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2012 Activities of IRDR CHINA. China Committee for IRDR November 6 , 2012 Chengdu China. Participating Organizations. IRDR-CHINA (Expert Committee: 16 Member). Chinese Meteorological Society. Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society. Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences.
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2012 Activities of IRDR CHINA China Committee for IRDR November 6,2012 Chengdu China
Participating Organizations IRDR-CHINA (Expert Committee: 16 Member) Chinese Meteorological Society Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences Chinese Geophysical Society Chinese Association of Agricultural Science Societies Seismological Society of China Chinese Society of Forestry Geographical Society of China Chinese Psychological Society Geological Society of China IGBP-China Chinese Society of Oceanography IUGG-China IHDP-China
IRDR-CHINA Grants Project Projects • China Forensic Disaster Investigations, “FORIN-CHINA” • China Disaster Loss Data, “DATA-CHINA” • The Impact of Natural Disasters in China, • “IND-CHINA” • Young Scientist Program-Disaster • Released in 2012 • IRDR-CHINA Projects are closely related to IRDR scientific framework • IRDR-CHINA Projects focus on the natural hazards occurred in China
FORIN-CHINA IRDR-CHINA Grants Project • Major natural disaster events especially earthquake, floods, drought, and special geological disasters occurred in the past years in China • Uses unified research method and model presented by IRDR-FORIN Working Group to study the causes and impacts of major natural disaster from integrated natural and social science perspectives DATA-CHINA • Data acquisition and category methods related to disasters in China • Casualty loss dataorganization and storage model • Rapid distribution and publishing method for disaster data
IND-CHINA IRDR-CHINA Grants Project Young Scientist • Assess the impacts of disaster events in China on regional and global ecosystem • Investigate a mechanism for sharing China disaster data for global climate and environmental changes issues • Provide quick research support to young to middle-career researchers for pursuing exciting and innovative disaster related research ideas • Enhance their understanding, skills and resources to design, organize and carry out disaster related studies in China
IRDR-CHINA Grants Project:2012-2013 • Study on Mechanisms of Community-Based Mountain Hazards Risk Management • Climate Change, Drought, and Migration: Dynamics and Risk Assessment • “FORIN” Case Study of Seasonal Drought in Yunnan Province, Southwest China under Climate Change • Study on Disaster-Carrying Capability and Disaster Comprehensive Risk in Urban Area – a case study of Wenchuan Earthquake Young Scientist FORIN-CHINA Study on Data Management Model for Historical Disaster Loss Data: Flood as showcase DATA- CHINA Research on the Inherent Linkage between the Global Change and Natural Disaster Risk Variation in China IND- CHINA
IRDR-CHINA Grants Project Outputs • Improve and support data sharing and services for disaster risk reduction • Enhance the application of integrated data for natural disaster mitigation and disaster risks management in China • Strengthen the collaboration in disaster risk management between scientific community and policy-makers
Academic Exchange • Delegation from the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) visited CEODE, IRDR-CHINA ,IRDR IPO . • IRDR-CHINA Hosted a Session of Disaster Risk at ISEO2012 Convened in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China. • Academic exchange activities between • Chinese experts and overseas specialists on disaster risk and extreme climate events assessment and analyses. • IRDR-CHINA 2012 Symposium on IRDR (Nov. 6 2012, Chengdu, China.)
IRDR-CHINA Website Renewed http://www.irdrchina.cn/
Perspectives of IRDR-China • Continue to put forward IRDR research, enhancing the level of Scientific support for disaster mitigation and management, especially for policy –making process; • Make efforts to organize social scientists and natural scientists to do trans-disciplinary and integrated study on major natural disaster chain risk and its mitigation ways; • Reinforce international cooperation in disaster research under ICSU IRDR framework, and lead Chinese Scientists to actively participate in IRDR working groups activities and make contributions to IRDR.