2. IMPROVING YOUR COMMUNITY’S CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION 2010 IS A GOOD TIME FOR EVERY COMMUNITY TO BUILD CAPACITY Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

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

4. 2010 ALREADY HAS DISASTERS TO LEARN FROM… HAITI EARTH- QUAKE; JANUARY 12, 2010 FLOODS IN PAKISTAN: JULY-AUGUST, 2010 …AND MORE WITH MORE TO COME

5. KEY ELEMENT FOR SUCCESS LEADERS, WHO CAN INCREASE COLLABORATION

6. COLLABORATION DURING ALL PHASES OF DISASTER REDUCTION PLANNING IS THE BEST WAY FOR YOUR COMMUNITY TO REDUCE ITS DISASTER RISK COLLABORATION DURING ALL PHASES OF DISASTER REDUCTION PLANNING IS THE BEST WAY FOR YOUR COMMUNITY TO REDUCE ITS DISASTER RISK

7. COLLABOTATION REDUCES RISK RECOVERY & RECONSTRUCTION ALL ELEMENTS ARE INTERRELATED MITIGATIONPREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAXIMIZING BENEFITS IN EACH PHASE OF THE DISASTER REDUCTION PLANNING CYCLE :

8. 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

9. START BY REVISITING YOUR COMMUNITY’S GOALS AND POLICIES, AND LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO COLLABORATE RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR COMMUNITY MAY BE AT HIGH DISASTER RISK NOW

10. BE HONEST ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY’S CAPACITY TO COPE WITH THE INEVITABLE: DISASTER-CAUSING EVENTS ASK: ARE WE MAKING ANY OF THE MISTAKES THAT LED TO DISASTERS DURING 2003, …, 2010?

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. YOUR COMMUNITY DATA BASES AND INFORMATION HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS HAZARD MAPS INVENTORY VULNERABILITY CAPACITY RISK ASSESSMENT RISK ACCEPTABLE RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PREPAREDNESS MITIGATION MONITORING EM RESPONSE RECOVERY & RECONST. GOAL: NO DISASTERS

19. 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 DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

20. SUCCESS: “WHO SAID IT CAN’T BE DONE” TOWARDS DISASTER RISK REDUCTION FOR YOUR COMMUNITY

21. SUCCESS: “WHO SAID IT CAN’T BE DONE” TOWARDS NEW CUTTINIG EDGE PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE COLLABORATION AND BUILD “HELPING HANDS.”