DRR BASICS
What is the Disaster Incubation Model?
What does SIDS stand for?
Small Island Developing States
Which phase of DRM has the greatest time pressure?
Response phase
Name one global DRR framework.
Sendai Framework
What is human mobility in a disaster context?
Movement due to disasters
What is Jamaica's disaster management agency?
What is CDM ?
ODPEM
Integrated, all-hazard, all-phase approach
Name examples of physical characteristics of SIDS that increase vulnerability.
Small land size, coastal exposure & hurricanes
Restricting development in flood-prone areas represents which phase?
Mitigation
This regional Caribbean organization coordinates disaster preparedness, response, and recovery across member states, guided by its CDM Strategy, which emphasizes risk reduction, resilience building, and collaboration.
What is CDEMA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency)?
Difference between displacement and migration?
Forced vs voluntary
-What is crisis communication?
-Within the context of disaster risk management, discuss the key differences between a leader and a manager
Communicating information before, during, and after disasters
Manager has the authority to lead/supervise; a leader doesn't always have the same authority
Why is economic dependence a risk factor for SIDS?
Reliance on tourism/agriculture makes them vulnerable
This phase strengthens systems before hazards occur through planning and training, while its counterpart focuses on restoring livelihoods and infrastructure after impact — together ensuring communities are both ready and resilient.
What are Preparedness and Recovery?
What phrase completes Sendai Priority 4?
Build Back Better
Following severe coastal flooding in a Small Island Developing State, families temporarily relocate inland to shelters and later return home once conditions improve. This form of disaster-related human mobility is neither permanent migration nor evacuation during impact.
When a hurricane is approaching a coastal town, authorities ask residents to leave their homes and move to safer locations, like shelters or inland areas. This action is known as what?
What is displacement?
What is an evacuation?
What is DRR and what is resilience?
- Ability to resist, absorb, and recover from disasters
- Strategies to reduce vulnerabilities and disaster impacts
How does climate change affect DRR?
Increases hazard frequency and intensity
TRUE OR FALSE :
DRM depends on alignment between policy and execution.ODPEM Board defines acceptable levels of risk and Management coordinates response and operations
TRUE
What are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
The SDGs are a set of 17 global goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, covering poverty, inequality, climate, health, education and more.
Explain “trapped populations.”
Recognizing repeated hurricane impacts on low-lying coastal communities, a Caribbean government supports the voluntary relocation of residents to safer inland housing before the next disaster occurs. This risk reduction approach is known as this form of human mobility.
Unable to relocate due to constraints
What is planned relocation?
What is risk-informed development?
Why is community participation key in CDM?
Planning development with disaster risks in mind
Local relevance and sustainability
Why do SIDS face compound risks?
Name two cross cutting themes in DRR affecting SIDS
Overlapping hazards + economic vulnerability
Gender, ICT, Disability
Why are both structural and non-structural measures needed?
Give one example of a sturtcural and one example of a non-structural mitigation measures.
They address different aspects of risk
Sea walls, flood barriers
non - Zoning, education, early warning systems
Why is integrating DRR into national policy important?
Ensures risk reduction is part of development
How can human mobility both reduce and increase risk?
During hurricane season, the Director of a Caribbean disaster management agency motivates local officials, coordinates with regional partners, and ensures timely decisions are made to protect vulnerable communities. This style of leadership, which blends authority with collaboration, is crucial for effective disaster risk reduction.
Reduces risk by relocation but may create new risks
What is risk-informed or adaptive leadership?