1. HAVE WE FINALLY FOUND THE ELUSIVE HIGGS BOSON PARTICLE OF DISASTER RESILIENCE? Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA

2. MY ANSWER (BASED ON 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH GLOBAL DISASTERS ) Is YES

3. A HARD QUESTION (BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH GLOBAL DISASTERS ) Can we SUSTAIN CURRENT GLOBAL DISASTER RESILIENCE PROGRAMMES?

4. BACKGROUND

5. YOUR COMMUNITY DATA BASES AND INFORMATION HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS HAZARD MAPS INVENTORY VULNERABILITY LOCATION RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ACCEPTABLE RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK DISASTER RESILIENCE POLICIES / PRACTICES: PROTECTION PREPAREDNESS EARLY WARNING EM. RESPONSE RECOVERY & RECONSTUCT INTEGRATED GOALS

6. EIGHT CONCERNS OF ALL CITIES FIVE E’s: Economy, Energy, Education, Environment, and Ecology TWO S’s: Sustainability and Security ONE H: Healthcare

7. THE HIGGS BOSON PARTICLE Creates The Influence Field That Causes People To Form A Critical Mass And Make Cities Disaster Resilient Creates The Force Field That Causes Matter To Have Mass And Make Things Happen

8. THE “HIGGS BOSON” PARTICLE IS THE “GOD PARTICLE” - - - ---- The Particle In The Invisible World That Creates The Force Field That Causes Matter to Have Mass And Make Things Happen

9. THE “HIGGS BOSON” PARTICLE OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IS THE PERSON -- ---- In The Visible World Who Creates The Influence Field That Causes People to Form A Critical Mass And Make Disaster Prone Cities Become Disaster Resilient

10. QUESTION--- ARE YOU A HIGGS BOSON PERSON FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE ?

11. “ YOU ARE”--- IF You have become a multi-dimensional KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATOR developing a specific know- ledge base needed for disaster resilience

12. A PARTIAL LIST OF KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS DURING THE 1970’S AND 1980’S A Focus on Programs for Individual Natural Hazards and Windows of Opportunity

13. “KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS” 1970’S AND 1980’S GILBERT WHITE JOANNE NIGG TED ALGERMISSEN KARL STEINBRUGGE FOURNIER D’ABLE

14. “KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS” 1970’S AND 1980’S HARESH SHAH TSUNEO KATAYAMA FAROUK TEBBAL VIT KARNIK

15. A PARTIAL LIST OF KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS DURING THE 1990’S A Focus on The International Decade For Natural Disaster Reduction and All Hazards

16. “KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS” 1990’S FRANK PRESS GEORGE HOUSNER 188 NATIONAL COMMITTEES (MEN AND WOMEN PARTICIPANTS IN THE IDNDR) UN AGENCY EXPERTS

17. A PARTIAL LIST OF KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS DURING 2000-2014 A Focus on The International Strategy For Disaster Reduction Disaster Resilience and INTERNATIONAL/WORLD CONFERENCES

18. “KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS” 2000’S—2010’S UN - ISDR GLOBAL RISK FORUM THE G-8 and G-20– (for the future?)

19. IT IS TIME TO START PLANNING FOR THE DISASTER RESILIENCE DIVIDEND 2014 -- 2020

20. THE DISASTER RESILIENCE DIVIDEND The DRD is HEALTHCARE on a global scale

21. "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity“ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

22. GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL SURGES: A WAY TO CAUSE A PARADIGM SHIFT FROM DISASTER PRONE TO DISASTER RESILIENCE TO GLOBAL HEALTH DURING THE 21 ST CENTURY

23. A GLOBAL PLATFORM - Strategic Interactions - LINKED SURGES A GLOBAL RESOURCE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE DISASTER LABORATORIES LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION PARTNERS: DISASTER RESILIENCE FOR COMMUNITIES NORTH AMERICAN REGION PARTNERS: CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ISLAND NATIONS PARTNERS: MEDITERRANEAN REGION PARTNERS: EUROPEAN REGION PARTNERS: TURNING POINTS FOR CHANGE EDUCATIONAL SURGES CAPACITY BUILDING PRIMERSPRIMERS MEETINGSMEETINGS ASIAN REGION PARTNERS: SUBSAHARA AFRICA REGION PARTNERS:

24. NON-DISASTER RESILIENCE

25. CHARACTERISTICS OF A NON- DISASTER-RESILIENT CITY UN—PROTECTED, or UN—PREPARED, or UN—WARNED, or UN--ABLE TO RESPOND, or UN—”PEPPER--ED”

26. UN—PROTECTED

27. COLLAPSE OF UN BUILDING; PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI: MARCH 10, 2010

28. COLLAPSED BUILDINGS: BEICHUAN, CHINA; MAY 12, 2008

29. UN—PREPARED

30. VARZAGHAN, IRAN: AUGUST 15, 2012

31. OVER 600 MILLION PEOPLE EXPERIENCE BLACKOUTS:JULY 2012

32. TRASH FROM THE MARCH 11, 2011 JAPAN TSUNAMI; JULY 2012

33. FANGSHAN DISTRICT, BEIJING, CHINA: JULY 25, 2012

34. UN—WARNED

35. KRYMSK, RUSSIA: FLASH FLOOD; JULY 8, 2012

36. BANDA ACHE, INDONESIA TSUNAMI: DECEMBER 26, 2004 230,000 died mainly as the result of inadequate warning

37. CYCLONE NARGISH: MYANMAR; MARCH 12, 2009 2.4 MILLION PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BECAUSE THE RULING MILITARY JUNTA PREVENTED EARLY WARNING AND DELIVERY OF INTERNATIONAL AID

38. NEVADA DEL RUIZ, COLOMBIA: 1989 24,000.DIED IN ARMERO BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL WARNING.

39. UN--ABLE TO RESPOND

41. WENCHUAN, CHINA; EARTHQUAKE LAKE: MAY 31, 2008

42. WENCHUAN, CHINA: MAY 32, 2008

43. HURRICANE STAN: OCTOBER 2005 DEVASTATING MUDSLIDES WERE TRIGGERED BY PROLONGED, HEAVY PRECIPITATION.

44. SEARCH AND RESCUE AFTER HURRICANE STAN: OCTOBER 2005 WHEN A MUDSLIDE BURIES A TOWN, SEARCH AND RESCUE BECOMES VERY URGENT

45. KOCALEI, TURKEY EARTHQUAKE: AUGUST 1999 MASS CARE PROVIDES A SAFETY NET FOR THE HOMELESS DURING THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERIOD.

46. KOCALEI, TURKEY EARTHQUAKE:AUGUST1999 A “TENT CITY” PROVIDES TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS DURING RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION

47. LOMA PRIETA, CA EARTHQUAKE FIRE AND POWER OUTAGES: OCT., 1989 M7.1 63 DEAD FIRE IN MARINA DISTRICT WIDE SPREAD LOSS OF POWER 1 BILLION INSURED LOSS M7.1 63 DEAD FIRE IN MARINA DISTRICT WIDE SPREAD LOSS OF POWER 1 BILLION INSURED LOSS

48. SAN FERNANDO, CA EARTHQUAKE: FEB., 1971 LOWERING THE WATER LEVEL IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE PREVENTED FLOODING IN LOS ANGELES.

49. UN—”PEPPER--ED”

50. WENCHUAN, CHINA EARTHQUAKE: MAY 12, 2008 88,000 DEAD 30,000 INJURED 300,000 HOMELESS 25 MILLION BUILDINGS DAMAGED 45 MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED 88,000 DEAD 30,000 INJURED 300,000 HOMELESS 25 MILLION BUILDINGS DAMAGED 45 MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED

51. MANAGUA, NICARAGUA EARTHQUAKE: FEB, 1972 10,000 DEAD; 20,000 INJURED; 300,000 HOMELESS NEAR TOTAL DISRUPTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION POLITICAL CHAOS CITY RELOCATED 10,000 DEAD; 20,000 INJURED; 300,000 HOMELESS NEAR TOTAL DISRUPTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION POLITICAL CHAOS CITY RELOCATED

52. LOMA PRIETA, CA EARTHQUAKE: OCTOBER 17, 1989 M7.1 63 DEAD COLLAPSE AND LOSS OF FUNCTION OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE $ 1 BILLION INSURED LOSS M7.1 63 DEAD COLLAPSE AND LOSS OF FUNCTION OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE $ 1 BILLION INSURED LOSS