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

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• WILDFIRES

YOUR YOUR COMMUNITCOMMUNIT

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YOUR YOUR COMMUNITCOMMUNIT

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DATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATIONDATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATION

HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

•HAZARD MAPS•INVENTORY•VULNERABILITY•LOCATION

RISK ASSESSMENTRISK ASSESSMENT

RISK

ACCEPTABLE RISK

UNACCEPTABLE RISK

ANTICIPATORY ANTICIPATORY DECISIONS DECISIONS

BEST POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR:•PREPAREDNESS•PROTECTION•RESPONSE & RECOVERY

4 PILLARS OF DISASTER 4 PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE

WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO

THE KNOWLEDGE BASE

Best Practices for Mitigation Adaptation and Monitoring

Gateways to a Deeper Understanding

Real and Near- Real Time Information From Monitoring

Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Characterization

Anticipatory Actions for all Events and all Situations

Situational Data Bases

Interfaces with all Real- and Near Real-Time Sources

Cause & Effect Relationships

APPLICATIONS

Implement Modern Codes and Lifeline Standards

Relocation/Rerouting of Cities and City Lifelines

Using Risk Assessments to Form Public Policy

Expanding Use of New Technologies

Becoming a Disaster Intelligent Community

CONTINUING EDUCATION

National Academies of Science & Engineering

Global Risk Assessments

Global Disaster Scenarios

International Collaboration on Educational Surges

Global Post Disaster Studies

A CONTINUUM OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IS AVAILABLE TO A CONTINUUM OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IS AVAILABLE TO EVERY COMMUNITY FOR BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENTEVERY COMMUNITY FOR BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT

A CONTINUUM OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IS AVAILABLE TO A CONTINUUM OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IS AVAILABLE TO EVERY COMMUNITY FOR BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENTEVERY COMMUNITY FOR BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT

2011 HAD A MAJOR DISASTER TO LEARN FROM…

• JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE

• M9.0

• MARCH 10, 2010

• …FOLLOWED BY A MAJOR TSUNAMI

NOTABLE DISASTERS AND CATASTROPHES DURING NOTABLE DISASTERS AND CATASTROPHES DURING 20112011

NOTABLE DISASTERS AND CATASTROPHES DURING NOTABLE DISASTERS AND CATASTROPHES DURING 20112011

FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA

EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI IN JAPAN

WILDFIRES IN ARIZONA AND TEXAS

HURRICANE IRENE AND TROPIAL STORM LEE

FLOODS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI River

SUPER TORNADO OUTBREAK

CATALYSTS FOR CHANGECATALYSTS FOR CHANGE

NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMUNITY DISASTER COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION RISK REDUCTION

NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMUNITY DISASTER COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION RISK REDUCTION

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

2010 HAD A MAJOR DISASTER TO LEARN FROM…

• HAITI EARTH-QUAKE;

• M7.0

• JANUARY 12, 2010

• …FOLLOWED BY AFTERSHOCKS

NOTABLE DISASTERS IN 2010NOTABLE DISASTERS IN 2010NOTABLE DISASTERS IN 2010NOTABLE DISASTERS IN 2010

EARTHQUAKE IN HAUTI

EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI IN JAPAN

WILDFIRES IN RUSSUA AND USA

19 SEVERE WINDSTORMS

FLOODS IN EUROPE, PAKISTAN, CHINA, AND USA

GREAT SOLSTICE WINTER STORM

CATALYSTS FOR CHANGECATALYSTS FOR CHANGE

NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMUNITY DISASTER COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTIONRISK REDUCTION

NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMUNITY DISASTER COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTIONRISK REDUCTION

VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN ICELAND & INDONESIA

2009 HAD MAJOR DISASTERS TO LEARN FROM…

• TYPHOONS • …FOLLOWED BY STORM SURGE, HEAVY RAIN FAIL, WINDS, AND MUDFLOWS

2009’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE 2009’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE 2009’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE 2009’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE

THE YEAR OF EL NINO

8 ATLANTIC STORMS: IDA; 8 PACIFIC STORMS: RICK, …

11 TYPHOONS: MORAKOT, KETSANA, PARMA, …

EARTHQUAKES IN ITALY, AM. SAMOA, AND INDONESIA

WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA, GREECE,AND AUSTRALIA

FLOODS: USA, ITALY, TURKEY, ENGLAND, …

NEW OPPOR-TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY


NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT DISASTER RESILIENT


GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE


CYCLONE NARGIS IN MYANMAR

WENCHUAN, CHINA EARTHQUAKE

FLOODS: MIDWESTERN USA

16 ATLANTIC STORMS: FAY, GUSTAV, HANNA, IKE, …

WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA

ERUPTION OF VOLCANO CHAITEN, CHILE







GLOBAL FLOODS: CHINA, MEXICO, SE ASIA, USA, …EARTHQUAKES IN INDONESIA,PERU, JAPAN

14 TYPHOONS: MAN-YI, PABUK, SEPAT,,…

17 ATLANTIC STORMS: DEAN, FELIX,WIPHA, …

WILDFIRES IN EUROPE AND CALIFORNIA

DROUGHTS; HEAT WAVES IN EUROPE, USA







THE YEAR OF EL NINO AND A BERMUDA HIGH

22 PACIFIC TYPHOONS: BILIS, PRAPIROON, SAOMAI

FLOODS: ELBE, DANUBE, USA, N KOREA, MALAYSIA, CHINA

9 ATLANTIC STORMS: HELENE, GORDON, …

13 CYCLONES: GLENDA, LARRY, MONICA, …

QUAKES: GUJARAT, INDIA,; HAWAII, KAMCHATKA, …





WILDFIRES: AUSTRALIA, CALIFORNIA


28 ATLANTIC TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES

HURRICANES KATRINA, RITA, STAN, AND WILMA

ERUPTION S: ILAMATEPEC IN El SALVADOR; MERAPI

PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE

13 TYPHOONS: HAITANG, LONGWANG, MATSA, …

FLOODS: ROMANIA, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, GUJARAT, …





PORTUGAL WILDFIRES


ATLANTIC STORMS: BONNIE, CHARLIE, IVAN, JEANNE

INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE

AUSTRALIAN REGION CYCLONES: MEENA, NANCY

TYPHOONS MEGI, CHABA, SONGDA,TOKAGE, WINNIE

INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI

FLOODS: INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, NEPAL





NIIGATA EARTHQUAKE AND LANDSLIDES


21 STORMS; HURRICANES FABIAN, ISABEL, AND JUAN

BAM, IRAN AND BOUR-MEDES, ALGERIA QUAKES

15 PACIFIC TYPHOONS; SIX INDIAN OCEAN CYCLONES

SANTA FE ARGENTINA FLOOD

OKANAGAN WILDFIRE: BRITISH COLOMBIA, CANADA

EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE





NORTH AMERICAN BLIZZARD

COLLABORATION DURING ALL

4 PHASES OF DISASTER RESILIENCE PLANNING

IS THE BEST WAY FORWARD

COLLABORATION DURING ALL

4 PHASES OF DISASTER RESILIENCE PLANNING

IS THE BEST WAY FORWARD

KEY ELEMENT FOR SUCCESS KEY ELEMENT FOR SUCCESS

• LEADERS, WHO CAN FIND “MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES”

FOR INCREASING COLLABORATION

OPPORTUNITIES

• EDUCATIONAL SURGES

• PREVENTION & MITIGATION

• PREPAREDNESS

• MONITORING AND WARNING

• EMERGENCY RESPONSE

• RECOVERY & RECON-STRUCTION.

OPPORTUNITIES

• EDUCATIONAL SURGES

• PREVENTION & MITIGATION

• PREPAREDNESS

• MONITORING AND WARNING

• EMERGENCY RESPONSE

• RECOVERY & RECON-STRUCTION.

TECHNOLOGY BASE

TECHNOLOGY BASE

MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR COLLABORATION TO REDUCE DISASTER RISK

POSTDISASTER INVESTIGATIONS

POSTDISASTER INVESTIGATIONS

RESEARCHRESEARCH

MAXIMIZE BENEFIT/COSTMAXIMIZE BENEFIT/COST

RECOVERY & RECOVERY & RECONSTRUCTIONRECONSTRUCTION

ALL ELEMENTS ALL ELEMENTS ARE ARE

INTERRELATEDINTERRELATED

MITIGATIONMITIGATION PREPAREDNESSPREPAREDNESS

EMERGENCY EMERGENCY RESPONSERESPONSE

MAXIMIZING BENEFITS IN EACH PHASE OF THE MAXIMIZING BENEFITS IN EACH PHASE OF THE DISASTER REDUCTION PLANNING CYCLEDISASTER REDUCTION PLANNING CYCLE : :

START BY REVISITING YOUR

COMMUNITY’S GOALS AND POLICIES, AND

LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO IMPLEMENT THEM

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

RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR COMMUNITY MAY BE THINKING

INSIDE A BOX

BE HONEST ABOUT THE BOX YOUR COMMUNITY IS IN AND

START THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO TEAR DOWN THE WALLS

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?

ASK: ARE WE MAKING ANY OF THE MISTAKES THAT LED TO DISASTERS

DURING 2003, …, 2010?

LIVING WITH RISKLIVING WITH RISK

INCREASED DEMANDS INCREASED DEMANDS ON COMMUNITYON COMMUNITY


GOAL: BALANCE DEMAND GOAL: BALANCE DEMAND WITH CAPACITYWITH CAPACITY

DECREASED DECREASED CAPABILITIES OF CAPABILITIES OF

COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY


COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

LIVING WITH RISKLIVING WITH RISK



FAILUREFAILURE


COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY


COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

STRATEGIC PLANNING ENHANCES STRATEGIC PLANNING ENHANCES COLLABORATIONCOLLABORATION

STRATEGIC PLANNING ENHANCES STRATEGIC PLANNING ENHANCES COLLABORATIONCOLLABORATION

WW33 MODEL FOR MODEL FOR STRATEGIC PLANNINGSTRATEGIC PLANNINGWW33 MODEL FOR MODEL FOR STRATEGIC PLANNINGSTRATEGIC PLANNING

WHAT WHAT DO WE DO WE

WANTWANT??

WHAT WHAT DO WE DO WE

WANTWANT??

WHAT WHAT DO WE DO WE HAVE?HAVE?

WHAT WHAT DO WE DO WE HAVE?HAVE?

WHAT WHAT

CAN CAN WE WE DO?DO?

WHAT WHAT

CAN CAN WE WE DO?DO?

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DISASTER & HAZARD DISASTER & HAZARD INFORMATIONINFORMATION

SYSTEMSSYSTEMS

TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES AND AND

TECHNOLOGIESTECHNOLOGIES

PRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR

PUBLIC SECTOR

ACADEMIAACADEMIA

FUNCTIONAL FUNCTIONAL NETWORKING NETWORKING

CHANNELSCHANNELS

INFORMATION INFORMATION NETWORKING NETWORKING

CHANNELSCHANNELSORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION NETWORKING NETWORKING

CHANNELSCHANNELS

COLLABORATIONCOLLABORATION

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERSSTAKEHOLDERS

Stratec ConsultingStratec Consulting

SUCCESS IS SWEET!SUCCESS IS SWEET!

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