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IMPROVING YOUR
COMMUNITY’S CAPACITY FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for
Disaster Reduction, University of
North Carolina, USA
RISK ASSESSMENT
•HAZARD MAPS
•INVENTORY
•VULNERABILITY
•CAPACITY
ACCEPTABLE RISK
RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
DISASTER
RESILIENCE
DATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
YOUR
COMMUNITY
GOAL: LIFE WITHOUT
DISASTERS
HAZARDS:
GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC
DEFORMATION TSUNAMI
RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS
•PREPAREDNESS
•PROTECTION
•RESPONSE
• RECOVERY
THE WORLD’S COMMUNITIES
FACE DISASTERS FROM:
• FLOODS
• SEVERE
WINDSTORMS
• EARTHQUAKES
• TSUNAMIS
• DROUGHTS
• VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS
• LANDSLIDES
• WILDFIRES
INTEGRATING THE PAST WITH
THE PRESENT
DURING ALL
PHASES OF DISASTER
REDUCTION PLANNING
IS THE BEST WAY FOR A
COMMUNITY TO MOVE
TOWARDS DISASTER
RESILIENCE
WE KNOW WHAT TO DO
A CONTINUUM OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IS
AVAILABLE TO EVERY COMMUNITY FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
APPLICATIONS
CONTINUING
EDUCATIONSIL
Relocation/Rerouting of Cities
and City Lifelines
Global Risk Assessments
Using Risk Assessments to
Form Public Policy
Global Disaster Scenarios
Implement Modern Codes
and Lifeline Standards
National Academies of Science
& Engineering
Cause & Effect Relationships
Expanding Use of New
Technologies
International Collaboration on
Educational Surges
Anticipatory Actions for all
Events and all Situations
Becoming a Disaster
Intelligent Community
Global Post Disaster Studies
THE KNOWLEDGE BASE
Real and Near- Real Time
Information From Monitoring
Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk
Characterization
Best Practices for Mitigation
Adaptation and Monitoring
Situational Data Bases
Interfaces with all Real- and
Near Real-Time Sources
Gateways to a Deeper
Understanding
NOTABLE DISASTERS IN 2011
FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA
NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR
COMMUNITY DISASTER
RISK REDUCTION
EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI IN
JAPAN
WILDFIRES IN ARIZONA
AND TEXAS
CATALYSTS
FOR CHANGE
HURRICANE IRENE AND
TROPIAL STORM LEE
FLOODS ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI River
SUPER TORNADO
OUTBREAK
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
NOTABLE DISASTERS IN 2010
EARTHQUAKE IN HAUTI
NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR
COMMUNITY DISASTER
RISK REDUCTION
EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI IN
JAPAN
WILDFIRES IN RUSSUA AND
USA
CATALYSTS
FOR CHANGE
19 SEVERE WINDSTORMS
FLOODS IN EUROPE,
PAKISTAN, CHINA, AND USA
GREAT SOLSTICE WINTER
STORM
VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN
ICELAND & INDONESIA
2009’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER
KNOWLEDGE
THE YEAR OF EL NINO
NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR
MAKING COMMUNITIES
DISASTER RESILIENT
8 ATLANTIC STORMS: IDA; 8
PACIFIC STORMS: RICK, …
11 TYPHOONS: MORAKOT,
KETSANA, PARMA, …
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
BUILDING CAPACITY
EARTHQUAKES IN ITALY,
AM. SAMOA, AND INDONESIA
WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA,
GREECE,AND AUSTRALIA
FLOODS: USA, ITALY,
TURKEY, ENGLAND, …
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
2008’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER
KNOWLEDGE
NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR
MAKING COMMUNITIES
DISASTER RESILIENT
CYCLONE NARGIS IN
MYANMAR
WENCHUAN, CHINA
EARTHQUAKE
FLOODS: MIDWESTERN USA
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
BUILDING CAPACITY
16 ATLANTIC STORMS: FAY,
GUSTAV, HANNA, IKE, …
WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA
ERUPTION OF VOLCANO
CHAITEN, CHILE
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
2007’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER
KNOWLEDGE
NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR
MAKING COMMUNITIES
DISASTER RESILIENT
GLOBAL FLOODS: CHINA,
MEXICO, SE ASIA, USA, …
EARTHQUAKES IN
INDONESIA,PERU, JAPAN
14 TYPHOONS: MAN-YI,
PABUK, SEPAT,,…
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
BUILDING CAPACITY
17 ATLANTIC STORMS:
DEAN, FELIX,WIPHA, …
WILDFIRES IN EUROPE AND
CALIFORNIA
DROUGHTS; HEAT WAVES IN
EUROPE, USA
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
2006’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER
KNOWLEDGE
NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR
MAKING COMMUNITIES
DISASTER RESILIENT
THE YEAR OF EL NINO AND
A BERMUDA HIGH
22 PACIFIC TYPHOONS:
BILIS, PRAPIROON, SAOMAI
FLOODS: ELBE, DANUBE, USA,
N KOREA, MALAYSIA, CHINA
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
BUILDING CAPACITY
9 ATLANTIC STORMS:
HELENE, GORDON, …
13 CYCLONES: GLENDA,
LARRY, MONICA, …
QUAKES: GUJARAT, INDIA,;
HAWAII, KAMCHATKA, …
WILDFIRES: AUSTRALIA,
CALIFORNIA
2005’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER
KNOWLEDGE
NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR
MAKING COMMUNITIES
DISASTER RESILIENT
28 ATLANTIC TROPICAL
STORMS AND HURRICANES
HURRICANES KATRINA,
RITA, STAN, AND WILMA
ERUPTION S: ILAMATEPEC
IN El SALVADOR; MERAPI
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
BUILDING CAPACITY
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE
13 TYPHOONS: HAITANG,
LONGWANG, MATSA, …
FLOODS: ROMANIA, AUSTRIA,
GERMANY, GUJARAT, …
PORTUGAL WILDFIRES
2004’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER
KNOWLEDGE
NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR
MAKING COMMUNITIES
DISASTER RESILIENT
ATLANTIC STORMS: BONNIE,
CHARLIE, IVAN, JEANNE
INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE
AUSTRALIAN REGION
CYCLONES: MEENA, NANCY
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
BUILDING CAPACITY
TYPHOONS MEGI, CHABA,
SONGDA,TOKAGE, WINNIE
INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI
FLOODS: INDIA, PAKISTAN,
BANGLADESH, NEPAL
NIIGATA EARTHQUAKE AND
LANDSLIDES
2003’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER
KNOWLEDGE
NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR
MAKING COMMUNITIES
DISASTER RESILIENT
21 STORMS; HURRICANES
FABIAN, ISABEL, AND JUAN
BAM, IRAN AND BOURMEDES, ALGERIA QUAKES
15 PACIFIC TYPHOONS; SIX
INDIAN OCEAN CYCLONES
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR
BUILDING CAPACITY
SANTA FE ARGENTINA
FLOOD
OKANAGAN WILDFIRE:
BRITISH COLOMBIA, CANADA
EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE
NORTH AMERICAN
BLIZZARD
LIVING WITH RISK
A DISASTER
DECREASED
CAPABILITIES OF
COMMUNITY
INCREASED
DEMANDS ON
COMMUNITY
LIVING WITH RISK
GOAL: DISASTER
RESILIENCE
INCREASED
DEMANDS ON
COMMUNITY
DECREASED
CAPABILITIES OF
COMMUNITY
KEY ELEMENT FOR SUCCESS
• LEADERS, WHO CAN FIND
“MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES”
FOR INCREASING COLLABORATION
COLLABORATION
FUNCTIONAL
NETWORKING
CHANNELS
ORGANIZATION
NETWORKING
CHANNELS
TECHNIQUES
AND
TECHNOLOGIES
DISASTER & HAZARD
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
COMMUNITY
INFORMATION
NETWORKING
CHANNELS
STAKEHOLDERS
ACADEMIA
Stratec Consulting
MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR
COLLABORATION TO BECOME DISASTER
RESILIENT
RESEARCH
OPPORTUNITIES
•
KNOWLEDGE
AND
TECHNOLOGY
BASES
EDUCATIONAL
SURGES
• PREPAREDNESS
• PROTECTION
• MONITORING AND
WARNING
• RESPONSE
POSTDISASTER
INVESTIGATIONS
• RECOVERY
TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENCE
MAXIMIZING BENEFITS IN EACH PHASE OF THE
DISASTER REDUCTION PLANNING CYCLE :
PROTECTION
PREPAREDNESS
ALL ELEMENTS
ARE
INTEGRATED
RECOVERY
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
COLLABORATION
W3 MODEL FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING
WHAT
DO WE
WANT?
WHAT
DO WE
HAVE?
CA
WHAT
CAN WE
DO?
S P
O T
IT CAN BS DONE!
• TOWARDS
DISASTER
RESILIENCE