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STRATEGIES FOR BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT DURING 2013 Part II

Learn how to make your community disaster resilient with a time-dependent and policy-driven approach utilizing the five key pillars. Understand risk assessment, acceptable risk, and the importance of preparedness, protection, early warning, emergency response, and recovery.

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STRATEGIES FOR BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT DURING 2013 Part II

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  1. STRATEGIES FOR BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT DURING 2013 Part II Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

  2. PART 2: MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENT

  3. TO BECOME DISASTER RESILIENT, OR NOT, THAT IS THE QUESTION

  4. UNDERSTANDING DISASTER RESILIENCEA realistic, time-dependent and policy-driven process

  5. FIVE PILLARS OF RESILIENCE • NATURAL HAZARDS • INVENTORY • VULNERABILITY • LOCATION • PREPAREDNESS • PROTECTION • EARLY WARNING • EMERGENCY RESPONSE • RECOVERY IENCE RISK ASSESSMENT ACCEPTABLE RISK RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK GOAL: DISASTER RESILIENCE DATA BASES AND INFORMATION COMMUNITY HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

  6. A DISASTER OCCURS WHEN THE COMMUNITY’S PUBLIC POLICIES ALLOW IT TO BE … UN—PREPARED UN—PROTECTED UN--WARNED UN—ABLE TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY UN (NON)—RESILIENT IN RECOVERY

  7. THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE 1. PREPAREDNESS(HAZARD, VULNERABILITY, AND RISK ASSESSMENTS; PREDICTIONS, FORECASTS AND WARNING; DISASTER PLANNING SCENARIOS; INSURANCE; INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY); …

  8. FROM UN—PREPARED TO PREPAREDNESS

  9. HAZARDS EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY LOCATION ELEMENTS OF RISK RISK

  10. HAZARD, VULNERABILITY, AND RISK ASSESSMENTS • WHERE WILL THE NAT. HAZARD OCCUR? • WHEN? • PHYSICAL EFFECTS? • HOW BIG OR SEVERE? • WHAT IS AT RISK? • THE VULNERABILITIES? • EXPECTED DAMAGE? • EXPECTED SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS?

  11. RISK ASSESSMENT FOR A COMMUNITY RISK = NAT. HAZARD x EXPOSURE SPECIFIC HAZARD: EXPOSURE: PEOPLE BUILDING STOCK INFRASTRUCTURE GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

  12. THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE (Continued) 2. PROTECTION (IMPLEMENTATION OF BUILDING CODES AND LIFELINE STANDARDS; SITE-SPECIFIC DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR ESSENTIAL AND CRITICAL FACILITIES) …

  13. FROM UN—PROTECTED TO PROTECTED

  14. A COMMUNITY HAS BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDING PROTECTION

  15. THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE (Continued) 3. EARLY WARNING (ADVANCE WARNING MESSAGES, EVACUATION TO SAFE HAVENS, MASS CARE, RETURN TO HOMES OR TEMPORARY SHELTERS…)

  16. FROM UN—WARNED TO SAFELY EVACUATED

  17. THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE (Continued) 4. EMERGENCY RESPONSE (EVACUATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL; MASS CARE; SEARCH AND RESCUE; EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION, LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE)…

  18. FROM UN—ABLE TO RESPOND EFECTIVELY TO “INTELLIGENT” RESPONSE

  19. THE FIVE PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE (Continued) 4. RECOVERY &RECONSTRUCTION; (INSURANCE INDEMNIFICATION, LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL BUSINESS RESUMPTION; POST-DISASTER STUDIES FOR PRE-DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, …)

  20. FROM A UN (NON)—RESILIENT COMMUNITY TO A RESILIENT COMMUNITY

  21. A COMMUNITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN IT IS … PREPARED FOR THE INEVITABLE NATURAL HAZARDS THAT ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR AT THE WRONG TIME AND IN THE WRONG PLACE RELATIVE TO THE CITY’S SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS

  22. A COMMUNITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN … ITS PEOPLE, BUILDINGS, INFRASTRUCTURE, ESSENTIAL AND CRITICAL FACILITIES ARE PROTECTED BY CODES & STANDARDS AGAINST THE POTENTIAL DISASTER AGENTS OF LIKELY NATURAL HAZARDS

  23. A COMMUNITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN … IT IS ABLE TO: A) RESPOND EFFECTIVELY IN REAL TIME TO MOVE PEOLE OUT OF HARM’S WAY, B) MEET THEIR NEEDS IN A CRISIS ENVIRONMENT, AND C) PROTECT ASSETS, WITH AND WITHOUT HELP

  24. A COMMUMITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN … IT’S POLICIES NOT ONLY RESIST POTENTIAL DISASTER AGENTS WITHOUT FAILING, BUT ALSO ARE MANDATES TO LOOK BEYOND TO A FUTURE OF DISASTER RESILIENCE

  25. DISASTER RESILIENCE INTEGRATES RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM “DISASTER LABORATORIES” WITH EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND THE COMMUNITY’S POLITICAL PROCESS TO ADOPT REALISTIC PUBLIC POLICIES FORD

  26. POLITICAL SOLUTIONS CA COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE WHAT’S NEEDED: A COMMON AGENDA (CA) OF TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL SOLUTIONS TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS

  27. POLITICAL SOLUTIONS CA STAPLE FACTORS S P O T THE EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE FACT: THE COMMON AGENDA IS BASED ON EACH COMMUNITY’S UNIQUE STAPLE FACTORS TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS

  28. A COMMUNITY’S STAPLE FACTORS ARE UNIQUE • SOCIAL • TECHNICAL • ADMINISTRATIVE • POLITICAL • LEGAL • ECONOMIC

  29. NAT. HAZARDS • INVENTORY • VULNERABILITY • LOCATION • SITING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION STDS. • EMERGENCY PLANS • RECONSTRUCTION • EDUCATIONAL SURGE STAPLE FACTORS RISK MANAGEMENT ACCEPTABLE RISK RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK VULNERABILITY REDUCTON YOUR COMMUNITY DATA BASES AND INFORMATION HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

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