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LAW OF THE CHAIN FOR RESETTING OUR SHARED GLOBAL VISION FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

LAW OF THE CHAIN FOR RESETTING OUR SHARED GLOBAL VISION FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA . LAW OF THE CHAIN. LAW OF THE CHAIN.

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LAW OF THE CHAIN FOR RESETTING OUR SHARED GLOBAL VISION FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

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  1. LAW OF THE CHAIN FOR RESETTING OUR SHARED GLOBAL VISION FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA 

  2. LAW OF THE CHAIN

  3. LAW OF THE CHAIN A DISASTER IS A WINDOW OF OPPOR-TUNITY TO FIX THE TWO WEAK LINKS IN EVERY COMMUNITY’S DISASTER RESILIENCE PROGRAMME: TRANSFER and MPLEMENTATION OF KNOWLEDGE

  4. 2010 PROVIDED MANY NEW WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY HAITI EARTHQUAKE COMMUNITY VULNER-ABILITIES EXPOSED FLOODS IN RUSSIA , BRAZIL, AND POLAND CHILE EARTHQUAKE LACK OF UNDER-STANDING, TECHNOLOGY, AND PREPAREDNESS PACIFIC TSUNAMI FAILURE TO TRANSFER AND IMPLEMENT GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WINDSTORM XYANTHIA DROUGHT IN CARIBBEAN DROUGHT IN CHINA VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN ICELAND OIL LEAK IN GULF OF MEXICO MUD FLOWS IN MADEIRA

  5. HAZARDS EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY LOCATION FACT: ELEMENTS OF DISASTER RISK EXIST IN EVERY COMMUNITY RISK

  6. A disaster has undesirable local, regional, and global consequences.

  7. REALITY 101ALLNATIONS LOSE WHEN KNOWLEDGE ON NATURAL DISASTERS IS NOT TRANSFERRED OR IMPLEMENTED IN A TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO REDUCE COMMUNITY VULNERABILITIES

  8. THE BOTTOM LINE KNOWLEDGE THAT DOES NOT PROMOTE “DISASTER RESILIENCE ON THE GROUND” SOMEWHERE DOES NOT LEAVE A LEGACY ANYWHERE.

  9. REALITY 101A disaster is the result of NOT TRANSFERRING AND IMPLEMENTING knowledge to reduce vulnerability and risk

  10. DISASTER = KNOWLEDGE BUT WITHOUT TRANSFER AND IMPLEMEN- TATION DISASTER RESILIENCE = KNOWLEDGE WITH TRANSFER AND IMPLEMEN-TATION REALITY 101

  11. INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI--2004 HURRICANE KATRINA--2005 FLOODS IN CHINA --2007 CYCLONE NARGIS—2008 WENCHUAN, CHINA EARTH-QUAKE--2008 A DISASTER ALWAYS EXPOSES A COMMUNITY’S WEAK LINKS

  12. HAITI EARTHQUAKE CHILE EARTHQUAKE AND PACIFIC TSUNAMI ICELAND VOLCANIC ERUPTION AND ASH CLOUD OIL LEAK IN GULF OF MEXICO A DISASTER ALWAYS EXPOSES A COMMUNITY’S WEAK LINKS

  13. INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI DISASTER: DECEMBER 2004 Elements of the disaster: 1) Aninadequate tsunami warning system, 2) An estimated220,000 deaths in 11 nations, and 3) $ billions in losses.

  14. FLOOD DISASTER IN CHINA: JULY 2007 Elements of the disaster: 1) Evacuation of one half-million people from the rain-swollen Huai River, 2) a plague of two billion mice, and 3) losses of $3 billion.

  15. HURRICANE KATRINA DISASTER:AUGUST 2005 Elements of the disaster: 1) poor siting and design of the levee system, 2) flooding of 80 percent of New Orleans, 3) 1,800 dead, and 4) losses of $81 billion.

  16. CYCLONE NARGIS DISASTER: IN MYANMAR: MAY 2008 Elements of the disaster: 1) Poor implementation of warning systems, 2) Slow receipt of Inter-national AID, 3) an estimated 220,000 deaths.

  17. WENCHUAN, CHINA EATHQUAKE DISASTER: MAY 2008 Elements of the disaster: 1) Poor implementation of building codes, 2) 88,000 deaths, 3) 25 million buildings damaged, 4) 45 million affected

  18. HAITI EARTHQUAKE DISASTERJANUARY 2010 Elements of the disaster: 1) poor implementation of building codes, 2) an estimated 220,000 deaths, 3) $ 100 + billion in damage, and 4) a 10-year-long recovery.

  19. EYJAFJALLAJOKULL VOLCANO ERUPTS IN ICELAND: MARCH 2010 Elements of the disaster: 1) Lack of prepared-ness to deal with an ash cloud, 2) 100,000 canceled flights in Europe, 3) 1 billion + loss to aviation industry.

  20. THE GREAT OIL LEAK DISASTER OF IN GULF OF MEXICO: APRIL 2010 Elements of the disaster: 1) Lack of technology to deal with an 1-mile deep oil leak adding 22,000 gallons of oil per day, 2) pollution, 3) dead fish and wildfire, and 4) $ 100 + billion loss.

  21. REALITY 101It is much more cost-effective for a nation to improve the transfer and implementation of knowledge than to try to sustain the socioeconomic losses from recurring disasters

  22. HAZARD MAPS • INVENTORY • VULNERABILITY • LOCATION • PREPAREDNESS • PROTECTION • EARLY WARNING • EMERGENCY RESPONSE • RECOVERY and • RECONSTRUCTION HAZARD & RISK ASSESSMENTS ELEMENTS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE ACCEPTABLE RISK RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK DECISIONS ON ON DISASTER RESILIENCE DATA BASES AND INFORMATION YOUR COMMUNITY HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

  23. THE UNREALISTIC GOAL • NO DISASTERS! • …UNREALISTIC BECAUSE NATURAL HAZARDS (E.G., FLOODS, SEVERE WINDSTORMS, EARTHQUAKES, DROUGHTS) ARE INEVITABLE AND COMMUNITIES ARE VULNERABLE.

  24. THE REALISTIC GOAL • DISASTER RESILIENCE! • …, BUT IT DEPENDS ON SUCCESSFUL CAPACITY BUILDING ON MULTIPLE SCALES FOR PREPAREDNESS, PROTECTION, EARLY WARNING, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY/RECON-STRUCTION.

  25. DISASTER RESILIENCE REQUIRES A “24/7” EFFORT • A 24/7 EFFORT IS NEEDED TO BUILD THE CAPACITY NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT EVERY ELEMENT OF COMMINITY DISASTER RESILIENCE.

  26. FACT: MANY GLOBAL COMMUNITIES LACK CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE. SUB-SAHARA AFRICA CARIBBEAN BASIN EUROPE 200 NATIONS AND 7+ BILLION PEOPLE NORTH AMERICA MEDITER- RANEAN SOUTH AMERICA ISLAND NATIONS ASIA

  27. STEP ONE: FINDING AND ENGAGING Finding and engaging the right people in the community(i.e., those who are willing to commit to a sustained effort to build capacity for disaster resilience).

  28. Onlyif the people at risk are adequately equipped with knowledge on the occurrences and consequences of natural hazards (e.g., earthquakes, hurricanes / typhoons, and floods)and a political mandate to become resilient before a natural disaster occurs is therea good chance of actually achieving disaster resilience . STEP TWO: EQUIPPING

  29. PHYSICAL SCIENCES POLITICAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE ENGINEERING SCIENCES HOW TO SUCCEED STRATEGIC GOAL: WORKING TOGETHER TO INCREASE CAPACITY IN EVERY COMMUNITY SUCCESS: COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILINCE

  30. STEP THREE: PARTNERNING • Forge partnerships in the community that involve the best available politicians, business leaders, scientists, engineers, the media, medical professionals, and educators in a concerted long-term effort.

  31. IMPLEMENTATION GOAL: DISASTER RESILIENCE FUNCTIONAL NETWORKING CHANNELS INFORMATION NETWORKING CHANNELS COMMUNITY CAPACITY ORGANIZATION NETWORKING CHANNELS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ACADEMIA Stratec Consulting

  32. NO MANDATE FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE HIGH RISK EDUCATION THAT DOES NOT BUILD CAPACITY HOW TO FAIL NO CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE: FACT: NO COMMUNITY CAN REDUCE DISASTER RISK WITHOUT GOALS, CAPACITY, OR BY WORKING ALONE

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