Towards a Fourth Pillar of Human Security: „Freedom from Hazard ...

3. PEISOR Model: Global Change, Envi-
ronmental Stress & Extreme Outcomes
• The model distinguished 5 stages:
P: Pressure: Causes of GEC : Survival hexagon
E: Effect: environm. scarcity, degradation & stress
I: Impact: Extreme or fatal outcome: hazards
S: Societal Outcomes: disaster, migration, crisis,
conflict, state failure etc.
R: Response by the state, society, the economic
sector and by using traditional and modern knowledge
to enhance coping capacity and resilience