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

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