A.5 Disaster From Different Perspective

Disaster from
Different Perspective
Physical Economic
Psychological Political
Socio-cultural biological
Physical
perspective
Calamities are phenomena that
cause great physical damage in a
community infrastructure, its
people and their properties, e.g.
houses and environmental
sources of living. These cited
effects of a disaster can be easily
measured and the most common
Natural disasters generally affect
the physical infrastructural
facilities, agricultural productivity
and even lead to loss of life and
cause damage to property.
Physical
perspective
• . Various factors influence
the effects of a disaster on
a country among them
are the magnitude of the
disaster, the geography of
the area affected, and the
recovery efforts directed
towards reducing the
immediate effects of a
disaster.
- Injuries
Effects of - Physical disabilities or illness
Physical
Disasters - Sanitation
- Damage in infrastructure
2. Psychological
Perspective
• Victims of disasters may

suffer from Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD) and other serious
mental health conditions,
which are not being given
much attention to by the
authorities or even by the
victims, themselves. (This
may be sensitive
statement)
2. Psychological
Perspective
• Disasters are mostly unpredictable,
which leave the victims in a state of
shock. They tend to deny the loss
and try to escape from reality.
Being in a denial state makes the
victims more vulnerable to stress,
anxiety, and other different
maladaptive reactions. Death of a
closed one also leaves the victim in
a state of insecurity because the
sense of love, attachment and
belongingness are deprived.
Psychological
effects of a
Disaster:
• distress hopelessness
• intrusion/avoidance
• hatred/revenge
• dependence/insecurities
• grief/withdrawn/
isolation interpersonal
effect
• guilt feeling helplessness
• lack of trust
Socio-cultural Perspective
• Filipinos are generally
known as “matiisin”,
resourceful, helpful,
optimistic, and prayerful.
These characteristics are
manifested in the country’s
recent fight against
COVID19.Due to the
National Health Emergency,
Enhanced Community
Quarantine (ECQ) prevailed
in the whole country.
Socio-cultural Perspective
• A lot of people temporarily lost their

jobs, some people stranded in
different regions, repatriated OFWs
were held in different quarantine
facilities in Metro Manila, and all
people were restricted to go out of
their homes for months. As a
result, most Filipino families would
rely on government’s help for them
to get by. However, limited
resources and aids from the
government make people find
possible ways to survive amid the
pandemic.
Socio-Cultural
Effect of Disasters
• change in
individual roles
• disruption of
social
relationships
and personal
connections
4. Economic
Perspective
• Disasters affect the economic
condition of a community
because they reduce local and
international trade. It can also
partially or totally paralyze a
country’s transportation system,
just like what happened in the
COVID19 pandemic.
• Implementation of a partial and
total shut down of local business
operations result to a lot of
people losing means of living.
Economic Effects
of Disasters
- loss of life
- unemployment
- loss of property
- loss of household articles
- loss of crops
- loss of public
infrastructure
5. Political
Perspective
• Natural disasters are
commonly thought to be
less politically
argumentative than
armed conflicts, yet a
closer look shows that
both the effects of a
natural disaster and the
resulting distribution of
humanitarian aid are
profoundly linked to
politics.
Political Effects of a
Disaster
• - People who have
trust in political
institution will
assess the
government’s risk
assessments as
credible and
accept their
hazard policies
(Johnson 1999)
Political Effects of
a Disaster
• - Low level of trust in public
institutions therefore means
that citizens may ignore the
recommendations and disregard
the information provided by
these institutions (McCaffey
2004).
Political Effects of
a Disaster
• - If individuals are confident that
they will receive sufficient aid
from the government when a
disaster occurs, they might not
be motivated to take measures
on their own (King and Kang
2000).
6. Biological
Perspective
• The disturbing effects caused by a

prevalent kind of disease or virus in
an epidemic or pandemic level is
known as biological disaster.
(a) Epidemic Level: Biological disaster
affects large numbers of people within
a given community or area. Ex:
Dengue.
(b) Pandemic Level: Biological disaster
affects a much large region, sometime
spanning entire continents or the globe
• ex. Swine Flue
Effects of Biological
Disasters
➢ loss of lives
➢ public
demobilization
➢ negative
economic effect
➢ unemployment
➢ hunger

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