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WAKE UP THE SLEEPING GIANT

Dr. Walter Hays,

Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction

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APPENDIX A:

RESTORATION OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

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IT IS TIME FOR A “GLOBAL WAKE UP CALL”

UNDER-STANDUNDER-STAND

IDENT-IFY

IDENT-IFY

HEARHEAR

PERSON-ALIZE

PERSON-ALIZE ACTACT

1990-20101990-2010

PERIOD OF PERIOD OF INTEGRATIONINTEGRATION NOW NOW

WINDOW OF WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITYOPPORTUNITY

2121STST CENTURYCENTURY PERIOD OF PERIOD OF IMPLEMEN-IMPLEMEN-

TATIONTATION

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THE SLEEPING GIANT IS

YOU (AND ME)

WAKE UP!

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THE 21ST CENTURY’S WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY

• GLOBAL SOCIETAL RESILIENCE• WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO

ACCELERATE THE RECOVERY PROCESS AFTER EACH RECORD OR NEAR-RECORD DISASTER OF THE 21ST CENTURY

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WHAT IS THE PAYOFF OF GLOBAL SOCIETAL

RESILIENCE

FAILURE: WE WILL HAVE DISASTERS DURING THE 21ST CENTURY THAT WILL MAKE 1990—2010’S DISASTERS LOOK

LIKE “A WALK IN THE PARK.”

SUCCESS: !!!!!

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STRATEGY: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE UNIQUENESS OF RECOVERY

• THE POLITICAL and MEDIA SPOTLIGHT IS ON ALL DECISIONS AND ACTIVITIES

• TOP PRIORITY: RESTORATION TO NORMAL (OR BETTER) AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE

• INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, INSURANCE PAYOUTS, AND DONORS: ALWAYS AVAILABLE

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TYPICAL TOP PRIORTIES DURING RECOVERY

1) RESTORATION OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

2) RESTORATION OF ESSENTIAL FACILITIES-- SCHOOLS

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RESTORATION OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

AFTER A DISASTER

A PRIORITY FOR SOCIETAL RESILIENCE

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A NATURAL DISASTER USUALLY PARALYZES LOCAL,

REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

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LOSS OF FUNCTION OF A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

CAN PARALYZE LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND

INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE

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TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

• Provide an essential functionessential function to society by moving people and goods from point “A” to point “B”

• Represent a substantial share of a substantial share of a country’s GDPcountry’s GDP (11% for USA.)

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TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

• Types: Roads, railroads, mass transit, water-borne and air transport systems, and pipelines

• Scales: urban, regional, national, and international.

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ELEMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

• Built infrastructureBuilt infrastructure• roads, runways,

airports, terminals, railways, stations, canals, ports, traffic control centers, maintenance and operation facilities, pipelines, etc.

• Operations sideOperations side

• vehicles, traffic safety and control, power, commun-ications and signaling, maintenance, transportation operators, etc.

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FEATURES THAT AFFECT RESILIENCY

Extend over broad geographical areas

Large number of components that are subject to either POINT or AREA failure.

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FEATURES THAT AFFECT RESILIENCY (Continued)

Roadways and railways frequently follow river valleys (easier and cheaper to build)

Utilities, including pipelines, often follow right-of-ways (reduces legal problems and costs)

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FEATURES THAT AFFECT RESILIENCY (Continued)

Multiple entities have responsibility for or oversight of the system

Typically owned by public entities and publicly funded

Usually self insured

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FEATURES THAT AFFECT RESILIENCY (Continued)

Different modes of trans-portation are interconnected

They interact with each other and other elements of a community’s built environ-ment; hence, the name, Lifeline systems”.

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HIGHWAY SYSTEMS

Flooding from tropical storms, hurricanes, and typhoons,Landslides (rock falls, spreads, slides, flows)Earthquakes (ground shaking)

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TYPHOON MORAKOT: TAIWAN; LANDSLIDE BURIES VILLAGE OF 1,000

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AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

Earthquakes (ground shaking and ground failure)

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RAILROAD SYSTEMS

Earthquakes (ground shaking and ground failure)

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PIPELINE SYSTEMS

Earthquakes (ground shaking and ground failure)

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YOUR YOUR COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

YOUR YOUR COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

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

•NAT. HAZARDS•INVENTORY•VULNERABILITY•LOCATION

TRANS, SYSTEMSTRANS, SYSTEMS

RISK

ACCEPTABLE RISK

UNACCEPTABLE RISK

VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY REDUCTONREDUCTON

•LIFELINE STANDARDS•SITING AND ROUTING •EMERGENCY REPAIRS• RECONSTRUCTION•EDUCATIONAL SURGE

RISK MANAGEMENTRISK MANAGEMENT