Informing Community Stakeholders About Disaster Resilience Dividends . Presentation courtesy of Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction

1. OUR WORLD IS NOT RESILIENT
TO EARTHQUAKES

2. EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
RESILIENCE
PART I: Informing Community
Stakeholders About Disaster
Resilience Dividends

3. YOURYOUR
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
DATA BASESDATA BASES
AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATION
HAZARDS:
GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
•HAZARD MAPS
•INVENTORY
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
RISK ASSESSMENTRISK ASSESSMENT
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
TOWARDS EARTHQUAKETOWARDS EARTHQUAKE
DISASTER RESILIENCEDISASTER RESILIENCE
• PPREPAREDNESS
• PROTECTION
•EARLY WARNING
•EMERGENCY RESPONSE
•RECOVERY and
RECONSTRUCTION
POLICY OPTIONSPOLICY OPTIONS

4. RESILIENCY POLICIES
• PREPAREDNESS
(BE READY FOR
ANYTHING)
• PROTECTION
(BUILD TO
WITHSTAND)
• EARLY WARNING
(GET OUT OF
HARM’S WAY)

5. RESILIENCY MEASURES
• EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
(SAVE LIVES &
PROTECT
PROPERTY)
• RECOVERY AND
RECONSTRUCTION
(RESTORE & NORM-
ALIZE SERVICES)

6. DISASTER RESILIENCE
PAYS DIVIDENDS
A DOLLAR INVESTED WILL HAVE
PAYOFFS OF MUCH MORE THAN
A DOLLAR

7. DISASTER RESILIENCE HAS A
VERY HIGH BENEFIT/COST
1 < BENEFIT/COST <
1000
THE PAYOFF IS A
BETTER, SAFER, AND
MORE SECURE
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
EVRYONE

8. LIVING WITH EARTHQUAKESLIVING WITH EARTHQUAKES
DECREASEDDECREASED
DEMANDS ONDEMANDS ON
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
DECREASEDDECREASED
DEMANDS ONDEMANDS ON
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
WHEN THE COMMUNITY ISWHEN THE COMMUNITY IS
EARTHQUAKE RESILIENT:EARTHQUAKE RESILIENT:
INCREASEDINCREASED
CAPABILITIESCAPABILITIES
OFOF
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
INCREASEDINCREASED
CAPABILITIESCAPABILITIES
OFOF
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

9. LIVING WITH EARTHQUAKESLIVING WITH EARTHQUAKES
INCREASEDINCREASED
DEMANDS ONDEMANDS ON
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
INCREASEDINCREASED
DEMANDS ONDEMANDS ON
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS NOTWHEN THE COMMUNITY IS NOT
EARTHQUAKE RESILIENT:EARTHQUAKE RESILIENT:
DECREASEDDECREASED
CAPABILITIES OFCAPABILITIES OF
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY
DECREASEDDECREASED
CAPABILITIES OFCAPABILITIES OF
COMMUNITYCOMMUNITY

10. DISASTER RESILIENCE
DIVIDENDS
PROF. EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
EXPANDS PRO-
FESSIONAL AND
POLITICAL CAPACITY
1 < BENEFIT/COST <
1000

11. DISASTER RESILIENCE
DIVIDENDS
PUBLIC AWARENESS
ENABLES ALL SECTORS
OF THE PUBLIC TO KNOW
THEIR RISKS AND HOW TO
LIVE WITH THEM
1 < BENEFIT/COST <
1,000

12. DISASTER RESILIENCE
DIVIDENDS
EMERGENCY HEALTH
CARE
ENABLES ALL SECTORS
OF THE PUBLIC TO HAVE
QUALITY HEALTH CARE
1 < BENEFIT/COST <
1,000

13. DISASTER RESILIENCE
DIVIDENDS
PROPERTY CASUALTY
INSURANCE
SPEEDS RECOVERY &
RECONSTRUCTION;
CAN PROMOTE
PROTECTION
1 < BENEFIT/COST < 1,000

14. DISASTER RESILIENCE
DIVIDENDS
BUILDING CODE
PREVENTS
COLLAPSE; RE-
DUCES LOSS OF
LIFE AND DAMAGE
1 < BENEFIT/COST <
1,000

15. DISASTER RESILIENCE
DIVIDENDS
LIFELINE STANDARDS
PROTECTS
COMMUNITY
INFRASTRUCTURE
1 < BENEFIT/COST <
1,000

16. DISASTER RESILIENCE
DIVIDENDS
NON-STRUCTURAL
PROTECTION
PROTECTS
CONTENTS AND
EQUIPMENT
1 < BENEFIT/COST <
1,000

17. DISASTER RESILIENCE
DIVIDENDS
DEMOLITION OF
COLLAPSE HAZARD
BUILDINGS
PREVENTS ALMOST
CERTAIN LOSS OF
LIFE
1 < BENEFIT/COST <
1,000

18. DISASTER RESILIENCE
DIVIDENDS
HAZARD ZONATION
IDENTIFIES LOCATIONS
SUSCEPTIBLE TO
SURFACE FAULTING,
SOIL AMPLIFICATION,
AND SOIL FAILURE
1 < BENEFIT/COST <
100

19. DISASTER RESILIENCE
DIVIDENDS
RETROFIT,
STRENGTHENING, &
REHABILITATION
ELIMINATES
VULNERABILITIES;
REDUCES DAMAGE
1 < BENEFIT/COST <
100

20. DISASTER RESILIENCE
DIVIDENDS
SOIL REMEDIATION
PROTECTS LIFELINES
FROM LIQUEFACTION,
LANDSLIDES, AND
LATERAL SPREADS
1 < BENEFIT/COST <
1000

21. DISASTER RESILIENCE
DIVIDENDS
PERFORMANCE
BASED DESIGN
PREVENTS LOSS OF
FUNCTION AND USE
OF IMPORTANT
STRUCTURES
1 < BENEFIT/COST <
100

22. DISASTER RESILIENCE
DIVIDENDS
URBAN PLANNING
CONTROLS DENSITY
AND USE OF LAND;
PROMOTES AVOID-
ANCE STRATEGIES
1 < BENEFIT/COST <
10

23. DISASTER RESILIENCE
DIVIDENDS
DISASTER
SCENARIOS
FACILITATES COMMUNITY
PRE- AND POST-EVENT
PLANNING
1< BENEFIT/COST <
10

24. A BENEFIT/COST OF
EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE
RELOCATION AND
REROUTING
REDUCES
LIKELIHOOD OF
DAMAGE AND LOSS
1< BENEFIT/COST <
10

25. THE KEY TO INFORMING
COMMUNIY STAKEHOLDERS
SIMULATE REALITY
SIMULATE REALITY
SIMULATE REALITY