WAKE UP THE SLEEPING GIANT Dr Walter Hays

WAKE UP THE SLEEPING GIANT Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction

APPENDIX A: RESTORATION OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

IT IS TIME FOR A “GLOBAL WAKE UP CALL” 1990 -2010 PERIOD OF INTEGRATION NOW WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY HEAR UNDERSTAND IDENTIFY PERSONALIZE 21 ST CENTURY PERIOD OF IMPLEMENTATION ACT

THE SLEEPING GIANT IS YOU (AND ME) WAKE UP!

THE 21 ST CENTURY’S WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY • GLOBAL SOCIETAL RESILIENCE • WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACCELERATE THE RECOVERY PROCESS AFTER EACH RECORD OR NEAR-RECORD DISASTER OF THE 21 ST CENTURY

WHAT IS THE PAYOFF OF GLOBAL SOCIETAL RESILIENCE FAILURE: WE WILL HAVE DISASTERS DURING THE 21 ST CENTURY THAT WILL MAKE 1990— 2010’S DISASTERS LOOK LIKE “A WALK IN THE PARK. ” SUCCESS: !!!!!

STRATEGY: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE UNIQUENESS OF RECOVERY • THE POLITICAL and MEDIA SPOTLIGHT IS ON ALL DECISIONS AND ACTIVITIES • TOP PRIORITY: RESTORATION TO NORMAL (OR BETTER) AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE • INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, INSURANCE PAYOUTS, AND DONORS: ALWAYS AVAILABLE

TYPICAL TOP PRIORTIES DURING RECOVERY 1) RESTORATION OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE 2) RESTORATION OF ESSENTIAL FACILITIES-- SCHOOLS

RESTORATION OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AFTER A DISASTER A PRIORITY FOR SOCIETAL RESILIENCE

A NATURAL DISASTER USUALLY PARALYZES LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

LOSS OF FUNCTION OF A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CAN PARALYZE LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS • Provide an essential function to society by moving people and goods from point “A” to point “B” • Represent a substantial share of a country’s GDP (11% for USA. )

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS • Types: Roads, railroads, mass transit, water-borne and air transport systems, and pipelines • Scales: urban, regional, national, and international.

ELEMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS • Built infrastructure • roads, runways, airports, terminals, railways, stations, canals, ports, traffic control centers, maintenance and operation facilities, pipelines, etc. • Operations side • vehicles, traffic safety and control, power, communications and signaling, maintenance, transportation operators, etc.

FEATURES THAT AFFECT RESILIENCY § Extend over broad geographical areas § Large number of components that are subject to either POINT or AREA failure.

FEATURES THAT AFFECT RESILIENCY (Continued) § Roadways and railways frequently follow river valleys (easier and cheaper to build) § Utilities, including pipelines, often follow right-of-ways (reduces legal problems and costs)

FEATURES THAT AFFECT RESILIENCY (Continued) §Multiple entities have responsibility for or oversight of the system §Typically owned by public entities and publicly funded §Usually self insured

FEATURES THAT AFFECT RESILIENCY (Continued) §Different modes of transportation are interconnected §They interact with each other and other elements of a community’s built environment; hence, the name, Lifeline systems”.

q HIGHWAY SYSTEMS Flooding from tropical storms, hurricanes, and typhoons, Landslides (rock falls, spreads, slides, flows) Earthquakes (ground shaking)

TYPHOON MORAKOT: TAIWAN; LANDSLIDE BURIES VILLAGE OF 1, 000

q AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEMS Earthquakes (ground shaking and ground failure)

q RAILROAD SYSTEMS Earthquakes (ground shaking and ground failure)

q PIPELINE SYSTEMS Earthquakes (ground shaking and ground failure)

TRANS, SYSTEMS • NAT. HAZARDS • INVENTORY • VULNERABILITY • LOCATION DATA BASES AND INFORMATION ACCEPTABLE RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK YOUR COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY REDUCTON RISK MANAGEMENT HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS • LIFELINE STANDARDS • SITING AND ROUTING • EMERGENCY REPAIRS • RECONSTRUCTION • EDUCATIONAL SURGE