1. Effective Early Warning - use of hazard maps as a tool for effective risk communication among policymakers and communities - Second International Conference on Early Warning (EWCII) Bonn, Germany Session organized by the Government of Japan Coordinator:Mr. Satoru Nishikawa, ADRC Rapporteur:Ms. Etsuko Tsunozaki, Senior Researcher, ADRC Keynote Speech:Mr. Masaaki Nakagawa, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan Mr. Ryosuke Kikuchi, Infrastructure Development Institute, Japan Panelists:BDPC: Mr. Muhammad Saidur Rahman, Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangladesh Republic of Korea: Dr. Yang-Su Kim, National Institute for Disaster Prevention, Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs The Philippines: Dr. Norman M. Tungol, Philippines Institute of Volcanology & Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Viet Nam: Dr. Nguyen Huu Phuc Department of Dike Management, Flood & Storm Control, Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development

2. Recognized Risk Risk Risk Perception Gap Actual Risk Big Gap Need for Generating Realistic Disaster Scenario

3. Development of Early Warning Tech. Flood Warning! Tsunami Warning! Volcanic Eruption Warning! What to do? Where to go? Which way to be taken? Less Community Awareness

4. Safe Evacuation Route Appropriate Risk Awaweness of Local Communities Hazard Mapping as a Tool for Effective Early Warning Understanding of Hazardous Areas + Early Warning = Safe Evacuation

5. Ri sk Analysis Develpment of Early Warning Appropriate Risk Awareness of Local Communities Reduce Damage by Disasters Effective Use of Hazard Map Risk Communication Using Local Knowledge and Structure

6. Hazard Mapping is a tool for Effective Risk Communication = Effective Early Warning

8. Those who saw the Hazard Map Those who did not see the Hazard Map 0% 20% 30% 10% Ratio of Evacuation 1.5 times Risk Awareness makes the difference. Advice to evacuate Order to evacuate Those who saw the Hazard Map Those who did not see the Hazard Map Approximately One Hour Source: Survey Report on Local Residents Reactions in the Rainstorm in Koriyama at the End of August 1998, Katada Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, Gunma Univ. Ratio of Evacuation Six hours after advice to evacuate Peak of Evacuation after advice to evacuate

9. In 1970, half a million people died in one cyclone Cyclone Preparedness Programme safely evacuated 2.5 million people during 5 cyclones in 1990s - Bangladeshs Leading Example - Risk Awareness makes the difference. Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies