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WHAT IS KEEPING YOUR COMMUNITY FROM BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT?

WHAT IS KEEPING YOUR COMMUNITY FROM BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT?. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA. THE WORLD’S COMMUNITIES FACE DISASTERS FROM:. FLOODS SEVERE WINDSTORMS EARTHQUAKES TSUNAMIS DROUGHTS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES

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WHAT IS KEEPING YOUR COMMUNITY FROM BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT?

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  1. WHAT IS KEEPING YOUR COMMUNITY FROM BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT? Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

  2. THE WORLD’S COMMUNITIES FACE DISASTERS FROM: • FLOODS • SEVERE WINDSTORMS • EARTHQUAKES • TSUNAMIS • DROUGHTS • VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS • LANDSLIDES • WILDFIRES

  3. 4 PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE • HAZARD MAPS • INVENTORY • VULNERABILITY • LOCATION • BEST POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR: • PREPAREDNESS • PROTECTION • RESPONSE & RECOVERY RISK ASSESSMENT ACCEPTABLE RISK RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK ANTICIPATORY DECISIONS YOUR COMMUNITY DATA BASES AND INFORMATION HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

  4. Real and Near- Real Time Information From Monitoring Relocation/Rerouting of Cities and City Lifelines Global Risk Assessments Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Characterization Using Risk Assessments to Form Public Policy Global Disaster Scenarios National Academies of Science & Engineering Best Practices for Mitigation Adaptation and Monitoring Implement Modern Codes and Lifeline Standards Expanding Use of New Technologies Situational Data Bases International Collaboration on Educational Surges Becoming a Disaster Intelligent Community Cause & Effect Relationships Global Post Disaster Studies Anticipatory Actions for all Events and all Situations Interfaces with all Real- and Near Real-Time Sources Gateways to a Deeper Understanding WE KNOW WHAT TO DO A CONTINUUM OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IS AVAILABLE TO EVERY COMMUNITY FOR BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT THE KNOWLEDGE BASE APPLICATIONS CONTINUING EDUCATION

  5. JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE M9.0 MARCH 10, 2010 …FOLLOWED BY A MAJOR TSUNAMI 2011 HAD A MAJOR DISASTER TO LEARN FROM…

  6. NOTABLE DISASTERS AND CATASTROPHES DURING 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

  7. HAITI EARTH-QUAKE; M7.0 JANUARY 12, 2010 …FOLLOWED BY AFTERSHOCKS 2010 HAD A MAJOR DISASTER TO LEARN FROM…

  8. 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

  9. TYPHOONS …FOLLOWED BY STORM SURGE, HEAVY RAIN FAIL, WINDS, AND MUDFLOWS 2009 HAD MAJOR DISASTERS TO LEARN FROM…

  10. 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 OPPOR-TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY EARTHQUAKES IN ITALY, AM. SAMOA, AND INDONESIA WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA, GREECE,AND AUSTRALIA FLOODS: USA, ITALY, TURKEY, ENGLAND, … GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

  11. 2008’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE CYCLONE NARGIS IN MYANMAR NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT WENCHUAN, CHINA EARTHQUAKE FLOODS: MIDWESTERN USA NEW OPPOR-TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY 16 ATLANTIC STORMS: FAY, GUSTAV, HANNA, IKE, … WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA ERUPTION OF VOLCANO CHAITEN, CHILE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

  12. 2007’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE GLOBAL FLOODS: CHINA, MEXICO, SE ASIA, USA, … NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT EARTHQUAKES IN INDONESIA,PERU, JAPAN 14 TYPHOONS: MAN-YI, PABUK, SEPAT,,… NEW OPPOR-TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY 17 ATLANTIC STORMS: DEAN, FELIX,WIPHA, … WILDFIRES IN EUROPE AND CALIFORNIA DROUGHTS; HEAT WAVES IN EUROPE, USA GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

  13. 2006’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE THE YEAR OF EL NINO AND A BERMUDA HIGH NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT 22 PACIFIC TYPHOONS: BILIS, PRAPIROON, SAOMAI FLOODS: ELBE, DANUBE, USA, N KOREA, MALAYSIA, CHINA NEW OPPOR-TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY 9 ATLANTIC STORMS: HELENE, GORDON, … 13 CYCLONES: GLENDA, LARRY, MONICA, … QUAKES: GUJARAT, INDIA,; HAWAII, KAMCHATKA, … WILDFIRES: AUSTRALIA, CALIFORNIA

  14. 2005’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE 28 ATLANTIC TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT HURRICANES KATRINA, RITA, STAN, AND WILMA ERUPTION S: ILAMATEPEC IN El SALVADOR; MERAPI NEW OPPOR-TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE 13 TYPHOONS: HAITANG, LONGWANG, MATSA, … FLOODS: ROMANIA, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, GUJARAT, … PORTUGAL WILDFIRES

  15. 2004’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE ATLANTIC STORMS: BONNIE, CHARLIE, IVAN, JEANNE NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE AUSTRALIAN REGION CYCLONES: MEENA, NANCY NEW OPPOR-TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY TYPHOONS MEGI, CHABA, SONGDA,TOKAGE, WINNIE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI FLOODS: INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, NEPAL NIIGATA EARTHQUAKE AND LANDSLIDES

  16. 2003’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE 21 STORMS; HURRICANES FABIAN, ISABEL, AND JUAN NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT BAM, IRAN AND BOUR-MEDES, ALGERIA QUAKES 15 PACIFIC TYPHOONS; SIX INDIAN OCEAN CYCLONES NEW OPPOR-TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY SANTA FE ARGENTINA FLOOD OKANAGAN WILDFIRE: BRITISH COLOMBIA, CANADA EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE NORTH AMERICAN BLIZZARD

  17. COLLABORATION DURING ALL4 PHASES OF DISASTER RESILIENCE PLANNING IS THE BEST WAY FORWARD

  18. KEY ELEMENT FOR SUCCESS • LEADERS, WHO CAN FIND“MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES” FOR INCREASING COLLABORATION

  19. RESEARCH POSTDISASTER INVESTIGATIONS MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR COLLABORATION TO REDUCE DISASTER RISK • OPPORTUNITIES • EDUCATIONAL SURGES • PREVENTION & MITIGATION • PREPAREDNESS • MONITORING AND WARNING • EMERGENCY RESPONSE • RECOVERY & RECON-STRUCTION. TECHNOLOGY BASE

  20. MAXIMIZE BENEFIT/COST MAXIMIZING BENEFITS IN EACH PHASE OF THE DISASTER REDUCTION PLANNING CYCLE : MITIGATION PREPAREDNESS ALL ELEMENTS ARE INTERRELATED RECOVERY & RECONSTRUCTION EMERGENCY RESPONSE

  21. START BY REVISITING YOUR COMMUNITY’S GOALS AND POLICIES, AND LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO IMPLEMENT THEM RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR COMMUNITY MAY BE THINKING INSIDE A BOX

  22. BE HONEST ABOUT THE BOX YOUR COMMUNITY IS IN AND START THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO TEAR DOWN THE WALLS ASK: ARE WE MAKING ANY OF THE MISTAKES THAT LED TO DISASTERS DURING 2003, …, 2010?

  23. LIVING WITH RISK GOAL: BALANCE DEMAND WITH CAPACITY INCREASED DEMANDS ON COMMUNITY DECREASED CAPABILITIES OF COMMUNITY

  24. LIVING WITH RISK FAILURE DECREASED CAPABILITIES OF COMMUNITY INCREASED DEMANDS ON COMMUNITY

  25. WHAT DO WE HAVE? CA WHAT CAN WE DO? S P O T STRATEGIC PLANNING ENHANCES COLLABORATION W3 MODEL FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING WHAT DO WE WANT?

  26. COLLABORATION TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES FUNCTIONAL NETWORKING CHANNELS INFORMATION NETWORKING CHANNELS DISASTER & HAZARD INFORMATIONSYSTEMS ORGANIZATION NETWORKING CHANNELS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ACADEMIA Stratec Consulting

  27. SUCCESS IS SWEET! • TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENCE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY

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