IMPROVING YOUR COMMUNITY’S CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

1. IMPROVING YOUR COMMUNITY’S CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION 2010 IS A GOOD TIME FOR EVERY COMMUNITY TO BUILD CAPACITY Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

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

3. HAITI EARTH-QUAKE; JANUARY 12, 2010 FLOODS IN PAKISTAN: JULY-AUGUST, 2010 …AND MORE WITH MORE TO COME 2010 ALREADY HAS DISASTERS TO LEARN FROM…

4. KEY ELEMENT FOR SUCCESS • LEADERS, WHO CAN INCREASE COLLABORATION

5. COLLABORATION DURING ALLPHASES OF DISASTER REDUCTION PLANNING IS THE BEST WAY FOR YOUR COMMUNITY TO REDUCE ITS DISASTER RISK

6. COLLABOTATION REDUCES RISK MAXIMIZING BENEFITS IN EACH PHASE OF THE DISASTER REDUCTION PLANNING CYCLE : MITIGATION PREPAREDNESS ALL ELEMENTS ARE INTERRELATED RECOVERY & RECONSTRUCTION EMERGENCY RESPONSE

7. 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

8. START BY REVISITING YOUR COMMUNITY’S GOALS AND POLICIES, AND LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO COLLABORATE RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR COMMUNITY MAY BE AT HIGH DISASTER RISK NOW

9. BE HONEST ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY’S CAPACITY TO COPE WITH THE INEVITABLE: DISASTER-CAUSING EVENTS ASK: ARE WE MAKING ANY OF THE MISTAKES THAT LED TO DISASTERS DURING 2003, …, 2010?

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. HAZARD MAPS • INVENTORY • VULNERABILITY • CAPACITY • PREPAREDNESS • MITIGATION • MONITORING • EM RESPONSE • RECOVERY & RECONST. RISK ASSESSMENT GOAL: NO DISASTERS ACCEPTABLE RISK RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DATA BASES AND INFORMATION YOUR COMMUNITY HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

18. 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 DISASTER RISK REDUCTION THE KNOWLEDGE BASE APPLICATIONS CONTINUING EDUCATION

19. SUCCESS: “WHO SAID IT CAN’T BE DONE” • TOWARDS DISASTER RISK REDUCTION FOR YOUR COMMUNITY

20. SUCCESS: “WHO SAID IT CAN’T BE DONE” • TOWARDS NEW CUTTINIG EDGEPROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE COLLABORATION AND BUILD “HELPING HANDS.”