1 / 59

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

DISASTER RECOVERY A PILLAR OF DISASTER RESILIENCE PART 1: RECOVERY FROM FLOOD-- AND SEVERE WINDSTORM --DISASTERS . Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA.

bethan
Download Presentation

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. DISASTER RECOVERYA PILLAR OF DISASTER RESILIENCEPART 1: RECOVERY FROM FLOOD-- AND SEVERE WINDSTORM --DISASTERS Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

  2. The Timely and Effective Concentration of Resources to Restore Critical Infrastructure and Financial Systems, and Resume Normal Life After a Disaster

  3. THE FOCUS:A TIMELY, EFFECTIVE, AND SUSTAINED RECOVERY PROCESS AFTER A DISASTER

  4. NATURAL HAZARDS CAN CAUSE COMPLEX DISASTERS AND COMPLICATED RECOVERY SITUATIONS

  5. 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

  6. A DISASTER OCCURS WHEN A CITY’S PUBLIC POLICIES ALLOW IT TO BECOME … UN—PREPARED UN—PROTECTED UN—ABLE TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY NON—RESILIENT TO THE DISASTER AGENTS OF A NATURAL HAZARD

  7. YOU ARE RECOVERY-READY WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT IS NEEDED TO RESTORE SOCIETAL FUNCTIONS BEFORE A DISASTER EVER HAPPENS

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN … IT’S POLICIES NOT ONLY ENABLE IT TO RESPOND TO A DISASTER, BUT ALSO FACILITATES A QUICK, SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY FROM ITS SOCIETAL IMPACTS

  12. FLOOD DISASTERS

  13. RECOVERY MUST DEAL WITH LOSS OF FUNCTION OF STRUCTURES IN FLOODPLAIN INUNDATION HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CONTENTS DAMAGED BY WATER FLOODS WATER BORNE DISEASES (HEALTH PROBLEMS) CASE HISTORIES EROSION AND MUDFLOWS CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER

  14. FLOOD DISASTER RECOVERY IS FACILITATED BY PUBLIC POLICIES THAT INTEGRATE RESEARCH, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON THE FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE WITH THE CITY’S (OR REGION’S) POLITICAL PROCESS

  15. GREAT QUEENSLAND FLOOD INUNDATES 22 TOWNS, DISPLACES 200,000, KILLS 35, AND CAUSES LOSSES OF OVER $5 BILLION IN AUSTRALIA DECEMBER 10 – JANUARY 10, 2011

  16. NEW SOUTH WALES: 45 FLOOD DISASTER ZONES

  17. Saint Lucia, May 2011 Roseau river near Morne d'Or Photo Credit: Veronica Simon

  18. MISSISSIPPI RIVER BARGE TRAFFIC HALTED: MAY 6

  19. FLOODING CAUSED BY NON-STOP RAIN DEVASTATES WESTERN TANZANIA DEATH TOLL REACHES 8 AS 3,500 LEFT HOMELESS, BUT WORST IS YET TO COME AS RAINY SEASON CONTINUES MAY 6, 2011 AND FOLLOWING

  20. WESTERN TANZANIA: INUNDATION

  21. RECORD FLOODING IN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA:MUDSLIDES EXACERBATE DISASTER IN S. KOREA TUESDAY, JULY 20 - THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2011

  22. NORTH KOREA: SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2011

  23. FLOODING IN BANKOK, THAILAND AREAWorst flooding in 50 YearsJULY - OCTOBER, 2011

  24. OVER 370 DEAD AND LOSSES IN EXCESS OF $6 BILLION FROM PROLONGED FLOODING

  25. BANGKOK: SWIMMING IN FLOOD WATERS THAT LASTED 1 MONTH

  26. BANGKOK: OCTOBER 28

  27. CHINATOWN AREA OF BANGKOK: OCTOBER 28

  28. LLIGAN, THE PHILIPPINES; DEC. 2011: A FLASH FLOOD DISASTER Residents awakened at 2:30 am to find an inundated city and homes flooded by a month’s rain falling in 10 hours.

  29. SEVERE WINDSTORM DISASTERS RECOVERY IS COMPLICATED WHEN MULTIPLE NATIONS (OR STATES) ARE IMPACTED

  30. RECOVERY MUST DEAL WITH WIND AND WATER PENETRATING BUILDING ENVELOPE UPLIFT OF ROOF SYSTEM DEBRIS STORM SURGE AND HEAVY PRECIPITATION SEVERE WINDSTORMS RECONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE CASE HISTORIES POOR WORKMANSHIP FAILURE OF NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

  31. RECOVERY FROM SEVERE WINDSTORM DISASTERS IS FACILITATED BY PUBLIC POLICIES THAT INTEGRATE RESEARCH, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON THE FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE WITH THE NATION’S (OR REGION’S) POLITICAL PROCESS (ES)

  32. CYCLONE YASI STRIKES NORTHERN QUEENSLAND STATE, AUSTRALIA CAT 5 monster storm made landfall with winds gusting to 300 km/hr FEBRUARY 2-26, 2011

  33. PATH OF CYCLONE YASI: JANUARY 25, 2011

  34. IRENENinth Storm andthe First Hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic Basin Storm Season August 21 to August 31 2011

  35. PONCE AGOSTO, PR: FLOODING; AUGUST 24th

  36. HISPANOLA: SWOLLEN NIGUA RIVER SAN CRISTOBAL; AUG 24th

  37. BARACOA, CUBA: AUG 24:

  38. Hundreds of homes destroyed in Bahamas

  39. AUG 27: 7:30 AM LANDFALL IN OUTER BANKS, NC

  40. AUG 27: NAGS HEAD POWER OUTAGES

  41. AUG 28: HATTERAS ISLAND, NC

  42. AUG 24: NAVY DESTROYER LEAVING NORFOLK NAVAL STATION

  43. AUG 26: EVACUATIONS BEGIN IN NEW JERSEY

  44. TRENTON, NJ: ASSUNPINK CREEK FLOODING CLOSES AMTRACK

  45. AUG 28: FLOODING IN STATEN ISLAND

  46. AUG 28: SCHUYLKILL RIVER OVERFLOWS BANKS AND INVADES THE TOWN

  47. SPRING LAKE, NJ: BOARDWALK DESTROYED

  48. AUG 28: OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND

  49. RECOVERY BECAME MORE COMPLICATED AFTER IRENE’S EXITRECORD-TO-NEAR-RECORD FLOODING IN NEW ENGLAND AND CANADA HAPPENED AS RESULT OF THE RUNOFF AFTER IRENE’S EXIT AUGUST 29 ---30, 2011

  50. VERMONT: FLOODING

More Related