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DISASTER RECOVERY A PILLAR OF DISASTER RESILIENCE PART 2: EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS

DISASTER RECOVERY A PILLAR OF DISASTER RESILIENCE PART 2: EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA.

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DISASTER RECOVERY A PILLAR OF DISASTER RESILIENCE PART 2: EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS

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  1. DISASTER RECOVERYA PILLAR OF DISASTER RESILIENCEPART 2: EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

  2. The Timely and Effective Concentration of Resources to Restore Critical Infrastructure, Financial Systems, and Development to Normal (or Better) After a Disaster

  3. THE FOCUS:EMERGING FROM A DISASTER WITH A TIMELY, COST-EFFECTIVE, AND SUSTAINED RECOVERY PROCESS

  4. A RECOVERY-READY CITY KNOWS WHAT IS NEEDED TO RESTORE SOCIETAL SYSTEMS AND DEVELOPMENT BEFORE DISASTER HAPPENS

  5. A DISASTER OCCURS WHEN A CITY’S PUBLIC POLICIES ALLOW IT TO BECOME … UN—PREPARED UN—PROTECTED UN—ABLE TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY NON—RESILIENT AFTER A DISASTER

  6. A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN IT IS … PREPARED FOR THE INEVITABLE NATURAL HAZARDS THAT ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR AT THE WRONG TIME AND IN THE WRONG PLACE RELATIVE TO THE CITY’S SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS

  7. A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN … ITS PEOPLE, BUILDINGS, INFRASTRUCTURE, ESSENTIAL AND CRITICAL FACILITIES ARE PROTECTED BY CODES, STANDARDS, ETC AGAINST THE POTENTIAL DISASTER AGENTS OF LIKELY NATURAL HAZARDS

  8. A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN … IT IS ABLE TO: A) RESPOND INTELLIGENTLY IN REAL TIME TO MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF HARM’S WAY, B) MEET THEIR NEEDS IN AN EMERGENCY, AND C) RESTORE THE CITY’S BASIC FUNCTIONS

  9. A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN … IT’S POLICIES NOT ONLY ENABLE IT TO RESPOND TO A DISASTER, BUT ALSO TO FACILITATE A QUICK, COST-EFFECTIVE, AND SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY PROCESS

  10. NATURAL HAZARDS CAN CAUSE COMPLEX DISASTERS AND CHALLENGING RECOVERY SITUATIONS

  11. EARTHQUAKE DISASTERS

  12. RECOVERY MUST DEAL WITH DAMAGED BUILDINGS COLLAPSED BUILDINGS FAILURE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE LANDSLIDES (INCLUDING “QUAKE LAKES) EARTHQUAKES FLOODING FROM UTILITY FAILURE AND DAM FAILURE CASE HISTORIES FIRES RADIATION RELEASE

  13. EARTHQUAKES STRIKE CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND A SHALLOW (4.1 KM), M6.3 QUAKE LOCATED 5 KM FROM CHRISTCHURCH WAS MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN DEEP ONE

  14. EPICENTRES: SEPT 2010 AND FEB 2011 EARTHQUAKES

  15. CHRISTCHURCH CITY CENTRE: “A WAR ZONE”

  16. CHRISTCHURCH CITY CENTRE: “A WAR ZONE”

  17. PYNE GOULD GUINESS BUILDING: COLLAPSED

  18. COLLAPSED BUILDING; CHRISTCHURCH

  19. COLLAPSE: A BAPTIST CHURCH

  20. CRUSHED CARS: CHRISTCHURCH

  21. BARACADED BUILDING; CHRISTCHURCH

  22. INTERIOR CONTENTS

  23. SEARCH AND RESCUE WORKERS

  24. 40 MILLION TON ICE CHUNK DISLODGED FROM TASMAN GLACIER

  25. DISLODGED ICE IN TASMAN LAKE

  26. CHRISTCHURCH SUBURB, BEXLEY: FLOODED

  27. TSUNAMI DISASTERS RECOVERY CAN INVOLVE MANY NATIONS (e.g., The Pacific Rim or the Indian Ocean Countries)

  28. RECOVERY MUST DEAL WITH LOSS OF BUILDINGS FROM WAVE RUN UP LOSS OF INFRASTRUCTURE FROM WAVE RUN UP FLOODING DEBRIS REMOVAL TSUNAMIS HOMELESS CASE HISTORIES RECONSTRUCTION RADIATION RELEASE

  29. M9.0 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI IMPACTS JAPAN WITH THE TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES 4TH LARGEST QUAKE EVER 3 – 10 M TSUNAMI WAVES 2:46 pm MARCH 11, 2011

  30. FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR FACILITY HAD 3 FAILURES

  31. FIRE: NEAR SENDAI AIRPORT

  32. PASSENGERS STRANDED: SENDAI STATION

  33. TSUNAMI WAVES:NATON MYIAGI PREFECTURE

  34. OARAI INUNDATED BY TSUNAMI

  35. TSUNAMI WAVES REACH COAST OF NORTHERN JAPAN

  36. SENDAI AIRPORT

  37. SENDAI AIRPORT: COVERED WITH MUD FROM TSUNAMI

  38. SENDAI AIRPORT: COVERED WITH CARS, MUD, & DEBRIS

  39. SEARCH AND RESCUE: RIKUZENTAKADA

  40. SEARCH AND RESCUE: TOYOMA

  41. FOUR PILLARS OF RESILIENCE • NATURAL HAZARDS • INVENTORY • VULNERABILITY • LOCATION • PREPAREDNESS • PROTECTION • EMERGENCY RESPONSE • RECOVERY IENCE RISK ASSESSMENT ACCEPTABLE RISK RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK GOAL: DISASTER RESILIENCE DATA BASES AND INFORMATION COMMUNITY HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

  42. FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE ARE INTERCONNECTED PREPAREDNESS PROTECTION ALL ELEMENTS ARE INTERRELATED RECOVERY EMERGENCY RESPONSE

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