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Developing a World Centre of Excellence on Landslides

This article discusses the establishment of the World Centre of Excellence on Landslides in Croatia and its efforts to reduce the risk of landslides. It highlights the research and practical applications carried out through the Japanese-Croatian SATREPS project, including landslide mapping, monitoring, and the development of an early warning system. The article also emphasizes the importance of international collaboration and knowledge sharing in disaster risk reduction.

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Developing a World Centre of Excellence on Landslides

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  1. Developing a World Centre of Excellence on Landslides Prepared by: PhD Robert Mikac, Commander of Civil Protection of the Republic of Croatia Prof. Dr. Snjezana Mihalic Arbanas, Croatian Landslide Group, WCoE Prof. Dr. Zeljko Arbanas, Croatian Landslide Group, WCoE

  2. Natural disasters in Croatia Natural Disasters Map Source: Threat assessment of the Republic of Croatia 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015

  3. Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction • Established 2009 as “multisectoral and interdisciplinary in practice and involving the general public, civil society and all interested parties in the country“ • The tasks and objectives - the exchange and coordination of knowledge, experience and views on the need for action to reduce disaster risk, risk assessment, harmonization of activities www.platforma.hr 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015

  4. Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction • Platform consists of Croatian governmental entities: national emergency management and local and regional governmental bodies • Platform is part of network supporting forming of national knowledge and information center for disaster risk reduction encompassing national agencies which collects information about the hazardous events 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015

  5. World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Disaster Reduction • The need for good science as an input to policy makingis so readily apparent when we talk about public safety in a face of natural hazards World Centre of Excellence on Landslides in Croatia (2014-2017) Bilateral scientific joint-research Japanese-Croatian SATREPS project (2009-2014) 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015

  6. Japanese-Croatian SATREPS project on Landslides (2009-2014) 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015

  7. Japanese-Croatian SATREPS project on Landslides (2009-2014) Landslide mapping using advanced technologies for identification of landslide risk to engineering structures (dam) and indirect threats by flooding 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015

  8. Japanese-Croatian SATREPS project on Landslides (2009-2014) Landslide monitoring using advanced technologies for monitoring of landslide movement and landslide causal factors 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015

  9. Japanese-Croatian SATREPS project on Landslides (2009-2014) Infrastructure for development of early warning system of the large landslide in urban city area, Kostanjek Landslide 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015

  10. Japanese-Croatian SATREPS project on Landslides (2009-2014) ICL, International Consortium on Landslides is an international non-governmental and non-profit scientific organization, supported by the UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNISDR, UNU, ICSU, WFEO i IUGS, the Government of Japan; and others. The Croatian Landslide Group and the Emergency Management Office of the City of Zagreb become ICL member during SATREPS project period 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015

  11. Japanese-Croatian SATREPS project on Landslides (2009-2014) Participants of the 1st Regional Symposium on Landslides in the Adriatic-Balkan Region (Zagreb, Croatia, 2013) organized by ICL ABN 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015

  12. World Centre of Excellence on Landslides • Practical application of scientific results during disastrous events of massive landslide activation in Croatia in 2013 and 2014 • Analysis of spatial distribution of massive activation of landslides in NW Croatia (WHERE IS LANDSLIDE HAZARD?) • Analysis of triggering factors of massive activation of landslides in NW Croatia, i.e., identification of precipitation threshold (WHEN AND WHY LANDSLIDE HAZARD APPEARS?) • Development of real-time landslide monitoring for the purpose of early warning system (Kostanjek landslide in Zagreb) (WARINING OF CITIZENS AND RESCUE SERVICES) • Numerical modeling of disastrous landslides for the purpose of risk identification (Grohovo-Valici Reservoir landslide near Rijeka) (ACCEPTABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE RISK) 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015

  13. World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Disaster Reduction • Practical application of scientific results related to policy making and strategic planning for disaster preparedness: • Landslide risk management at the level of local government(e.g., cooperation with the county City od Zagreb, the City of Karlovac) • Landslide risk management at the level of national government (e.g., cooperation with the National Protectionand Rescue Directorate of the Republic of Croatia) • Networking to support forming of national knowledge and information center for disaster risk reduction(e.g., cooperation with the Croatian National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction) 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015

  14. Conclusion • Next step we took during WCDDR in Sendai, we started to prepare to get full integration of the Croatian National Platform and the Croatian WCoE on Landslide Risk Reduction for disaster risk reduction by signing 'Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 for Global Promotion of Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk' 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015

  15. ICL World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Disaster Reduction connectinglandslide science with the society THANK YOU FOR YOURATTENTION! PhD Robert Mikac, robert.mikac@duzs.hr Prof. Dr. Snjezana Mihalic Arbanas, smihalic@rgn.hr Prof. Dr. Željko Arbanas, zeljko.arbanas@gradri.unir.hr National Protection and Rescue Directorate of the Republic of Croatia http://www.duzs.hr/ Croatian Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction http://www.platforma.hr/ Croatian Landslide Portal http://www.klizista-hr.com/ 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015

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