Making (or not making) our world disaster resilient will be our lasting legacy. History Will Decide Which Legacy We Actually Leave. Presentation courtesy of Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction
6. BUILDING IN FLOOD PLAIN
FLOODSFLOODS
INUNDATION AND SCOUR
INTERACTION WITH
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
EFFECTS OF WATER ON
STRUCTURE & CONTENTS
INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR
HEALTH PROBLEMS, INJURIES,
AND DEATH
LOSS OF FUNCTION OF
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
VULNERABILITY OF NON-
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
CAUSES OF
RISK
CAUSES OF
RISK
CASE HISTORIESCASE HISTORIES
7. LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL FLOODS
PREPAREDNES
FOR THE
EXPECTED AND
UNEXPEDTED IS
ESSENTIAL FOR
BECOMING
DISASTER
RESILIENT
8. LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL FLOODS
EARLY WARN-
ING (THE ISS)
AND EVACU-
ATION ARE
ESSENTIAL
FOR DISASTER
RESILIENCE
11. JULY 13, 2013
MILLIONS OF COMMUNITIES
ARE NOT RESILIENT TO
HURRICANE OR TYPHOON
DISASTERS
12. WIND AND WATER PENETRATE
BUILDING ENVELOPE
SEVERE
WINDSTORMS
SEVERE
WINDSTORMS
UPLIFT OF ROOF SYSTEM
FLYING DEBRIS PENETRATES
WINDOWS
STORM SURGE AND HEAVY
PRECIPITATION
IRREGULARITIES IN
ELEVATION AND PLAN
POOR WORKMANSHIP
IGNORING NON-STRUCTURAL
ELEMENTS
CAUSES OF
RISK
CAUSES OF
RISK
CASE HISTORIESCASE HISTORIES
13. LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL WIND-
STORMS
PREPAREDNES
FOR THE
EXPECTED AND
UNEXPECTED IS
ESSENTIAL FOR
DISASTER
RESILIENCE
14. LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT
DISASTER RESILIENCE
• ALL
WINDSTORMS
• WITHOUT
ADEQUATE
PROTECTION, HIGH
VELOCITY WIND
WILL LIFT THE
ROOF OFF OF NON-
ENGINEERED
BUILDINGS.
15. LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT
DISASTER RESILIENCE
• ALL WINDSTORMS.
• DISASTER-
INTELLIGENT
COMMUNITIES USE
TIMELY EARLY
WARNING TO
EVACUATE PEOPLE
AND TO PREPARE.
16. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
• ALL
WINDSTORMS
• CAPACITY FOR
INTELLIGENT
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE IS
ESSENTIAL FOR
COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE.
17. LESSONS LEARNED FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
• ALL
WINDSTORMS
• CAPACITY FOR
RECOVERY AND
RECONSTRUCTION
IS ESSENTIAL FOR
COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE.
19. INADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO
HORIZONTAL GROUND SHAKING
EARTHQUAKESEARTHQUAKES
SOIL AMPLIFICATION
PERMANENT DISPLACEMENT
(SOIL FAILURE AND SURFACE
FAULTING )
IRREGULARITIES IN MASS,
STRENGTH, AND STIFFNESS
FLOODING FROM TSUNAMI WAVE
RUNUP AND SEICHE
POOR DETAILING OF
STRUCTURALSYSTEM
IGNORING NON-STRUCTURAL
ELEMENTS
CAUSES
OF RISK
CAUSES
OF RISK
CASE HISTORIESCASE HISTORIES
20. LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL EARTHQUAKES
PREPAREDNESS FOR
ALL OF THE LIKELY
AND UNLIKELY
HAZARDS AND
RISKS IS ESSENTIAL
FOR DISASTER
RESILIENCE
21. LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL EARTH-
QUAKES
BUILDING CODES
AND LIFELINE
STANDARDS ARE
ESSENTIAL FOR
DISASTER
RESILIENCE
22. LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL EARTHQUAKES
TIMELY
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE IS
ESSENTIAL FOR
DISASTER
RESILIENCE
23. 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. HIGH VELOCITY IMPACT OF
INCOMING WAVES
TSUNAMISTSUNAMIS
INLAND DISTANCE OF WAVE
RUNUP
VERTICAL HEIGHT OF WAVE
RUNUP
INADEQUATE RESISTANCE OF
BUILDINGS
FLOODING
NO WARNING, OR
INADEQUATE WARNING
PROXIMITY TO SOURCE OF
TSUNAMI
CAUSES OF
RISK
CAUSES OF
RISK
CASE HISTORIESCASE HISTORIES
26. 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.
29. PROLONGED LACK OF
PRECIPITATION
DROUGHTSDROUGHTS
LOSS OF SOIL MOSTURE
LOSS OF AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTIVITY
DEPLETION/POLLUTION OF
GROUND WATER
LOSS OF VEGETATION
INSECT INFESTATION
PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF LAND
BY DESERTIFICATION
CAUSES OF
RISK
CAUSES OF
RISK
CASE HISTORIESCASE HISTORIES
31. PROXIMITY TO LATERAL BLAST
VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS
VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS
IN PATH OF PYROCLASTIC
FLOWS
IN PATH OF FLYING DEBRIS
(TEPHRA)
IN PATH OF VOLCANIC ASH
(AVIATION)
IN PATH OF LAVA FLOWS
IN PATH OF LAHARS
IGNORING WARNING TO
EVACUATE
CAUSES OF
RISK
CAUSES OF
RISK
CASE HISTORIESCASE HISTORIES
32. THE KEYS TO RESILIENCE:
1) KNOW THE ERUPTIVE HISTORY OF
YOUR REGION’S VOLCANOES,
2) BE PREPARED
3) HAVE A WARNING SYSTEM
4) EVACUATE
5) LEARN FROM THE
EXPERIENCE AND START OVER
35. BUILDING ON UNSTABLE
SLOPES
LANDSLIDESLANDSLIDES
SOIL AND ROCK SUCEPTIBLE
TO FALLS
SOIL AND ROCK SUCEPTIBLE
TO TOPPLES
SOIL AND ROCK SUCEPTIBLE
TO SPREADS
SOIL AND ROCK
SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOWS
EXCESSIVE PRECIPITATION
OR GROUND SHAKING
BARE, OVERSTEEPENED
SLOPES
CAUSES OF
RISK
CAUSES OF
RISK
CASE HISTORIESCASE HISTORIES
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
43. LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ALL WILDFIRES
RECOVERY AND
RECON-
STRUCTION
USUALLY MEANS
HAVING THE
CAPACITY TO
START OVER.
44. GLOBALGLOBAL
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
DATA BASESDATA BASES
AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATION
HAZARDS:
GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
•NATURAL HAZARDS
•PEOPLE & BLDGS.
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
DISASTER ASSESS.DISASTER ASSESS.
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
THE CA: DISASTERTHE CA: DISASTER
RESILIENCERESILIENCE
• PREPAREDNESS
•PROTECTION
•EARLY WARNING
•EMERGENCY RESPONSE
•RECOVERY and
RECONSTRUCTION
POLICY OPTIONSPOLICY OPTIONS
45. EDUCATION FOR GLOBAL DISASTER RESILIENCEEDUCATION FOR GLOBAL DISASTER RESILIENCEEDUCATION FOR GLOBAL DISASTER RESILIENCEEDUCATION FOR GLOBAL DISASTER RESILIENCE
THE KNOWLEDGE BASE
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
CAPACITY BUILDING
Towards Disaster
Resilience
Public/Private Sector
Partnerships
Use of the Knowledge Base
Towards “Intelligent Cities”
Warning Systems
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Up Close and Personal
Learning
Update Knowledge Bases After
Each Disaster
Disaster Scenarios For Training
Distance Learning
Educational Surges for Disaster
Resilience
GOAL:GOAL: An Infrastructure ForAn Infrastructure For Delivering Knowledge and Information toDelivering Knowledge and Information to
Communities in Real and Near-Real TimeCommunities in Real and Near-Real Time
GOAL:GOAL: An Infrastructure ForAn Infrastructure For Delivering Knowledge and Information toDelivering Knowledge and Information to
Communities in Real and Near-Real TimeCommunities in Real and Near-Real Time
48. TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
NORTH AMERICA’S PRIORITIES
USE LAND-USE PLAN TO
AVOID HAZARDOUS AREAS
Integrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response. and Recovery. & Recon. StrategiesResponse. and Recovery. & Recon. Strategies
Integrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response. and Recovery. & Recon. StrategiesResponse. and Recovery. & Recon. Strategies
MATCH BUILDING AND INFRASTRUCTURE
DESIGN WITH HAZARD DEMAND
IMPROVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
EM. RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY
IMPROVE CAPABILITY TO CONDUCT PRE-
DISASTER STUDIES FOR FUTURE USE
IMPROVE PUBLIC AWARENESS
IMPROVE HAZARD CHARACTERIZATION
MODELS AND SCENARIO MAPS
REDUCE URBAN
VULNERABILITIES
REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS
49. TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
NORTH AMERICA’S PRIORITIES (CONTINUED)
IMPROVE PREVENTION, MITIGATION AND
PREPAREDNESS POLICIES
Integrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response, and Recovery. & Recon. StrategiesResponse, and Recovery. & Recon. Strategies
Integrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response, and Recovery. & Recon. StrategiesResponse, and Recovery. & Recon. Strategies
IMPROVE THE NEXT GENERATION OF
BUILDING CODES AND STANDARDS
IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF DAMAGE
FROM EACH POTENTIAL DISASTER AGENT
IMPROVE WAYS TO SHARE “BEST
PRACTICES”
IMPROVE ALL HAZARDS
WARNING SYSTEMS
IMPROVE WAYS TO SHARE
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
ENHANCE EDUCATION AND
TRAINING PROGRAMMES
CLOSE “IMPLEMENTATION
GAPS “
51. TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
ASIA’S PRIORITIES
USE LAND-USE PLAN TO
AVOID HAZARDOUS AREAS
Integrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response. and Recovery. & Recon. StrategiesResponse. and Recovery. & Recon. Strategies
Integrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response. and Recovery. & Recon. StrategiesResponse. and Recovery. & Recon. Strategies
MATCH BUILDING AND INFRASTRUCTURE
DESIGN WITH HAZARD DEMAND
IMPROVE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
EM. RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY
IMPROVE POST-DISASTER
STUDIES FOR THE LESSONS
IMPROVE PUBLIC AWARENESS
IMPROVE DISASTER PLANNING
SCENARIOS
REDUCE URBAN
VULNERABILITIES
REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS
52. TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
ASIA’S PRIORITIES (CONTINUED)
IMPROVE PREVENTION, MITIGATION AND
PREPAREDNESS MODELS
Integrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response, and Recovery. & Recon. StrategiesResponse, and Recovery. & Recon. Strategies
Integrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrate Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response, and Recovery. & Recon. StrategiesResponse, and Recovery. & Recon. Strategies
IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE
MODERN BUILDING CODES
MENT AND ENFO
IMPLEMENT MODERN STANDARDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
ENVIRONMENTS
IMPROVE WAYS TO SHARE “BEST
PRACTICES”
IMPROVE TSUNQMI WARNING
SYSTEMS
IMPROVE WAYS TO SHARE
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
ENHANCE EDUCATION AND
TRAINING PROGRAMMES
CLOSE “KNOWLEDGE” AND
“IMPLEMENTATION GAPS “
E
54. TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
PACIFIC RIM’S PRIORITIES
FOCUS CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF
REGION ON A COMMON AGENDA
Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response. and Recovery & Recon. StrategiesResponse. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies
yy
Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response. and Recovery & Recon. StrategiesResponse. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies
yy
BUILD TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL
CAPACITY FOR INT’L ASSISTANCET
IMPROVE ALL-HAZRDS
COMMUNICATION
IMPROVE ALL HAZARDS
PARTNERSHIPS
FOCUS ON HIGH BENEFIT/COST
IMPLE-MENTATION STRATEGIES
INCREASE FINANCIAL CAPACITY
FOR INSURANCE
DECREASE BUILDING AND
LIFELINE VULNERABILITUES
IMPROVE PUBLIC AWARENESS,
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
56. TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN PRIORITIES
INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS
OF RISKS
Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response. and Recovery & Recon. StrategiesResponse. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies
Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response. and Recovery & Recon. StrategiesResponse. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies
IMPROVE POLICIES FOR
REDUCING RISKS TO BLDGS.
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
REDUCE VULNERABILITIES ON
LOCAL SCALE
CREATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
CREATE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE
PACTS
REDUCE VULNERABILITIES ON
REGIONAL SCALE
CONTINUE CAPACITY BUILDING
IN ALL SECTORS
IMPROVE ALL HAZARDS
COMMUNICATION
58. TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
EUROPE’S PRIORITIES
IMPROVE CAPACITY FOR ALL
HAZARDS EARLY WARNING
Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response. and Recovery & Recon. StrategiesResponse. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies
Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response. and Recovery & Recon. StrategiesResponse. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies
CREATE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE
PACTS
REDUCE BUILDING AND
LIFELINE VULNERABILITIES
INCREASE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE,
LIVELIHOODS, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
CONTINUE TO CLOSE
“KNOWLEDGE GAPS?
CONTINUE TO CLOSE
“IMPLEMENTATION GAPS”
IMPROVE CAPACITY FOR ALL
HAZARDS EVACUATION
IMPROVE PUBLIC AWARENESS,
EDUCATION, AND TRAINING
60. TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
MEDITERRANEAN REGION’S PRIORITIES
INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS
Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response. and Recovery & Recon. StrategiesResponse. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies
Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response. and Recovery & Recon. StrategiesResponse. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies
IMPROVE EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
REDUCE VULNERABILITIES TO
BUILDINGS & LIFELINES
INCREASE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE,
LIVELIHOOD, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
IMPROVE ALL HAZARDS
MONITORING
IMPROVE POLICIES AND BEST
PRACTICES FOR RESILIENCE
FORGE DISASTER ASSISTANCE
PACTS
IMPROVE REGIONAL
COMMINICATION
61. SUB-SAHARA AFRICA’S
PROBLEMS AND HAZARDS
• POLITICAL
INSTABILITY
• FLOODS
• DROUGHTS
• VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS (rare)
• HEALTH IMPACTS
• ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS
62. TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
TOWARD DISASTER RESILIENTTOWARD DISASTER RESILIENT
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIES
SUB-SAHARA AFRICA’S PRIORITIES
INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS
Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response. and Recovery & Recon. StrategiesResponse. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies
Integrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EMIntegrated Preparedness, Protection, Early Warning, EM
Response. and Recovery & Recon. StrategiesResponse. and Recovery & Recon. Strategies
REDUCE SOCIETAL VULNER-ABILITIES TO
FLOODS AND DROUGHTS
ACCELERATE EDUCATION (WITH FOCUS
ON RISK REDUCTION TECHNIQUES)
INCREASE PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING
IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH
PROGRAMMES
IMPROVE CAPACITY FOR
DISASTER RESILIENCE
ESTABLISH REGIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS FOR
SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT
ESTABLISH MUTUAL
ASSISTANCE PACTS