Disaster Risk Management Status Review

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Disaster Risk Management- Status Review
Proposed Plan

• R. Krishnamoorthy
• UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
• Chennai, India
• rrkrishnamurthy_at_gmail.com

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Our Strengths

• Expertise in the School of Earth Atmospheric
  Sciences Depts. of Geology, Applied Geology
  Geography
  
• Scientific data on tsunami hazards and earthquake
  risk / prediction studies
  
• Center for Natural Hazards Disaster Studies
  CNHDS funded by MHRD, GOI
  

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Our Strengths (Contd.)

• International Collaborations
• Tsunami modeling - Institut de Recherche pour
  le Développement, IRD, "Géosciences Azur",
  IRD-CNRS-UNSA-UPMC, France
  
• Coastal Zone Management - Kyoto University

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Our Strengths (Contd.)

• Recent Initiatives collaborative projects in
  process
  
• Community Based Coastal Zone Management
  Towards Pro-active Risk Communication Strategy
  for Effective Tsunami Mitigation in the Coastal
  Areas of India under - India-Japan Cooperative
  Science Programme (IJCSP) jointly with Kyoto
  University
• Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction Project
  Preparation of ICZM plan and coastal
  vulnerability map for Tamil Nadu The World
  Bank
• Establishment of National Early Warning
  System for Tsunami Storm Surges in Indian Ocean
  The Ministry of Earth Sciences, GOI
  

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INSTITUTIONS
TASKS
08 Mathematical Modeling 15 Bathymetry 19
Coastal Protection Coordinating in tasks 4, 7, 14
, 16, 20
IIT MADRAS
APPLIED GEOLOGY UNoM
05 Land Capability Assessment
16/20 Training Programmes
21 Video Programme for Awareness Creation
23 Video Documentation
(English/ Tamil)
LOYOLA COLLEGE
12 Ecological data 14 Ecologically Sensitive Ar
eas
19 Bioshield (Coordination with IIT)
CAS-MB Annamalai U
12 Socio-economic data 20 Training on ICZMP 2
2 Awareness Workshop (Coordination with IOM, AU
)
MSE
16 Stakeholder Management 20 ICZMP 21 Video p
rogramme for awareness 22 Street Plays/ Workshop
s
23 Video Documentation
MSSRF MIDS TRINET
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ANNA UNIVERSITY
TASKS
PROJECT COORDINATION 03 Secondary data (50 yrs)
for natural hazards 11 GIS Database 13 Confli
ct resolution 14 ICZM Plan Preparation 16 Trai
ning modules 17 Detailed ICZM Plan 18 CRZ Reco
mmendations 20-25 Overall Coordination
IOM
04 Geology/ Geomorphology 07 Relevant data coll
ection for Task 4
GEOLOGY
01 Baseline Maps 02 Land Use Plan 09 Cadas
tral Maps
IRS
CES
08 Mathematical Modeling (Coordinatin
g with OEC, IIT Madras)
CDMM
06 Mitigation Measures (Coordinating wit
h IOM)
20 Training on ICZM
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Our Strengths (Contd.)

• Publications
• Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
  The Global Challenge (February 2007)
  
• Research Publishing Services
• Disaster Management The Global Challenges
  and Local Solutions (March 2008)
  
• Orient Longman India

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Our Weakness

• Not much in capacity building activities
• Guidance / Funding

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MU KU METU (Proposed Plan)2007-2009

• Capacity Building Activities
• 1. Basic courses for graduate students
• 2. Short-term course for practitioners
• 3. Training for the trainers
• 4. International training workshops
• 5. Web-based courses
• Collaborative Research Project

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MU KU METU (immediate tasks)

• Finalization of MOU January 2007
• Preparation of proposals for short-term courses
  training for trainers March 2007
  
• 2 ST courses for practitioners/Stakeholders
  20 practitioners
  
• 2 TFT at MU or METU KU
• 10 5 15 Trainers
• 5 Trainers on visit
• 2 Expert visits from KU, WBI ISDR
• 5 Experts on visit
• Funded by WBI and ISDR

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MU KU METU (tasks)

• International training workshop May 2008
• 5 participants from METU region WBI/ISDR
  funding
  
• 15 participants from India self supported
• 15 participants from SA countries facilitate
  funding from APN, IHDP, etc.
  
• 5 participants from developed countries
• MU will host and provide University
  guesthouse,
  
• training hall, field visits preparation
  training materials

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MU KU METU (tasks)

• Joint collaborative research project 2007-09
• Preparation of first draft February 07
• Final draft and submission April 07
• Opportunities
• Students / young scholars exchange visits
• Fellowship for young scholars leading to
  Ph.D.
  
• Funded by WBI ISDR

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MU KU METU (tasks)

• Post-graduate diploma course in the University
  curriculum 2008-09 self supported
  
• Web-based courses 2008-09 WBI/ISDR
• 2 end user workshops / brainstorming sessions
  2009 WBI/ISDR

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University of Madras 2010

• Adequate strength in capacity building
• Generation of action oriented research outputs
• Extramural resource generation through funding
  projects