The “Higgs Boson” particle is the “god particle” - The particle in the invisible world that creates the force field that causes matter to have mass and make things happen. The “Higgs Boson” particle of Disaster Risk Reduction is the person in the visible world who creates the influence field that causes people to form a critical mass and make disaster prone cities become disaster resilient Presentation courtesy of Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction

1. HAVE WE FINALLY FOUND THE ELUSIVE HIGGS
BOSON PARTICLE OF DISASTER RESILIENCE?

2. MY ANSWER
(BASED ON 40 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE WITH GLOBAL
DISASTERS)
Is YES

3. A HARD QUESTION
(BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH
GLOBAL DISASTERS)
Can we SUSTAIN CURRENT
GLOBAL DISASTER
RESILIENCE
PROGRAMMES?

4. BACKGROUND

5. 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
DISASTER RESILIENCEDISASTER RESILIENCE
POLICIES / PRACTICES:
•PROTECTION
•PREPAREDNESS
•EARLY WARNING
•EM. RESPONSE
•RECOVERY & RECONSTUCT
INTEGRATED GOALSINTEGRATED GOALS

6. EIGHT CONCERNS OF ALL
CITIES
• FIVE E’s: Economy, Energy,
Education, Environment, and
Ecology
• TWO S’s: Sustainability and
Security
• ONE H: Healthcare

7. THE HIGGS BOSON PARTICLE
• Creates The
Influence Field
That Causes
People To Form
A Critical Mass
And Make Cities
Disaster Resilient
Creates The
Force Field That
Causes Matter
To Have Mass
And Make Things
Happen

8. THE “HIGGS BOSON”
PARTICLE IS THE “GOD
PARTICLE” - - -
----The Particle In The Invisible
World That Creates The Force
Field That Causes Matter to Have
Mass And Make Things Happen

9. THE “HIGGS BOSON”
PARTICLE OF DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION IS THE PERSON --
---- In The Visible World Who Creates
The Influence Field That Causes
People to Form A Critical Mass And
Make Disaster Prone Cities Become
Disaster Resilient

10. QUESTION---
ARE YOU A HIGGS BOSON
PERSON FOR DISASTER
RESILIENCE?

11. “YOU ARE”--- IF
• You have become a
multi-dimensional
KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATOR
developing a specific know-
ledge base needed for disaster
resilience

12. A PARTIAL LIST OF KNOWLEDGE
INTEGRATORS
DURING THE 1970’S AND 1980’S
A Focus on Programs for Individual
Natural Hazards
and
Windows of Opportunity

13. “KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS”
1970’S AND 1980’S
• GILBERT WHITE
• JOANNE NIGG
• TED ALGERMISSEN
• KARL STEINBRUGGE
• FOURNIER D’ABLE

14. “KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS”
1970’S AND 1980’S
• HARESH SHAH
• TSUNEO KATAYAMA
• FAROUK TEBBAL
• VIT KARNIK

15. A PARTIAL LIST OF KNOWLEDGE
INTEGRATORS
DURING THE 1990’S
A Focus on The International Decade
For Natural Disaster Reduction
and
All Hazards

16. “KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS”
1990’S
• FRANK PRESS
• GEORGE HOUSNER
• 188 NATIONAL COMMITTEES (MEN
AND WOMEN PARTICIPANTS IN
THE IDNDR)
• UN AGENCY EXPERTS

17. A PARTIAL LIST OF KNOWLEDGE
INTEGRATORS
DURING 2000-2014
A Focus on The International Strategy
For Disaster Reduction
Disaster Resilience
and
INTERNATIONAL/WORLD CONFERENCES

18. “KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATORS”
2000’S—2010’S
• UN - ISDR
• GLOBAL RISK FORUM
• THE G-8 and G-20– (for
the future?)

19. IT IS TIME TO START
PLANNING FOR THE
DISASTER RESILIENCE DIVIDEND
2014 -- 2020

20. THE DISASTER
RESILIENCE DIVIDEND
The DRD is
HEALTHCARE
on a global scale

21. "Health is a state of complete
physical, mental and social
well-being
and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity“
WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION

22. GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL
SURGES:
A WAY TO CAUSE A PARADIGM
SHIFT
FROM DISASTER PRONE TO DISASTER
RESILIENCE TO GLOBAL HEALTH
DURING THE 21ST
CENTURY

23. A GLOBAL PLATFORMA GLOBAL PLATFORMA GLOBAL PLATFORMA GLOBAL PLATFORM
- Strategic- Strategic
Interactions -Interactions -
LINKED SURGESLINKED SURGES
A GLOBALA GLOBAL
RESOURCERESOURCE
A GLOBALA GLOBAL
RESOURCERESOURCE
KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE
ANDAND
EXPERIENCEEXPERIENCE
KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE
ANDAND
EXPERIENCEEXPERIENCE
DISASTERDISASTER
LABORATORIESLABORATORIES
DISASTERDISASTER
LABORATORIESLABORATORIES
LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
REGION PARTNERS:
DISASTER RESILIENCE FOR
COMMUNITIES
NORTH AMERICAN REGION
PARTNERS:
CONTINUING EDUCATION AND
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
ISLAND NATIONS PARTNERS:
MEDITERRANEAN REGION
PARTNERS:
EUROPEAN REGION PARTNERS:
TURNING POINTS
FOR CHANGE
TURNING POINTS
FOR CHANGE
EDUCATIONALEDUCATIONAL
SURGESSURGES
EDUCATIONALEDUCATIONAL
SURGESSURGES
CAPACITYCAPACITY
BUILDINGBUILDING
CAPACITYCAPACITY
BUILDINGBUILDING
PRIMERSPRIMERSPRIMERSPRIMERS
MEETINGSMEETINGSMEETINGSMEETINGS
ASIAN REGION PARTNERS:
SUBSAHARA AFRICA REGION
PARTNERS:

24. NON-DISASTER RESILIENCE

25. CHARACTERISTICS OF A NON-
DISASTER-RESILIENT CITY
• UN—PROTECTED, or
• UN—PREPARED, or
• UN—WARNED, or
• UN--ABLE TO RESPOND, or
• UN—”PEPPER--ED”

26. UN—PROTECTED

27. COLLAPSE OF UN BUILDING; PORT
AU PRINCE, HAITI: MARCH 10, 2010

28. COLLAPSED BUILDINGS:
BEICHUAN, CHINA; MAY 12, 2008

29. UN—PREPARED

30. VARZAGHAN, IRAN: AUGUST 15, 2012

31. OVER 600 MILLION PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE BLACKOUTS:JULY 2012

32. TRASH FROM THE MARCH 11,
2011 JAPAN TSUNAMI; JULY 2012

33. FANGSHAN DISTRICT, BEIJING,
CHINA: JULY 25, 2012

34. UN—WARNED

35. KRYMSK, RUSSIA: FLASH
FLOOD; JULY 8, 2012

36. BANDA ACHE, INDONESIA TSUNAMI:
DECEMBER 26, 2004
• 230,000 died
mainly as the
result of
inadequate
warning

37. CYCLONE NARGISH: MYANMAR;
MARCH 12, 2009
• 2.4 MILLION PEOPLE
WERE SERIOUSLY
AFFECTED BECAUSE
THE RULING MILITARY
JUNTA PREVENTED
EARLY WARNING AND
DELIVERY OF
INTERNATIONAL AID

38. NEVADA DEL RUIZ, COLOMBIA:
1989
• 24,000.DIED IN
ARMERO
BECAUSE
THERE WAS NO
OFFICIAL
WARNING.

39. UN--ABLE TO RESPOND

41. WENCHUAN, CHINA; EARTHQUAKE LAKE:
MAY 31, 2008

42. WENCHUAN, CHINA: MAY 32, 2008

43. HURRICANE STAN: OCTOBER 2005
• DEVASTATING
MUDSLIDES
WERE
TRIGGERED BY
PROLONGED,
HEAVY
PRECIPITATION.

44. SEARCH AND RESCUE AFTER
HURRICANE STAN: OCTOBER 2005
• WHEN A MUDSLIDE
BURIES A TOWN,
SEARCH AND
RESCUE BECOMES
VERY URGENT.

45. KOCALEI, TURKEY
EARTHQUAKE: AUGUST 1999
• MASS CARE
PROVIDES A
SAFETY NET FOR
THE HOMELESS
DURING THE
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
PERIOD.

46. KOCALEI, TURKEY
EARTHQUAKE:AUGUST1999
• A “TENT CITY”
PROVIDES
TEMPORARY
SHELTER FOR THE
HOMELESS
DURING
RECOVERY AND
RECONSTRUCTION

47. LOMA PRIETA, CA EARTHQUAKE FIRE
AND POWER OUTAGES: OCT.,1989
• M7.1
• 63 DEAD
• FIRE IN MARINA
DISTRICT
• WIDE SPREAD LOSS
OF POWER
• 1 BILLION INSURED
LOSS

48. SAN FERNANDO, CA
EARTHQUAKE: FEB., 1971
• LOWERING THE
WATER LEVEL
IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THE
EARTHQUAKE
PREVENTED
FLOODING IN LOS
ANGELES.

49. UN—”PEPPER--ED”

50. WENCHUAN, CHINA EARTHQUAKE:
MAY 12, 2008
• 88,000 DEAD
• 30,000 INJURED
• 300,000 HOMELESS
• 25 MILLION
BUILDINGS DAMAGED
• 45 MILLION PEOPLE
AFFECTED

51. MANAGUA, NICARAGUA EARTHQUAKE:
FEB, 1972
• 10,000 DEAD; 20,000
INJURED; 300,000
HOMELESS
• NEAR TOTAL
DISRUPTION OF THE
INDUSTRIAL
PRODUCTION
• POLITICAL CHAOS
• CITY RELOCATED

52. LOMA PRIETA, CA EARTHQUAKE:
OCTOBER 17, 1989
• M7.1
• 63 DEAD
• COLLAPSE AND LOSS
OF FUNCTION OF
TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
• $ 1 BILLION INSURED
LOSS