1. GLOBAL NATURAL DISASTERS EXACERBATE THE GLOBAL HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM February 2012 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. NATURAL DISASTERS EXACERBATE HOMELESSNESS A natural disaster can cause an abrupt change in the local state of homelessness that can linger for years to decades to generations

3. THE HOMELESS: A NOT-SO- INVISIBLE GLOBAL PROBLEM  At present, exacerbated by poverty, war, terrorism, and natural disasters, an estimated 100 million people (1.4 % of the “world community” ) are homeless.

4. THE HOMELESS: A NOT-SO- INVISIBLE PROBLEM IN INDIA  An estimated 2 million are homeless in India, some of whom are 5 th and 6 th generation.

5. THE HOMELESS: A NOT-SO- INVISIBLE PROBLEM IN THE USA  An estimated 560,000 people are homeless in the USA.

6. A HOMELESS PERSON IS MORE LIKELY--- To die in their 40’s,---2-3 decades earlier than others To be psychotic To be homocidal To be addicted to drugs and/or alcohol To be diabetic

7. HURRICANES, TYPHOONS, AND CYCLONES

8. NEW ORLEANS, LA: AFTER 2005’S HURRICANE KATRINA

9. THE HOMELESS STILL REPRESENT AN EXTIMATED 4 % OF NEW ORLEANS’ CURRENT POPULATION

10. ONE OF 12,000 LIVING STILL UNDER INTERSTATE 10 IN NEW ORLEANS

11. PATH OF CYCLONE NARGIS: MAY 2-3, 2008 :

12. NEW HOMELESS

13. TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR NEW HOMELESS: MAY 10, 2008

14. EARTHQUAKES

15. DECEMBER 26, 2004 BANDA ACHE EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI

16. DECEMBER 26, 2004 INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI DISASTER MILLIONS DISPLACED FROM HOMES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS NEEDED FOR RESPONSE, RECOVERY, AND RECONSTRUCTION

17. INFUSION OF “STAPLE” AND “HOPE” DURING RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SICHUAN PROVINCE MAY 12, 2008: THE BEGINNING OF A GLOBAL PROCESS TO CREATE TURNING POINTS FOR EARTHQUAKE SUSTAINABILITY

18. "DON'T LOSE HOPE" PREMIER JAIBAO: CHENGDU

19. According to the State Council Information Office, about 5,461,900 houses collapsed, 5,932,500 houses were seriously damaged, and another 21 million may need repairs.

20. The official death toll stood at 69,197 as of Wednesday, July 9 th, according to the State Council Information Office. The number of injured and missing stood at 374,176 and 18,379 respectively

21. PORT AU PRINCE: 1.8 MILLION IN A NATION OF NINE MILLION

22. SOCIETAL IMPACTS The lives of 3 million+ Haitians were adversely impacted by the collapse of thousands of buildings and a corresponding abrupt increase in homelessness.

23. 600,000 IN HAITI STILL HOMELESS

24. REALITY CHECK Haiti still needs everything: Robust shelters and housing, Infrastructure, A port, An airfield, …

25. PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE 8:50 AM OCTOBER 8, 2005 M7.6 10 KM (6 MI) DEPTH AT LEAST 30,000 DEAD COLLAPSED SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS 2.5 MILLION HOMELESS

26. OCTOBER 8, 2005 PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE

27. PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ISLAMABAD

28. LONG-TERM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED DURING RECOVERY NEED: 2 TO 3 MILLION NEW DWELLINGS THAT ARE EARTHQUAKE RESILIENT. NEED: NEW SCHOOLS THAT ARE EARTHQUAKE RESILIENT. NEED: NEW HOSPITALS THAT ARE EARTHQUAKE RESILIENT. NEED: NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS EARTHQUAKE RESILIENT.

29. FLOODS

30. RIVERS BURST BANKS AND BREACH DAMS IN CENTRAL EUROPE AFTER WEEKS OF RAIN POLAND, HUNGARY, GERMANY, CZECH REPUBLIC, … MAY – JUNE, 2010

31. The heaviest rains in over a decade forced thousands along rain- swollen rivers in Poland, Germany, and Hungary to evacuate from their homes, breached dikes and sand bag dams, damaging homes, and infrastructure, and leaving thousands homeless

32. INUNDATED VILLAGE

33. NORTHWEST PAKISTAN (AND AFGHANISTAN) HIT BY CATASTROPHIC FLOODING AFTER PROLONGED MONSOON RAINS JULY 28-AUGUST 23, 2010

34. ONE-FIFTH OF PAKISTAN AFFECTED

35. Over 1,600 Pakistanis died (and probably many more) and more than 20,000,000 were impacted, including 3,500,000 children, as rains swelled rivers, inundated villages, and triggered landslides, causing entire villages, roads, and bridges to be swept away and other areas isolated.