Maphumulo IDP - KZN Development Planning

Primary Impact Mapping: The focus of the first step in the Risk Profiling Assessment is tomap the primary impact areas for each of the potential hazards identified in the HazardAssessment.Societal Vulnerability Analysis: The focus of this step is to identify those neighbourhoodswhere individual resources are minimal. The limited availability of resources in acommunity suggests that the community might be vulnerable, or susceptible, to thehazard event.Environmental Vulnerability Analysis.The purpose of this analysis is to identify locations where there is potential for secondaryenvironmental impacts from natural hazards and to target vulnerable locations for riskreduction activities.Economic Vulnerability Analysis: The purpose of this analysis is to identify the economicvulnerabilities to hazard impacts.Critical Facilities Vulnerability Analysis: This analysis focuses on determining thevulnerability of key individual facilities or resources within your area.Figure 17: The Disaster Management Planning ProcessStep 4 ~ Risk Prioritization.The Risk Profiling Assessment normally produces so many risks that must be addressed that thesheer volume of work tends to be overwhelming. Consequently, it is recommended that youprioritize the risks to be addressed.Step 5 ~ Upload to Spatial Development Framework.Once the mapping of the risk profiles for communities in the Province have been completed,it is necessary to upload the risk profiles to the Spatial Development Framework (SDF) for theProvince.This information can be passed to the Local Municipalities in the District to prepare theirdisaster management plans, which can then be amalgamated into a district disastermanagement plan, as depicted in Figure 9. Ideally, this process should become a continuousone and the data updated every year, as hazards and associated risks may change overtime.__________________________________________________________________________________________Maphumulo Integrated Development Plan (IDP) 2012 - 2013Final June 2012Page 110 of 142