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1 WORLD DISASTER DAY April 30, 2014
lecture by Walter Hays Uploading date: April 24, 2014 More lectures at Disasters Supercourse -  PPT original - Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA 

2 MAKING (OR NOT MAKING) OUR WORLD DISASTER RESILIENT IS OUR LEGACY History Will Decide Which Legacy We Actually Leave

3 THE KEYS TO RESILIENCE: 1) KNOW THE DISASTER HISTORY OF YOUR REGION, 2) BE WELL - PREPARED 3) HAVE A WARNING SYSTEM 4) HAVE AN EVACUATION PLAN 5) LEARN FROM EVERY GLOBAL EXPERIENCE AND START OVER

4 DISASTER RESILIENCE HAS A VERY HIGH BENEFIT/COST
THE PAYOFF IS GREATER SAFETY, SECURITY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVRYONE

5 AT PRESENT, OUR WORLD IS NOT DISASTER RESILIENT
FLOODS SEVERE WINDSTORMS EARTHQUAKES TSUNAMIS DROUGHTS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES WILDFIRES

6 MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RESILIENT TO FLOOD DISASTERS
APRIL 30, 2014 MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RESILIENT TO FLOOD DISASTERS

7 FLOODS CAUSES OF RISK BUILDING IN FLOOD PLAIN INUNDATION AND SCOUR
INTERACTION WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EFFECTS OF WATER ON STRUCTURE & CONTENTS FLOODS INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR HEALTH PROBLEMS, INJURIES, AND DEATH CASE HISTORIES LOSS OF FUNCTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE VULNERABILITY OF NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

8 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL FLOODS PREPAREDNES FOR THE EXPECTED AND UNEXPECTED IS ESSENTIAL FOR BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT

9 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL FLOODS EARLY WARN-ING (THE ISS) AND EVACU-ATION ARE ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

10 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL FLOODS TIMELY EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

11 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL FLOODS RECOVERY AND RECON-STRUCTION USUALLY TAKE LONGER THAN THOUGHT.

12 APRIL 30, 2014 MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RESILIENT TO HURRICANE OR TYPHOON DISASTERS

13 WIND AND WATER PENETRATE BUILDING ENVELOPE
CAUSES OF RISK WIND AND WATER PENETRATE BUILDING ENVELOPE UPLIFT OF ROOF SYSTEM FLYING DEBRIS PENETRATES WINDOWS SEVERE WINDSTORMS STORM SURGE AND HEAVY PRECIPITATION IRREGULARITIES IN ELEVATION AND PLAN CASE HISTORIES POOR WORKMANSHIP IGNORING NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

14 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL WIND-STORMS PREPAREDNES FOR THE EXPECTED AND UNEXPECTED IS ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

15 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL WINDSTORMS WITHOUT ADEQUATE PROTECTION, HIGH VELOCITY WIND WILL LIFT THE ROOF OFF OF NON-ENGINEERED BUILDINGS.

16 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL WINDSTORMS. DISASTER-INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES USE TIMELY EARLY WARNING TO EVACUATE PEOPLE AND TO PREPARE.

17 LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL WINDSTORMS CAPACITY FOR INTELLIGENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

18 LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL WINDSTORMS CAPACITY FOR RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

19 MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RESILIENT TO EARTHQUAKE DISASTERS
APRIL 30, 2014 MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RESILIENT TO EARTHQUAKE DISASTERS

20 INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO HORIZONTAL GROUND SHAKING
CAUSES OF RISK INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO HORIZONTAL GROUND SHAKING SOIL AMPLIFICATION PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT (SOIL FAILURE AND SURFACE FAULTING ) IRREGULARITIES IN MASS, STRENGTH, AND STIFFNESS EARTHQUAKES CASE HISTORIES FLOODING FROM TSUNAMI WAVE RUNUP AND SEICHE POOR DETAILING OF STRUCTURALSYSTEM IGNORING NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

21 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL EARTHQUAKES PREPAREDNESS FOR ALL OF THE LIKELY AND UNLIKELY HAZARDS AND RISKS IS ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

22 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL EARTH-QUAKES BUILDING CODES AND LIFELINE STANDARDS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

23 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL EARTHQUAKES TIMELY EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

24 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL EARTHQUAKES IF APRIORI PLANS FOR RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION ARE ABSENT, THE PROCESS WILL BE LONG, COMPLEX, AND HIGHLY POLITICAL

25 MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RESILIENT TO TSUNAMI DISASTERS
APRIL 30, 2014 MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RESILIENT TO TSUNAMI DISASTERS

26 HIGH VELOCITY IMPACT OF INCOMING WAVES
CAUSES OF RISK HIGH VELOCITY IMPACT OF INCOMING WAVES INLAND DISTANCE OF WAVE RUNUP VERTICAL HEIGHT OF WAVE RUNUP TSUNAMIS INADEQUATE RESISTANCE OF BUILDINGS FLOODING CASE HISTORIES NO WARNING, OR INADEQUATE WARNING PROXIMITY TO SOURCE OF TSUNAMI

27 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL TSUNAMIS. DISASTER-INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES USE TIMELY EARLY WARNING FROM A TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM TO EVACUATE PEOPLE FROM HARM’S WAY.

28 LESSON: RECOVERY AND RECON-STRUCTION IS LONG AND COMPLEX

29 MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RESILIENT TO DROUGHT DISASTERS
APRIL 30, 2014 MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RESILIENT TO DROUGHT DISASTERS

30 PROLONGED LACK OF PRECIPITATION
CAUSES OF RISK PROLONGED LACK OF PRECIPITATION LOSS OF SOIL MOSTURE LOSS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY DROUGHTS DEPLETION/POLLUTION OF GROUND WATER LOSS OF VEGETATION CASE HISTORIES INSECT INFESTATION PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF LAND BY DESERTIFICATION

31 APRIL 30, 2014 MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RESILIENT TO VOLCANIC ERUPTION DISASTERS

32 PROXIMITY TO LATERAL BLAST
CAUSES OF RISK PROXIMITY TO LATERAL BLAST IN PATH OF PYROCLASTIC FLOWS IN PATH OF FLYING DEBRIS (TEPHRA) VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN PATH OF VOLCANIC ASH (AVIATION) IN PATH OF LAVA FLOWS CASE HISTORIES IN PATH OF LAHARS IGNORING WARNING TO EVACUATE

33 TECHNOLOGIES FOR MONITORING, FORECASTING, AND WARNING ARE VITAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

34 MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RESILIENT TO LANDSLIDE DISASTERS
APRIL30, 2014 MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RESILIENT TO LANDSLIDE DISASTERS

35 BUILDING ON UNSTABLE SLOPES
CAUSES OF RISK BUILDING ON UNSTABLE SLOPES SOIL AND ROCK SUCEPTIBLE TO FALLS SOIL AND ROCK SUCEPTIBLE TO TOPPLES LANDSLIDES SOIL AND ROCK SUCEPTIBLE TO SPREADS SOIL AND ROCK SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOWS CASE HISTORIES EXCESSIVE PRECIPITATION OR GROUND SHAKING BARE, OVERSTEEPENED SLOPES

36 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL LANDSLIDES PREPAREDNES FOR THE EXPECTED AND UNEXPEDTED IS ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

37 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL LANDSLIDES TIMELY EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SEARCH AND RESCUE) IS ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

38 MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RESILIENT TO WILDFIRE DISASTERS
APRIL 30, 2014 MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES ARE NOT RESILIENT TO WILDFIRE DISASTERS

39 PROXIMITY OF URBAN-WILDLANDS INTERFACE
CAUSES OF RISK LIGHTNING STRIKES MANMADE FIRES PROXIMITY OF URBAN-WILDLANDS INTERFACE WILDFIRES WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED DEFORESTATION CASE HISTORIES DENUDED SLOPES HOT, DRY WEATHER

40 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL WILDFIRES PREPAREDNES FOR THE EXPECTED AND UNEXPEDTED IS ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

41 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL WILDFIRES EARLY WARN-ING (THE ISS) AND EVACU-ATION ARE ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

42 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL WILDFIRES TIMELY EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

43 LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL WILDFIRES RECOVERY AND RECON-STRUCTION USUALLY MEANS HAVING THE CAPACITY TO START OVER.

44 THE CA: DISASTER RESILIENCE
NATURAL HAZARDS PEOPLE & BLDGS. VULNERABILITY LOCATION DISASTER ASSESS. ACCEPTABLE RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK RISK THE CA: DISASTER RESILIENCE GLOBAL COMMUNITIES DATA BASES AND INFORMATION PREPAREDNESS PROTECTION EARLY WARNING EMERGENCY RESPONSE RECOVERY and RECONSTRUCTION POLICY OPTIONS HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

45 EDUCATION FOR GLOBAL DISASTER RESILIENCE
GOAL: An Infrastructure For Delivering Knowledge and Information to Communities in Real and Near-Real Time THE KNOWLEDGE BASE CAPACITY BUILDING CONTINUING EDUCATION Best Practices Increased Knowledge, and Understanding Hazard Characterization Vulnerability Assessment Event-Action Associations Collect, Store and Process Data Interface with Other Information Sources Cause & Effect Relationships Towards Disaster Resilience Public/Private Sector Partnerships Use of the Knowledge Base Towards “Intelligent Cities” Warning Systems Up Close and Personal Learning Update Knowledge Bases After Each Disaster Disaster Scenarios For Training Distance Learning Educational Surges for Disaster Resilience

46 NORTH AMERICA’S DISASTER CAUSING EVENTS
FLOODS HURRICANES EARTHQUAKES TORNADOES ICE STORMS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES

47 NORTH AMERICA’S DISASTER CAUSING EVENTS
WILDFIRES TSUNAMIS ENVIRONNMENTALMPACTS TERRORISM

48 TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
Integrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM Response. and Recovery. & Recon. Strategies NORTH AMERICA’S PRIORITIES IMPROVE PUBLIC AWARENESS USE LAND-USE PLAN TO AVOID HAZARDOUS AREAS MATCH BUILDING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN WITH HAZARD DEMAND IMPROVE HAZARD CHARACTERIZATION MODELS AND SCENARIO MAPS IMPROVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, EM. RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY REDUCE URBAN VULNERABILITIES IMPROVE CAPABILITY TO CONDUCT PRE-DISASTER STUDIES FOR FUTURE USE REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

49 TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
Integrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM Response, and Recovery. & Recon. Strategies NORTH AMERICA’S PRIORITIES (CONTINUED) IMPROVE ALL HAZARDS WARNING SYSTEMS IMPROVE PREVENTION, MITIGATION AND PREPAREDNESS POLICIES IMPROVE THE NEXT GENERATION OF BUILDING CODES AND STANDARDS IMPROVE WAYS TO SHARE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF DAMAGE FROM EACH POTENTIAL DISASTER AGENT ENHANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES IMPROVE WAYS TO SHARE “BEST PRACTICES” CLOSE “IMPLEMENTATION GAPS “

50 ASIA’S DISASTER CAUSING EVENTS
FLOODS EARTHQUAKES TSUNAMIS TYPHOONS/CYCLONES VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES DROUGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

51 TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
Integrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM Response. and Recovery. & Recon. Strategies ASIA’S PRIORITIES IMPROVE PUBLIC AWARENESS USE LAND-USE PLAN TO AVOID HAZARDOUS AREAS MATCH BUILDING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN WITH HAZARD DEMAND IMPROVE DISASTER PLANNING SCENARIOS IMPROVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, EM. RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY REDUCE URBAN VULNERABILITIES IMPROVE POST-DISASTER STUDIES FOR THE LESSONS REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

52 TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
Integrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM Response, and Recovery. & Recon. Strategies ASIA’S PRIORITIES (CONTINUED) IMPROVE TSUNQMI WARNING SYSTEMS IMPROVE PREVENTION, MITIGATION AND PREPAREDNESS MODELS IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE MODERN BUILDING CODES IMPROVE WAYS TO SHARE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IMPLEMENT MODERN STANDARDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ENVIRONMENTS ENHANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES IMPROVE WAYS TO SHARE “BEST PRACTICES” CLOSE “KNOWLEDGE” AND “IMPLEMENTATION GAPS “

53 PACIFIC RIM’S HAZARDS SEVERE WINDSTORMS FLOODS EARTHQUAKES TSUNAMIS
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES

54 PACIFIC RIM’S PRIORITIES
TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM Response. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies y PACIFIC RIM’S PRIORITIES FOCUS ON HIGH BENEFIT/COST IMPLE-MENTATION STRATEGIES FOCUS CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF REGION ON A COMMON AGENDA BUILD TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL CAPACITY FOR INT’L ASSISTANCET INCREASE FINANCIAL CAPACITY FOR INSURANCE IMPROVE ALL-HAZRDS COMMUNICATION DECREASE BUILDING AND LIFELINE VULNERABILITUES IMPROVE ALL HAZARDS PARTNERSHIPS IMPROVE PUBLIC AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING

55 LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN’S HAZARDS
HURRICANES EARTHQUAKES FLOODS DROUGHTS LANDSLIDES VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS TSUNAMIS

56 LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN PRIORITIES
TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM Response. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN PRIORITIES CREATE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE PACTS INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF RISKS IMPROVE POLICIES FOR REDUCING RISKS TO BLDGS. AND INFRASTRUCTURE REDUCE VULNERABILITIES ON REGIONAL SCALE REDUCE VULNERABILITIES ON LOCAL SCALE CONTINUE CAPACITY BUILDING IN ALL SECTORS CREATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE IMPROVE ALL HAZARDS COMMUNICATION

57 EUROPE’S HAZARDS FLOODS WILDFIRES SEVERE WINDSTORMS EARTHQUAKES
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

58 EUROPE’S PRIORITIES TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM Response. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies EUROPE’S PRIORITIES CONTINUE TO CLOSE “KNOWLEDGE GAPS? IMPROVE CAPACITY FOR ALL HAZARDS EARLY WARNING CREATE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE PACTS CONTINUE TO CLOSE “IMPLEMENTATION GAPS” REDUCE BUILDING AND LIFELINE VULNERABILITIES IMPROVE CAPACITY FOR ALL HAZARDS EVACUATION INCREASE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE, LIVELIHOODS, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE IMPROVE PUBLIC AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING

59 MEDITERRANEAN REGION’S HAZARDS
EARTHQUAKES FLOODS DROUGHTS LANDSLIDES TSUNAMIS DUST STORMS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS (Rare)

60 MEDITERRANEAN REGION’S PRIORITIES
TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM Response. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies MEDITERRANEAN REGION’S PRIORITIES IMPROVE ALL HAZARDS MONITORING INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS IMPROVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IMPROVE POLICIES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR RESILIENCE REDUCE VULNERABILITIES TO BUILDINGS & LIFELINES FORGE DISASTER ASSISTANCE PACTS INCREASE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE, LIVELIHOOD, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE IMPROVE REGIONAL COMMINICATION

61 SUB-SAHARA AFRICA’S PROBLEMS AND HAZARDS
POLITICAL INSTABILITY FLOODS DROUGHTS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS (rare) HEALTH IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

62 SUB-SAHARA AFRICA’S PRIORITIES
TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM Response. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies SUB-SAHARA AFRICA’S PRIORITIES IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMMES INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS REDUCE SOCIETAL VULNER-ABILITIES TO FLOODS AND DROUGHTS IMPROVE CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE ACCELERATE EDUCATION (WITH FOCUS ON RISK REDUCTION TECHNIQUES) ESTABLISH REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT INCREASE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ESTABLISH MUTUAL ASSISTANCE PACTS


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