Disaster Recovery Management Introduction 11 th APAN Xian

Disaster Recovery Management Introduction 11 th APAN @ Xi’an China on 27 th August 2007 By Sagarika Wickramasekera 24 th APAN Meeting

Content • What is Disaster Management • Phenomenon of Natural Disaster in Asia Pacific Region • Why we need Disaster Management • Disaster Mitigation methods • Application of Information Technology in Disaster Management • Role Of Sahana in Disaster Management 24 th APAN Meeting

What is Disaster Management • Discipline dealing with and avoiding risks • Involves preparing, supporting, and rebuilding society when natural or man made disasters occur • Continuous process by which all individuals, groups, and communities manage hazards in an effort to avoid or ameliorate the impact of disasters resulting from the hazards 24 th APAN Meeting

Why We Need Disaster Management • For Early Warning • To foreseeing future disasters • To Take prevention methods on reliable information • To prohibit Natural disaster occurrence sources. 24 th APAN Meeting

Phenomenon of Natural Disasters • Many Developing and Developed countries of Asia Pacific Region are situated in the hazard belts if the world and are subject to – – – – Floods Landslides Earthquakes Cyclones Droughts Volcanic eruptions Tsunami Epdemics 24 th APAN Meeting

Occurrence of Disasters • Cyclones – Philippines – 38 % of world total – 30 per year – Bangladesh – Vietnam – Fiji – Tonga – Solomon Islands – Samova 24 th APAN Meeting

Occurrence of Disasters Contd. Floods – – India • Annual floods inundate 40 million hectares – Bangladesh • One of the most flood prone countries in the region – Sri Lanka • Seasonal floods – China • Annual summer floods 24 th APAN Meeting

Occurrence of Disasters Contd. • Droughts – Afghanistan – Iran – Myanmar – Pakistan – India – Sri Lanka – Nepal 24 th APAN Meeting

• Earthquakes Occurrence of Disasters contd. – 70% of the earthquakes are reported from this zone • • Japan – Once in every 10 years China- 28 th July 1976 caused 240, 000 deaths Philippines- Average 5 earthquakes per day India – Pacific ocean seismic zone or Indian ocean seismic Zone. Nepal, Afghanistan, Iran Pacific Islands 24 th APAN Meeting

Occurrence of Disasters contd. • Tsunami – 1883 disastrous Krakatowa volcanic eruption caused 36, 000 deaths – 17 th August 1976, Moro gulf in Philippines caused 8000 deaths (ESCAP, 1995) – 26 th December, 2004 more than 2 million deaths – Japan, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Maldives, Sri Lanka , Thailand etc. . are the some of the badly affected countries in the Asia pacific Region 24 th APAN Meeting

Disaster Mitigation Methods • Education • Training • Development of expertise 24 th APAN Meeting

Applications of Information Technology in Disaster Management • • GIS Remote Sensing Early Warning Systems Internet (Victims and missing persons tracking through the internet) • National data bases 24 th APAN Meeting

Role of ‘Sahana’ in Disaster Management 24 th APAN Meeting