This document summarizes Prof. Jiahong Wen's presentation on disaster impacts and risk assessment in China given at IDRC Davos in August 2012. It notes that from 1990-2009, natural disasters accounted for 2.4% of China's GDP in direct economic losses. It also discusses issues with risk assessment in China including its academic nature rather than practical application, lack of collaboration, and limited international interaction. The document outlines GRIP-CERAM Shanghai's approach and three pillars to disaster risk assessment, as well as several tools and resources they have developed including a disaster database, risk information library, and mobile data collection tool. It concludes by reflecting on lessons learned in implementing GRIP's solutions and the importance of improved risk information

1. Prof. Jiahong Wen
GRIP-CERAM Shanghai
Shanghai Normal University
IDRC Davos August 2012

2. Outline:

3. Disaster Impacts in China
• From 1990～2009, direct economic loss by
natural disasters accounts for 2.48% of
China’s GDP.
Table 1. Statistics of Geological, Earthquake
Disasters in China from 2000～2010:
Direct
Number Casualty Economic
Disaster
(time) (person) Loss
(Billion USD)
Geological 308, 485 44, 332 7.04
Earthquake 122 473, 406 141.94

4. • 77 killed in Beijing
rainstorm on July
21,2012.
Urban Sprawling in Shanghai

5. Issues of Risk Assessment in China
• Issue 1: Risk
assessment is
academic, not
applied to decision
making Tianjing
Shanghai
Wenzhou

6. • Issue 2: Lack of collaboration among national
institutions, especially with governmental
agencies
• Issue 3: Lack interaction with international
DRR practitioners

7. • GRIP DRA solution has 3 integral
pillars:
– Contextual Frameworks for DRA Disaster
Information
Risk
Integration
– Disaster Risk Information Assessment
Management
– Country Capacity Development
through CERAM
Capacity
Development

8. • Compilation of
metadata. Entity Element
– The standard covers 6 Information of data center, resource
disasters Data’s center, the data of the
entities, 33 elements,
responsible technical contacts, data
and another 36 sub- person author.
elements. every title, acquisition
metadata element has 9 Description of parameters, keywords,
attributes. hazard data spatial attributes, time
attributes, …
Description of Quality, references,
the quality of data references, the
hazard data relevant URL address

9. • Historic disaster database of the Yangtze River
Delta region
• Area: Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang
Province and Shanghai
• Time span :1950-2009
• Data records: more than 4500
• Disasters: more than 20 types of
natural disasters , and 71 related
attributes
• Data format: data sheets, documents,
photos, etc.
• The total data amount: 15 GB

10. • Shanghai Risk Information
E-Library (www.drm-
china.com/e-library.aspx)
• Events
• News
• Videos
• Disaster Risk Profiles
• Maps
• Datasets
• Databases / Info Systems
• Projects / Programs
• Methodologies / Tools
• Organizations / Institutions
• Professionals / Practitioners
• Training courses / Programs
• Risk Management Interventions
• Documents / Publications

11. • Mobile device-based tool for disaster data collection
Log-in Interface Disaster Data
Collection Interface

12. • Laboratory for
Urban Disaster
Observatory

13. • Development of a
Knowledge and
Service Platform
for Urban Safety
and Security in
Shanghai

14. • Revision of Contingency Plan for Natural
Disaster Emergency Relief
• Guidelines for Shanghai to Implement Disaster
Relief Acts, funded by Shanghai Municipal Civil
Affairs Bureau

15. Launch of GRIP—CERAM Shanghai
• May 2011 MoU signed by GRIP Coordinator Dr. Carlos
Villacis and Vice President of SHNU Prof. Jiafei Lu
• October 2011: Launch of GRIP-CERAM Shanghai

16. Lessons Learned
• Our experience is a good example for
implementing GRIP’s solution to developing
countries.
• Improved risk information is fundamental to
support sound policy/decision making processes
in China.

17. Any questions?
Thank you！