The TorqAid Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Diagrammatic Framework: Seven Key Diagrams

Over the past 15 years or so, TorqAid has worked with its students to develop a diagrammatic framework of key diagrams, which together describe key aspects of all disasters.  

There are four key TorqAid diagrams (with a couple of variations to demonstrate examples of slow-onset hazards – eg drought), these being the Disaster Risk Management Cycle (DRMC); the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) diagram; The Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Planning diagram; and the Project Management Cycle (PMC).  In addition to these TorqAid diagrams, this document also includes diagrams representing the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS); the risk matrix; and the ISO 31000 risk management process. The document also includes some key disaster-related definitions; a section on Risk, Hazards, Vulnerability, Capacity, Resilience; and a current Syrian variant of the DRR-diagram.