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LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST NOTABLE DISASTERS KAZAKHSTAN PART 2: EARTHQUAKE. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA . KAZAKSTAN COPING WITH EARTHQUAKE RISK IN AN AREA OF CONTINENTIAL COLLISION. LOCATION OF KAZAKHSTAN.
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LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST NOTABLE DISASTERSKAZAKHSTANPART 2: EARTHQUAKE Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA
KAZAKSTANCOPING WITH EARTHQUAKE RISK IN AN AREA OF CONTINENTIAL COLLISION
THE M8.4 CHILIK EARTHQUAKE OF JULY 31, 1889 • One of the world’s largest historic intraplate reverse-faulting events. • Many landslides occurred in the region of the Chilik and Charyn rivers and in the mountains..
THE M8.4 CHILIK EARTHQUAKE OF JULY 31, 1889 (continued) • Many buildings collapsed from the strong ground shaking..
RECENT EARTHQUAKE:11:28 PM, MAY 31, 2012 • A strong, shallow, but much smaller earthquake occurred near the Altyn Emel National Park area, a sparsely populated part of Eastern Kazakhstan, about 50 km from the epicenter of the 1889 Chilik quake.
HAZARDS EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY LOCATION ELEMENTS OF RISK RISK
RISK ASSESSMENT FOR A COMMUNITY RISK = HAZARD x EXPOSURE SPECIFIC HAZARD: EXPOSURE: PEOPLE BUILDING STOCK INFRASTRUCTURE GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
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
A DISASTER OCCURS WHEN THE NATIONAL POLICIES ALLOW IT TO BE … UN—PREPARED UN—PROTECTED UN—ABLE TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY UN (NON)--RESILIENT
THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE 1. PREPAREDNESS(HAZARD, VULNERABILITY, AND RISK ASSESSMENTS; PREDICTIONS, FORECASTS AND WARNING; DISASTER PLANNING SCENARIOS; INSURANCE; INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY); …
KAZAKHSTAN: HAZARD, VULNERABILITY, AND RISK ASSESSMENTS • WHERE WILL THE NEXT BIG QUAKE OCCUR? • WHEN? • THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS? • HOW BIG OR SEVERE? • WHAT IS AT RISK? • THEIR VULNERABILITIES? • EXPECTED DAMAGE? • EXPECTED SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS?
KAZAKHSTAN: HAZARD, VULNERABILITY, AND RISK ASSESSMENTS • WHERE WILL THE NEXT BIG QUAKE OCCUR? • WHEN? • THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS? • HOW BIG OR SEVERE? • WHAT IS AT RISK? • THEIR VULNERABILITIES? • EXPECTED DAMAGE? • EXPECTED SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS?
THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE (Continued) 2. PROTECTION (IMPLEMENTATION OF BUILDING CODES AND LIFELINE STANDARDS; SITE-SPECIFIC DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR ESSENTIAL AND CRITICAL FACILITIES) …
IMPORTANT BUILDINGS AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEED PROTECTION
THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE (Continued) 3. EARLY WARNING (but not yet for earthquakes (ADVANCE WARNING MESSAGES, EVACUATION TO SAFE HAVENS, MASS CARE, RETURN TO HOMES OR TEMPORARY SHELTERS…)
THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE (Continued) 4. EMERGENCY RESPONSE (EVACUATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL; MASS CARE; SEARCH AND RESCUE; EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION, LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE)…
FROM UN—ABLE TO RESPOND EFECTIVELY TO “INTELLIGENT” RESPONSE
THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE (Continued) 4. RECOVERY &RECONSTRUCTION; (INSURANCE INDEMNIFICATION, LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL BUSINESS RESUMPTION; POST-DISASTER STUDIES FOR PRE-DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, …)
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
A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN … ITS PEOPLE, BUILDINGS, INFRASTRUCTURE, ESSENTIAL AND CRITICAL FACILITIES ARE PROTECTED BY CODES & STANDARDS AGAINST THE POTENTIAL DISASTER AGENTS OF LIKELY NATURAL HAZARDS
A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN … IT IS ABLE TO: A) RESPOND EFFECTIVELY IN REAL TIME TO MOVE PEOLE OUT OF HARM’S WAY, B) MEET THEIR NEEDS IN A CRISIS ENVIRONMENT, AND C) PROTECT ASSETS, WITH AND WITHOUT HELP
A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN … IT’S POLICIES NOT ONLY RESIST DISASTERS WITHOUT FAILING, BUT ALSO ARE MANDATES TO LOOK BEYOND TO A FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMNT
DISASTER RESILIENCE INTEGRATES RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM “DISASTER LABORATORIES” WITH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND THE COMMUNITY’S POLITICAL PROCESS TO ADOPT REALISTIC PUBLIC POLICIES FORD
POLITICAL SOLUTIONS CA COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE WHAT’S NEEDED: TO FIND THE COMMON AGENDA (CA) OF TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL SOLUTIONS TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS
POLITICAL SOLUTIONS CA STAPLE FACTORS S P O T THE EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE FACT: THE COMMON AGENDA IS BASED ON EACH COMMUNITY’S UNIQUE STAPLE FACTORS TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS