FROM NATURAL HAZARDS TO DISASTERS AND DISASTER RESILIENCE A 3-Part Story That Can Take 40 Years, or...

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FROM NATURAL HAZARDS TO DISASTERS AND DISASTER RESILIENCE A 3-Part Story That Can Take 40 Years, or More, to Live Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

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FROM NATURAL HAZARDS TO DISASTERS AND DISASTER

RESILIENCE

A 3-Part Story That Can Take 40 Years, or More, to Live

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of

North Carolina, USA

TO BECOME DISASTER RESILIENT, OR NOT, THAT

IS THE QUESTION (PART III)

UNDERSTANDING DISASTER RESILIENCE

A realistic, time-dependent and policy-driven process

COMMUNITYCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITYDATA 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

•NATURAL HAZARDS•INVENTORY•VULNERABILITY•LOCATION

RISK ASSESSMENTRISK ASSESSMENT

RISK

ACCEPTABLE RISK

UNACCEPTABLE RISK

GOAL: DISASTER GOAL: DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE

•PREPAREDNESS•PROTECTION•EMERGENCY RESPONSE•RECOVERY IENCE

FOUR PILLARS OF FOUR PILLARS OF RESILIENCERESILIENCE

A DISASTER OCCURS WHEN THE CITY’S PUBLIC POLICIES

ALLOW IT TO BE …

UN—PREPARED

UN—PROTECTED

UN—ABLE TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY

UN (NON)--RESILIENT

THE FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE

THE FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE

1. PREPAREDNESS (HAZARD, VULNERABILITY, AND RISK

ASSESSMENTS; PREDICTIONS, FORECASTS AND WARNING; DISASTER PLANNING SCENARIOS; INSURANCE;

INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY); …

1. PREPAREDNESS (HAZARD, VULNERABILITY, AND RISK

ASSESSMENTS; PREDICTIONS, FORECASTS AND WARNING; DISASTER PLANNING SCENARIOS; INSURANCE;

INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY); …

FROM UN—PREPARED TO

PREPAREDNESS

FROM UN—PREPARED TO

PREPAREDNESS

HAZARDSHAZARDSHAZARDSHAZARDS

ELEMENTS OF RISKELEMENTS OF RISKELEMENTS OF RISKELEMENTS OF RISK

EXPOSUREEXPOSUREEXPOSUREEXPOSURE

VULNERABILITYVULNERABILITYVULNERABILITYVULNERABILITY LOCATIONLOCATIONLOCATIONLOCATION

RISKRISKRISKRISK

HAZARD, VULNERABILITY, AND RISK ASSESSMENTS

HAZARD, VULNERABILITY, AND RISK ASSESSMENTS

• WHERE WILL THE NAT. HAZARD OCCUR?

• WHEN?• PHYSICAL EFFECTS?• HOW BIG OR SEVERE?• WHAT IS AT RISK?• THE VULNERABILITIES?• EXPECTED DAMAGE?• EXPECTED SOCIO-

ECONOMIC IMPACTS?

• WHERE WILL THE NAT. HAZARD OCCUR?

• WHEN?• PHYSICAL EFFECTS?• HOW BIG OR SEVERE?• WHAT IS AT RISK?• THE VULNERABILITIES?• EXPECTED DAMAGE?• EXPECTED SOCIO-

ECONOMIC IMPACTS?

RISK ASSESSMENT FOR A COMMUNITY

RISK = NAT. HAZARD x EXPOSURE

SPECIFIC HAZARD: EXPOSURE: PEOPLE

BUILDING STOCK

INFRASTRUCTURE

GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

THE FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE (Continued)

THE FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE (Continued)

2. PROTECTION (IMPLEMENTATION OF BUILDING CODES AND LIFELINE

STANDARDS; SITE-SPECIFIC DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR

ESSENTIAL AND CRITICAL FACILITIES) …

2. PROTECTION (IMPLEMENTATION OF BUILDING CODES AND LIFELINE

STANDARDS; SITE-SPECIFIC DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR

ESSENTIAL AND CRITICAL FACILITIES) …

FROM UN—PROTECTED TO

PROTECTED

FROM UN—PROTECTED TO

PROTECTED

A COMMUNITY HAS BUILDINGS AND A COMMUNITY HAS BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDING PROTECTIONINFRASTRUCTURE NEEDING PROTECTION

A COMMUNITY HAS BUILDINGS AND A COMMUNITY HAS BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDING PROTECTIONINFRASTRUCTURE NEEDING PROTECTION

A COMMUNITY HAS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE A COMMUNITY HAS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDING PROTECTIONNEEDING PROTECTION

A COMMUNITY HAS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE A COMMUNITY HAS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDING PROTECTIONNEEDING PROTECTION

THE FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE (Continued)

THE FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE (Continued)

3. EMERGENCY RESPONSE (EVACUATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL; MASS CARE; SEARCH AND RESCUE;

EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION, LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND

INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE)…

3. EMERGENCY RESPONSE (EVACUATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL; MASS CARE; SEARCH AND RESCUE;

EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION, LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND

INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE)…

FROM UN—ABLE TO RESPOND EFECTIVELY

TO “INTELLIGENT” RESPONSE

FROM UN—ABLE TO RESPOND EFECTIVELY

TO “INTELLIGENT” RESPONSE

THE FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE (Continued)

THE FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE (Continued)

4. RECOVERY (RECONSTRUCTION; LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL BUSINESS RESUMPTION; POST-DISASTER STUDIES FOR PRE-DISASTER PREPAREDNESS)

4. RECOVERY (RECONSTRUCTION; LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL BUSINESS RESUMPTION; POST-DISASTER STUDIES FOR PRE-DISASTER PREPAREDNESS)

FROM A UN (NON)—RESILIENT CITY

TO A RESILIENT CITY

FROM A UN (NON)—RESILIENT CITY

TO A RESILIENT CITY

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

A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT

WHEN …

ITS PEOPLE, BUILDINGS, INFRASTRUCTURE, ESSENTIAL AND

CRITICAL FACILITIES ARE PROTECTED BY CODES & STANDARDS AGAINST

THE POTENTIAL DISASTER AGENTS OF LIKELY NATURAL HAZARDS

A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT

WHEN …

IT IS ABLE TO: A) RESPOND EFFECTIVELY IN REAL TIME TO MOVE PEOLE OUT OF HARM’S WAY, B) MEET

THEIR NEEDS IN A CRISIS ENVIRONMENT, AND C) PROTECT

ASSETS, WITH AND WITHOUT HELP

A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT

WHEN …

IT’S POLICIES NOT ONLY RESIST DISASTERS WITHOUT FAILING, BUT

ALSO ARE MANDATES TO LOOK BEYOND TO A FUTURE OF

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMNT

DISASTER RESILIENCE INTEGRATES RESEARCH AND

SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM “DISASTER LABORATORIES”

WITH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND THE

COMMUNITY’S POLITICAL PROCESS TO ADOPT REALISTIC PUBLIC

POLICIES

DISASTER RESILIENCE INTEGRATES RESEARCH AND

SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM “DISASTER LABORATORIES”

WITH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND THE

COMMUNITY’S POLITICAL PROCESS TO ADOPT REALISTIC PUBLIC

POLICIESFORD

COMMUNITY DISASTER COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE

COMMUNITY DISASTER COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE

WHAT’S NEEDED: TO FIND THE COMMON AGENDAWHAT’S NEEDED: TO FIND THE COMMON AGENDA(CA) OF TECHNICAL (CA) OF TECHNICAL

AND POLITICAL SOLUTIONSAND POLITICAL SOLUTIONS

WHAT’S NEEDED: TO FIND THE COMMON AGENDAWHAT’S NEEDED: TO FIND THE COMMON AGENDA(CA) OF TECHNICAL (CA) OF TECHNICAL

AND POLITICAL SOLUTIONSAND POLITICAL SOLUTIONS

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THE EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR THE EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE DISASTER RESILIENCE

THE EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR THE EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE DISASTER RESILIENCE

FACT: THE COMMON AGENDA IS BASED FACT: THE COMMON AGENDA IS BASED ON EACH COMMUNITY’S UNIQUE STAPLE FACTORSON EACH COMMUNITY’S UNIQUE STAPLE FACTORS

FACT: THE COMMON AGENDA IS BASED FACT: THE COMMON AGENDA IS BASED ON EACH COMMUNITY’S UNIQUE STAPLE FACTORSON EACH COMMUNITY’S UNIQUE STAPLE FACTORS

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