2. WHAT IS KEEPING YOUR COMMUNITY FROM BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT? Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

3. THE WORLD’S COMMUNITIES FACE DISASTERS FROM: FLOODS SEVERE WINDSTORMS EARTHQUAKES TSUNAMIS DROUGHTS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES WILDFIRES

4. YOUR COMMUNIT Y DATA BASES AND INFORMATION HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS HAZARD MAPS INVENTORY VULNERABILITY LOCATION RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ACCEPTABLE RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK ANTICIPATORY DECISIONS BEST POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR: PREPAREDNESS PROTECTION RESPONSE & RECOVERY 4 PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE

5. WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO THE KNOWLEDGE BASE Best Practices for Mitigation Adaptation and Monitoring Gateways to a Deeper Understanding Real and Near- Real Time Information From Monitoring Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Characterization Anticipatory Actions for all Events and all Situations Situational Data Bases Interfaces with all Real- and Near Real-Time Sources Cause & Effect Relationships APPLICATIONS Implement Modern Codes and Lifeline Standards Relocation/Rerouting of Cities and City Lifelines Using Risk Assessments to Form Public Policy Expanding Use of New Technologies Becoming a Disaster Intelligent Community CONTINUING EDUCATION National Academies of Science & Engineering Global Risk Assessments Global Disaster Scenarios International Collaboration on Educational Surges Global Post Disaster Studies A CONTINUUM OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IS AVAILABLE TO EVERY COMMUNITY FOR BECOMING DISASTER RESILIENT

6. 2011 HAD A MAJOR DISASTER TO LEARN FROM… JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE M9.0 MARCH 10, 2010 …FOLLOWED BY A MAJOR TSUNAMI

7. NOTABLE DISASTERS AND CATASTROPHES DURING 2011 FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI IN JAPAN WILDFIRES IN ARIZONA AND TEXAS HURRICANE IRENE AND TROPIAL STORM LEE FLOODS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI River SUPER TORNADO OUTBREAK CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

8. 2010 HAD A MAJOR DISASTER TO LEARN FROM… HAITI EARTH- QUAKE; M7.0 JANUARY 12, 2010 …FOLLOWED BY AFTERSHOCKS

9. NOTABLE DISASTERS IN 2010 EARTHQUAKE IN HAUTI EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI IN JAPAN WILDFIRES IN RUSSUA AND USA 19 SEVERE WINDSTORMS FLOODS IN EUROPE, PAKISTAN, CHINA, AND USA GREAT SOLSTICE WINTER STORM CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMUNITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN ICELAND & INDONESIA

10. 2009 HAD MAJOR DISASTERS TO LEARN FROM… TYPHOONS…FOLLOWED BY STORM SURGE, HEAVY RAIN FAIL, WINDS, AND MUDFLOWS

11. 2009’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE THE YEAR OF EL NINO 8 ATLANTIC STORMS: IDA; 8 PACIFIC STORMS: RICK, … 11 TYPHOONS: MORAKOT, KETSANA, PARMA, … EARTHQUAKES IN ITALY, AM. SAMOA, AND INDONESIA WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA, GREECE,AND AUSTRALIA FLOODS: USA, ITALY, TURKEY, ENGLAND, … NEW OPPOR- TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

12. 2008’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE CYCLONE NARGIS IN MYANMAR WENCHUAN, CHINA EARTHQUAKE FLOODS: MIDWESTERN USA 16 ATLANTIC STORMS: FAY, GUSTAV, HANNA, IKE, … WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA ERUPTION OF VOLCANO CHAITEN, CHILE NEW OPPOR- TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

13. 2007’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE GLOBAL FLOODS: CHINA, MEXICO, SE ASIA, USA, … EARTHQUAKES IN INDONESIA,PERU, JAPAN 14 TYPHOONS: MAN-YI, PABUK, SEPAT,,… 17 ATLANTIC STORMS: DEAN, FELIX,WIPHA, … WILDFIRES IN EUROPE AND CALIFORNIA DROUGHTS; HEAT WAVES IN EUROPE, USA NEW OPPOR- TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

14. 2006’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE THE YEAR OF EL NINO AND A BERMUDA HIGH 22 PACIFIC TYPHOONS: BILIS, PRAPIROON, SAOMAI FLOODS: ELBE, DANUBE, USA, N KOREA, MALAYSIA, CHINA 9 ATLANTIC STORMS: HELENE, GORDON, … 13 CYCLONES: GLENDA, LARRY, MONICA, … QUAKES: GUJARAT, INDIA,; HAWAII, KAMCHATKA, … NEW OPPOR- TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT WILDFIRES: AUSTRALIA, CALIFORNIA

15. 2005’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE 28 ATLANTIC TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES HURRICANES KATRINA, RITA, STAN, AND WILMA ERUPTION S: ILAMATEPEC IN El SALVADOR; MERAPI PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE 13 TYPHOONS: HAITANG, LONGWANG, MATSA, … FLOODS: ROMANIA, AUSTRIA, GERMANY, GUJARAT, … NEW OPPOR- TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT PORTUGAL WILDFIRES

16. 2004’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE ATLANTIC STORMS: BONNIE, CHARLIE, IVAN, JEANNE INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE AUSTRALIAN REGION CYCLONES: MEENA, NANCY TYPHOONS MEGI, CHABA, SONGDA,TOKAGE, WINNIE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI FLOODS: INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, NEPAL NEW OPPOR- TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT NIIGATA EARTHQUAKE AND LANDSLIDES

17. 2003’s CONTRIBUTION TO DISASTER KNOWLEDGE 21 STORMS; HURRICANES FABIAN, ISABEL, AND JUAN BAM, IRAN AND BOUR- MEDES, ALGERIA QUAKES 15 PACIFIC TYPHOONS; SIX INDIAN OCEAN CYCLONES SANTA FE ARGENTINA FLOOD OKANAGAN WILDFIRE: BRITISH COLOMBIA, CANADA EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE NEW OPPOR- TUNITIES FOR BUILDING CAPACITY NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR MAKING COMMUNITIES DISASTER RESILIENT NORTH AMERICAN BLIZZARD

18. COLLABORATION DURING ALL 4 PHASES OF DISASTER RESILIENCE PLANNING IS THE BEST WAY FORWARD COLLABORATION DURING ALL 4 PHASES OF DISASTER RESILIENCE PLANNING IS THE BEST WAY FORWARD

19. KEY ELEMENT FOR SUCCESS LEADERS, WHO CAN FIND “MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES” FOR INCREASING COLLABORATION

20. OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL SURGES PREVENTION & MITIGATION PREPAREDNESS MONITORING AND WARNING EMERGENCY RESPONSE RECOVERY & RECON- STRUCTION. OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL SURGES PREVENTION & MITIGATION PREPAREDNESS MONITORING AND WARNING EMERGENCY RESPONSE RECOVERY & RECON- STRUCTION. TECHNOLOGY BASE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR COLLABORATION TO REDUCE DISASTER RISK POSTDISASTER INVESTIGATIONS RESEARCH

21. MAXIMIZE BENEFIT/COST RECOVERY & RECONSTRUCTION ALL ELEMENTS ARE INTERRELATED MITIGATIONPREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAXIMIZING BENEFITS IN EACH PHASE OF THE DISASTER REDUCTION PLANNING CYCLE :

22. START BY REVISITING YOUR COMMUNITY’S GOALS AND POLICIES, AND LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO IMPLEMENT THEM RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR COMMUNITY MAY BE THINKING INSIDE A BOX

23. BE HONEST ABOUT THE BOX YOUR COMMUNITY IS IN AND START THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO TEAR DOWN THE WALLS ASK: ARE WE MAKING ANY OF THE MISTAKES THAT LED TO DISASTERS DURING 2003, …, 2010?

25. LIVING WITH RISK INCREASED DEMANDS ON COMMUNITY GOAL: BALANCE DEMAND WITH CAPACITY DECREASED CAPABILITIES OF COMMUNITY

26. LIVING WITH RISK INCREASED DEMANDS ON COMMUNITY FAILURE DECREASED CAPABILITIES OF COMMUNITY

27. STRATEGIC PLANNING ENHANCES COLLABORATION W 3 MODEL FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING WHAT DO WE WANT ? WHAT DO WE HAVE? WHAT CAN WE DO? PP TT SS OO CA

28. DISASTER & HAZARD INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR ACADEMIA FUNCTIONAL NETWORKING CHANNELS INFORMATION NETWORKING CHANNELS ORGANIZATION NETWORKING CHANNELS COLLABORATION COMMUNITYSTAKEHOLDERS Stratec Consulting

29. SUCCESS IS SWEET! TOWARDS DISASTER RESILIENCE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY