining the knowledge and experiences from the disaster management and climate change communities to build adaptive capacity.