IMPROVING YOUR COMMUNITY’S CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

IMPROVING YOUR COMMUNITY’S CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

IMPROVING YOUR COMMUNITY’S CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

2010 IS A GOOD TIME FOR EVERY

COMMUNITY TO BUILD CAPACITY 2010 IS A GOOD TIME FOR EVERY

COMMUNITY TO BUILD CAPACITY

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of

North Carolina, USA

THE WORLD’S COMMUNITIES FACE DISASTER RISK FROM:

• FLOODS

• SEVERE WINDSTORMS

• EARTHQUAKES

• TSUNAMIS

• DROUGHTS

• VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

• LANDSLIDES

• WILDFIRES

2010 ALREADY HAS DISASTERS TO LEARN FROM…

• HAITI EARTH-QUAKE; JANUARY 12, 2010

• FLOODS IN PAKISTAN: JULY-AUGUST, 2010

• …AND MORE

• WITH MORE TO COME

KEY ELEMENT FOR SUCCESS KEY ELEMENT FOR SUCCESS

• LEADERS, WHO CAN INCREASE COLLABORATION

COLLABORATION DURING ALL

PHASES OF DISASTER REDUCTION PLANNING

IS THE BEST WAY FOR YOUR COMMUNITY TO REDUCE ITS

DISASTER RISK

COLLABORATION DURING ALL

PHASES OF DISASTER REDUCTION PLANNING

IS THE BEST WAY FOR YOUR COMMUNITY TO REDUCE ITS

DISASTER RISK

COLLABOTATION REDUCES RISKCOLLABOTATION REDUCES RISK

RECOVERY & RECOVERY & RECONSTRUCTIONRECONSTRUCTION

ALL ELEMENTS ALL ELEMENTS ARE ARE

INTERRELATEDINTERRELATED

MITIGATIONMITIGATION PREPAREDNESSPREPAREDNESS

EMERGENCY EMERGENCY RESPONSERESPONSE

MAXIMIZING BENEFITS IN EACH PHASE OF THE MAXIMIZING BENEFITS IN EACH PHASE OF THE DISASTER REDUCTION PLANNING CYCLEDISASTER REDUCTION PLANNING CYCLE : :

DISASTER & HAZARD DISASTER & HAZARD INFORMATIONINFORMATION

SYSTEMSSYSTEMS

TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES AND AND

TECHNOLOGIESTECHNOLOGIES

PRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR

PUBLIC SECTOR

ACADEMIAACADEMIA

FUNCTIONAL FUNCTIONAL NETWORKING NETWORKING

CHANNELSCHANNELS

INFORMATION INFORMATION NETWORKING NETWORKING

CHANNELSCHANNELSORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION NETWORKING NETWORKING

CHANNELSCHANNELS

COLLABORATIONCOLLABORATION

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERSSTAKEHOLDERS

Stratec ConsultingStratec Consulting

START BY REVISITING YOUR

COMMUNITY’S GOALS AND POLICIES, AND

LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO COLLABORATE

START BY REVISITING YOUR

COMMUNITY’S GOALS AND POLICIES, AND

LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO COLLABORATE

RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR COMMUNITY MAY BE AT HIGH DISASTER RISK NOW

RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR COMMUNITY MAY BE AT HIGH DISASTER RISK NOW

BE HONEST ABOUT YOUR

COMMUNITY’S CAPACITY TO COPE WITH THE INEVITABLE: DISASTER-CAUSING EVENTS

BE HONEST ABOUT YOUR

COMMUNITY’S CAPACITY TO COPE WITH THE INEVITABLE: DISASTER-CAUSING EVENTS

ASK: ARE WE MAKING ANY OF THE MISTAKES THAT LED TO DISASTERS

DURING 2003, …, 2010?

ASK: ARE WE MAKING ANY OF THE MISTAKES THAT LED TO DISASTERS

DURING 2003, …, 2010?

2009’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE 2009’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE 2009’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE 2009’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE

THE YEAR OF EL NINO

8 ATLANTIC STORMS: IDA; 8 PACIFIC STORMS: RICK, …

11 TYPHOONS: MORAKOT, KETSANA, PARMA, …

EARTHQUAKES IN ITALY, AM. SAMOA, AND INDONESIA

WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA, GREECE,AND AUSTRALIA

FLOODS: USA, ITALY, TURKEY, ENGLAND, …

NEW OPPOR-TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY


NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT DISASTER RESILIENT


GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE


CYCLONE NARGIS IN MYANMAR

WENCHUAN, CHINA EARTHQUAKE

FLOODS: MIDWESTERN USA

16 ATLANTIC STORMS: FAY, GUSTAV, HANNA, IKE, …

WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA

ERUPTION OF VOLCANO CHAITEN, CHILE







GLOBAL FLOODS: CHINA, MEXICO, SE ASIA, USA, …EARTHQUAKES IN INDONESIA,PERU, JAPAN

14 TYPHOONS: MAN-YI, PABUK, SEPAT,,…

17 ATLANTIC STORMS: DEAN, FELIX,WIPHA, …

WILDFIRES IN EUROPE AND CALIFORNIA

DROUGHTS; HEAT WAVES IN EUROPE, USA







THE YEAR OF EL NINO AND A BERMUDA HIGH

22 PACIFIC TYPHOONS: BILIS, PRAPIROON, SAOMAI

FLOODS: ELBE, DANUBE, USA, N KOREA, MALAYSIA, CHINA

9 ATLANTIC STORMS: HELENE, GORDON, …

13 CYCLONES: GLENDA, LARRY, MONICA, …

QUAKES: GUJARAT, INDIA,; HAWAII, KAMCHATKA, …





WILDFIRES: AUSTRALIA, CALIFORNIA


28 ATLANTIC TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES

HURRICANES KATRINA, RITA, STAN, AND WILMA

ERUPTION S: ILAMATEPEC IN El SALVADOR; MERAPI

PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE

13 TYPHOONS: HAITANG, LONGWANG, MATSA, …

FLOODS: ROMANIA, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, GUJARAT, …





PORTUGAL WILDFIRES


ATLANTIC STORMS: BONNIE, CHARLIE, IVAN, JEANNE

INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE

AUSTRALIAN REGION CYCLONES: MEENA, NANCY

TYPHOONS MEGI, CHABA, SONGDA,TOKAGE, WINNIE

INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI

FLOODS: INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, NEPAL





NIIGATA EARTHQUAKE AND LANDSLIDES


21 STORMS; HURRICANES FABIAN, ISABEL, AND JUAN

BAM, IRAN AND BOUR-MEDES, ALGERIA QUAKES

15 PACIFIC TYPHOONS; SIX INDIAN OCEAN CYCLONES

SANTA FE ARGENTINA FLOOD

OKANAGAN WILDFIRE: BRITISH COLOMBIA, CANADA

EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE





NORTH AMERICAN BLIZZARD

YOUR YOUR COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

YOUR YOUR COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

DATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATIONDATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATION

HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

•HAZARD MAPS•INVENTORY•VULNERABILITY•CAPACITY

RISK ASSESSMENTRISK ASSESSMENT

RISK

ACCEPTABLE RISK

UNACCEPTABLE RISK

DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION REDUCTION

•PREPAREDNESS•MITIGATION•MONITORING•EM RESPONSE•RECOVERY & RECONST.

GOAL: NO DISASTERSGOAL: NO DISASTERS

WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO

THE KNOWLEDGE BASE

Best Practices for Mitigation Adaptation and Monitoring

Gateways to a Deeper Understanding

Real and Near- Real Time Information From Monitoring

Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Characterization

Anticipatory Actions for all Events and all Situations

Situational Data Bases

Interfaces with all Real- and Near Real-Time Sources

Cause & Effect Relationships

APPLICATIONS

Implement Modern Codes and Lifeline Standards

Relocation/Rerouting of Cities and City Lifelines

Using Risk Assessments to Form Public Policy

Expanding Use of New Technologies

Becoming a Disaster Intelligent Community

CONTINUING EDUCATION

National Academies of Science & Engineering

Global Risk Assessments

Global Disaster Scenarios

International Collaboration on Educational Surges

Global Post Disaster Studies

A CONTINUUM OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IS A CONTINUUM OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IS AVAILABLE TO EVERY COMMUNITY FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AVAILABLE TO EVERY COMMUNITY FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

A CONTINUUM OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IS A CONTINUUM OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IS AVAILABLE TO EVERY COMMUNITY FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AVAILABLE TO EVERY COMMUNITY FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

SUCCESS: “WHO SAID IT CAN’T BE DONE”


• TOWARDS DISASTER RISK REDUCTION FOR YOUR COMMUNITY



• TOWARDS NEW CUTTINIG EDGE PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE COLLABORATION AND BUILD “HELPING HANDS.”

• TOWARDS NEW CUTTINIG EDGE PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE COLLABORATION AND BUILD “HELPING HANDS.”

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