walter hays, global alliance for disaster reduction, university of north carolina, usa

DISASTER RECOVERY

A PILLAR OF DISASTER RESILIENCE

PART 1: RECOVERY FROM FLOOD-- AND SEVERE WINDSTORM --

DISASTERS

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of

North Carolina, USA

The Timely and Effective Concentration of Resources

to Restore Critical Infrastructure and Financial

Systems, and Resume Normal Life After a Disaster

THE FOCUS:

A TIMELY, EFFECTIVE, AND SUSTAINED RECOVERY PROCESS

AFTER A DISASTER

NATURAL HAZARDS CAN CAUSE COMPLEX DISASTERS AND

COMPLICATED RECOVERY SITUATIONS

COMMUNITYCOMMUNITYDATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATION

HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

•NATURAL HAZARDS•INVENTORY•VULNERABILITY•LOCATION

RISK ASSESSMENTRISK ASSESSMENT

RISK

ACCEPTABLE RISK

UNACCEPTABLE RISK

GOAL: DISASTER GOAL: DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE

•PREPAREDNESS•PROTECTION•EMERGENCY RESPONSE•RECOVERY IENCE

FOUR PILLARS OF FOUR PILLARS OF RESILIENCERESILIENCE

A DISASTER OCCURS WHEN A CITY’S PUBLIC POLICIES ALLOW IT TO BECOME …

UN—PREPAREDUN—PROTECTED

UN—ABLE TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELYNON—RESILIENT TO THE DISASTER

AGENTS OF A NATURAL HAZARD

YOU ARE RECOVERY-READY WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT IS YOU ARE RECOVERY-READY WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT IS NEEDED TO RESTORE SOCIETAL FUNCTIONS NEEDED TO RESTORE SOCIETAL FUNCTIONS BEFOREBEFORE A A

DISASTER EVER HAPPENS DISASTER EVER HAPPENS

A 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 CITY’S SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS

A 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

A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT

WHEN …IT IS ABLE TO: A) RESPOND

INTELLIGENTLY IN REAL TIME TO MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF HARM’S WAY, B) MEET THEIR NEEDS IN AN EMERGENCY,

AND C) RESTORE THE CITY’S BASIC FUNCTIONS

A CITY BECOMES DISASTER RESILIENT

WHEN …IT’S POLICIES NOT ONLY ENABLE IT TO RESPOND TO A DISASTER, BUT ALSO

FACILITATES A QUICK, SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY

FROM ITS SOCIETAL IMPACTS

FLOOD DISASTERS

LOSS OF FUNCTION OF STRUCTURES IN FLOODPLAIN

FLOODS

INUNDATION

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

CONTENTS DAMAGED BY WATER

WATER BORNE DISEASES (HEALTH PROBLEMS)

EROSION AND MUDFLOWS

CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER

RECOVERY MUST DEAL WITH

CASE HISTORIES

FLOOD DISASTER RECOVERY IS FACILITATED BY

PUBLIC POLICIES THAT INTEGRATE RESEARCH, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE,

AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON THE FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER

RESILIENCE WITH THE

CITY’S (OR REGION’S) POLITICAL PROCESS

GREAT QUEENSLAND FLOOD INUNDATES 22 TOWNS,

DISPLACES 200,000, KILLS 35, AND CAUSES LOSSES OF

OVER $5 BILLION IN AUSTRALIA

DECEMBER 10 – JANUARY 10, 2011

NEW SOUTH WALES: 45 FLOOD DISASTER ZONES

Saint Lucia, May 2011

Roseau river near Morne d'OrPhoto Credit: Veronica Simon

MISSISSIPPI RIVER BARGE TRAFFIC HALTED: MAY 6

FLOODING CAUSED BY NON-STOP RAIN DEVASTATES

WESTERN TANZANIA

DEATH TOLL REACHES 8 AS 3,500 LEFT HOMELESS, BUT WORST IS YET

TO COME AS RAINY SEASON CONTINUES

MAY 6, 2011 AND FOLLOWING

WESTERN TANZANIA: INUNDATION

RECORD FLOODING IN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA:

MUDSLIDES EXACERBATE DISASTER IN S. KOREA

TUESDAY, JULY 20 - THURSDAY,

JULY 28, 2011

NORTH KOREA: SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2011

FLOODING IN BANKOK, THAILAND AREA

Worst flooding in 50 Years

JULY - OCTOBER, 2011

OVER 370 DEAD AND LOSSES IN EXCESS OF $6

BILLION FROM PROLONGED FLOODING

BANGKOK: SWIMMING IN FLOOD WATERS THAT LASTED 1 MONTH

BANGKOK: OCTOBER 28

CHINATOWN AREA OF BANGKOK: OCTOBER 28

LLIGAN, THE PHILIPPINES; DEC. 2011: A FLASH FLOOD DISASTER

Residents awakened at 2:30 am to find an inundated city and homes flooded by a month’s rain falling in 10 hours.

SEVERE WINDSTORM DISASTERS

RECOVERY IS COMPLICATED WHEN MULTIPLE NATIONS (OR

STATES) ARE IMPACTED

WIND AND WATER PENETRATING BUILDING

ENVELOPE

SEVEREWINDSTORMS

UPLIFT OF ROOF SYSTEM

DEBRIS

STORM SURGE AND HEAVY PRECIPITATION

RECONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

POOR WORKMANSHIP

FAILURE OF NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

RECOVERY MUST DEAL WITH

CASE HISTORIES

RECOVERY FROM SEVERE WINDSTORM DISASTERS IS FACILITATED BY

PUBLIC POLICIES THAT INTEGRATE RESEARCH, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE,

AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON THE FOUR PILLARS OF DISASTER

RESILIENCE WITH THE

NATION’S (OR REGION’S) POLITICAL PROCESS (ES)

CYCLONE YASI STRIKES NORTHERN QUEENSLAND

STATE, AUSTRALIA

CAT 5 monster storm made landfall with winds gusting to 300 km/hr

FEBRUARY 2-26, 2011

PATH OF CYCLONE YASI: JANUARY 25, 2011

IRENENinth Storm and the First Hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic Basin Storm Season

August 21 to August 31 2011

PONCE AGOSTO, PR: FLOODING; AUGUST 24th

HISPANOLA: SWOLLEN NIGUA RIVER SAN CRISTOBAL; AUG 24th

BARACOA, CUBA: AUG 24:

Hundreds of homes destroyed in Bahamas

AUG 27: 7:30 AM LANDFALL IN OUTER BANKS, NC

AUG 27: NAGS HEAD POWER OUTAGES

AUG 28: HATTERAS ISLAND, NC

AUG 24: NAVY DESTROYER LEAVING NORFOLK NAVAL STATION

AUG 26: EVACUATIONS BEGIN IN NEW JERSEY

TRENTON, NJ: ASSUNPINK CREEK FLOODING CLOSES AMTRACK

AUG 28: FLOODING IN STATEN ISLAND

AUG 28: SCHUYLKILL RIVER OVERFLOWS BANKS AND INVADES THE TOWN

SPRING LAKE, NJ: BOARDWALK DESTROYED

AUG 28: OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND

RECOVERY BECAME MORE COMPLICATED AFTER IRENE’S EXIT

RECORD-TO-NEAR-RECORD FLOODING IN NEW ENGLAND AND

CANADA HAPPENED AS RESULT OF THE RUNOFF AFTER IRENE’S EXIT

AUGUST 29 ---30, 2011

VERMONT: FLOODING

WATERBURY, VT

PITTSFIELD, VT: COMMUNITY TURNED INTO AN ISLAND

WINOOSKI RIVER: WATERBURY, VT

VERMONT: ROADS WASHED OUT

VERMONT FLOODING

VERMONT: FLOODING

VERMONT: FLOODING

WASHI, THE 19th ARRIVED ON FRIDAY; DEPARTED ON SUNDAY

CAGAYAN DE ORO, THE PHILIPPINES; A TROPICAL STORM DISASTER: DEC. 17, 2011

Tropical storm Washi dumped a month’s rain in 10 hours, inundating the city, and killing over 600 in the region.