Social Aspects of Risk and Disaster and Prospective Risk Management Allan Lavell Ph.D. International Advisor

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RISK Disaster as the result of actualized risk. Disaster Risk: Hazard, Exposure and Vulnerability Disaster Risk as the result of a process of Social Construction: Social processes that transform physical events in risk. Risk Reduction/Risk Management must operate on the processes that create or generate hazards, exposure and vulnerability

DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT Social Process with the objective of reducing or controlling the development of Disaster Risk in society Considers all moments of the risk continuum, from pre impact through immediate post impact to recovery phases. Two pillars: Corrective and Prospective Risk Management

CORRECTIVE MANAGEMENT Reduction or mitigation of existing risk factors. Traditional view of Risk Management and essentially been developed in conservative fashion: reduce disaster risk; unchanged chronic risk Corrective-progressive management introduces development goals in risk reduction, searching for improved welfare and incomes.

PROSPECTIVE MANAGEMENT Avoidance of future risk and disaster and reduction of development costs of future loss and damage Need to build climate change variables into scenarios of loss and damage. Prevention of risk in infrastructure, livelihoods and economic enterprise in general. Component of normal development planning and promotion and in disaster recovery and reconstruction Public and private investment decisions, land use planning, resilience and resistance in livelihoods, environmental management.

International Advisor Allan Lavell Ph.D. International Advisor Proyecto “Apoyo a la Prevención de Desastres en la Comunidad Andina – CAN” www.comunidadandina.org/predecan predecan@comunidadandina.org