Title: DISASTER RECOVERY A PILLAR OF DISASTER RESILIENCE PART 2: EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS
1DISASTER RECOVERYA PILLAR OF DISASTER
RESILIENCEPART 2 EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster
Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA
2The Timely and Effective Concentration of
Resources to Restore Critical Infrastructure,
Financial Systems, and Development to Normal (or
Better) After a Disaster
3THE FOCUSEMERGING FROM A DISASTER WITH A
TIMELY, COST-EFFECTIVE, AND SUSTAINED RECOVERY
PROCESS
4A RECOVERY-READY CITY KNOWS WHAT IS NEEDED TO
RESTORE SOCIETAL SYSTEMS AND DEVELOPMENT BEFORE
DISASTER HAPPENS
5A DISASTER OCCURS WHEN A CITYS PUBLIC POLICIES
ALLOW IT TO BECOME
- UNPREPARED
- UNPROTECTED
- UNABLE TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY
- NONRESILIENT AFTER A DISASTER
6A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN IT IS
- PREPARED FOR THE INEVITABLE NATURAL HAZARDS THAT
ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR AT THE WRONG TIME AND IN THE
WRONG PLACE RELATIVE TO THE CITYS SOCIAL
CONSTRUCTS
7A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN
- ITS PEOPLE, BUILDINGS, INFRASTRUCTURE, ESSENTIAL
AND CRITICAL FACILITIES ARE PROTECTED BY CODES,
STANDARDS, ETC AGAINST THE POTENTIAL DISASTER
AGENTS OF LIKELY NATURAL HAZARDS
8A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN
- IT IS ABLE TO A) RESPOND INTELLIGENTLY IN REAL
TIME TO MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF HARMS WAY, B) MEET
THEIR NEEDS IN AN EMERGENCY, AND C) RESTORE THE
CITYS BASIC FUNCTIONS
9A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT WHEN
- ITS POLICIES NOT ONLY ENABLE IT TO RESPOND TO A
DISASTER, BUT ALSO TO FACILITATE - A QUICK, COST-EFFECTIVE, AND SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY
PROCESS -
10NATURAL HAZARDS CAN CAUSE COMPLEX DISASTERS AND
CHALLENGING RECOVERY SITUATIONS
11EARTHQUAKE DISASTERS
12RECOVERY MUST DEAL WITH
DAMAGED BUILDINGS
COLLAPSED BUILDINGS
FAILURE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
LANDSLIDES (INCLUDING QUAKE LAKES)
EARTHQUAKES
FLOODING FROM UTILITY FAILURE AND DAM FAILURE
CASE HISTORIES
FIRES
RADIATION RELEASE
13EARTHQUAKES STRIKE CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
- A SHALLOW (4.1 KM), M6.3 QUAKE LOCATED 5 KM FROM
CHRISTCHURCH WAS MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN DEEP ONE
14 EPICENTRES SEPT 2010 AND FEB 2011 EARTHQUAKES
15 CHRISTCHURCH CITY CENTRE A WAR ZONE
16 CHRISTCHURCH CITY CENTRE A WAR ZONE
17PYNE GOULD GUINESS BUILDING COLLAPSED
18COLLAPSED BUILDING CHRISTCHURCH
19COLLAPSE A BAPTIST CHURCH
20CRUSHED CARS CHRISTCHURCH
21BARACADED BUILDING CHRISTCHURCH
22INTERIOR CONTENTS
23SEARCH AND RESCUE WORKERS
2440 MILLION TON ICE CHUNK DISLODGED FROM TASMAN
GLACIER
25DISLODGED ICE IN TASMAN LAKE
26CHRISTCHURCH SUBURB, BEXLEY FLOODED
27TSUNAMI DISASTERS
- RECOVERY CAN INVOLVE MANY NATIONS (e.g., The
Pacific Rim or the Indian Ocean Countries)
28RECOVERY MUST DEAL WITH
LOSS OF BUILDINGS FROM WAVE RUN UP
LOSS OF INFRASTRUCTURE FROM WAVE RUN UP
FLOODING
DEBRIS REMOVAL
TSUNAMIS
HOMELESS
CASE HISTORIES
RECONSTRUCTION
RADIATION RELEASE
29 M9.0 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI IMPACTS JAPAN
WITH THE TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING PACIFIC RIM
COUNTRIES
- 4TH LARGEST QUAKE EVER 3 10 M TSUNAMI
WAVES - 246 pm MARCH 11, 2011
30FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR FACILITY HAD 3 FAILURES
31FIRE NEAR SENDAI AIRPORT
32PASSENGERS STRANDED SENDAI STATION
33TSUNAMI WAVESNATON MYIAGI PREFECTURE
34OARAI INUNDATED BY TSUNAMI
35TSUNAMI WAVES REACH COAST OF NORTHERN JAPAN
36SENDAI AIRPORT
37SENDAI AIRPORT COVERED WITH MUD FROM TSUNAMI
38SENDAI AIRPORT COVERED WITH CARS, MUD, DEBRIS
39SEARCH AND RESCUE RIKUZENTAKADA
40SEARCH AND RESCUE TOYOMA
41COMMUNITY
DATA BASES AND INFORMATION
HAZARDS GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN
UP AFTERSHOCKS
42FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE
ARE INTERCONNECTED
PREPAREDNESS
PROTECTION
ALL ELEMENTS ARE INTERRELATED
RECOVERY
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
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