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Joining hands to protect our communities Joining hands to protect our communities from natural disasters from natural disasters
Background Background � Research on “best practices” case � Research on “best practices” case � Lessons learned from actions taken in � Lessons learned from actions taken in Qinglong County,China in 1976 E County,China in 1976 E arthquake Qinglong arthquake � Website: � Website: www. www.globalwatch globalwatch.org/ .org/ ungp ungp/ / � Conferences, publications, workshops � Conferences, publications, workshops � Public administrators, scientists and � Public administrators, scientists and citizens in communities acting together citizens in communities acting together � Linkage between Action and Prediction � Linkage between Action and Prediction
Research into Best Practices: Research into Best Practices: Great Tangshan Tangshan E E Q Great Q � Great Tangshan E � Great Tangshan E arthquake 28 July 1976 arthquake 28 July 1976 � M = 7.8, Intensity XI (11) � M = 7.8, Intensity XI (11) � 242,469 people die (= 20% of population) � 242,469 people die (= 20% of population) � 600,000 people are seriously injured � 600,000 people are seriously injured � 7,000 families completely obliterated � 7,000 families completely obliterated � 2,652 children orphaned � 2,652 children orphaned � 3,800 handicapped permanently � 3,800 handicapped permanently
Publication of Best Practice Case Study: Publication of Best Practice Case Study: Guidelines on Capacity Building for Guidelines on Capacity Building for Disaster Management ST/ TCD/ SE R.E / 32 Disaster Management ST/ TCD/ SE R.E / 32 � State Council Document 69: � State Council Document 69: 1974 policy document 1974 policy document � Delegation to 21 year old EQ officer for planning � Delegation to 21 year old EQ officer for planning � EQ Officer integrates/ shares EQ information � EQ Officer integrates/ shares EQ information � Party Committee announces EQ prediction and � Party Committee announces EQ prediction and mitigation measures; alerts all communities mitigation measures; alerts all communities � Party Officials help all villages to prepare: � Party Officials help all villages to prepare: evacuate, move medicines and food outdoors, evacuate, move medicines and food outdoors, move trading, economic, education and other move trading, economic, education and other activities outdoors activities outdoors � No one panics; No deaths from EQ (1 heart attack) � No one panics; No deaths from EQ (1 heart attack)
Best Practices: Process Best Practices: Process Qinglong County County Qinglong � Although the County is 115 km from Tangshan, and � Although the County is 115 km from Tangshan, and it sustained damage of intensity 8 - -9, 7,000 9, 7,000 it sustained damage of intensity 8 buildings collapse totally, and 180,000 buildings buildings collapse totally, and 180,000 buildings are damaged, there was no loss of human life are damaged, there was no loss of human life � People of Qinglong County were the first to send � People of Qinglong County were the first to send food and medicine to victims in Tangshan and food and medicine to victims in Tangshan and surrounding areas surrounding areas � The people of the County slept outside in EQ � The people of the County slept outside in EQ- - proof, temporary sheds for 3 months as they proof, temporary sheds for 3 months as they rebuilt their homes and work places rebuilt their homes and work places
Sharing information and perspectives among public Sharing information and perspectives among public administrators, scientists and citizens save lives administrators, scientists and citizens save lives
Public Administration and Public Administration and Information Technology Information Technology � Sharing best practices and experiences � Sharing best practices and experiences � Triangulating methods of prediction � Triangulating methods of prediction � Coordinating information on related natural � Coordinating information on related natural disasters disasters � Sharing data bases among units and levels of � Sharing data bases among units and levels of government government � Sharing data bases among national governments � Sharing data bases among national governments � Sharing data electronically and in real time � Sharing data electronically and in real time
CITIZENS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS & SCIENTISTS MITIGATE NATURAL DISASTERS FOR SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT When citizens, administrators and scientists share perspectives with each other, they establish basis for taking joint action and create action networks throughout their communities. Intensified action enhances not only self-reliance, well being and orientation to the future, but also community survival and development. Attitude / Consequent Natural Disaster Citizens Public Administrators Scientists Level of Outcomes Participation Unaware / little or It will not happen here and not to Doing just enough work to hold the Studying phenomena without Total tragedy no participation me, my family and my community; job; too busy with immediate considering their possible citizens ignore disaster warnings, or priorities every day to consider the relationship to natural disasters and they panic likelihood of natural disasters people Educated / It might happen; but when it does, Gathering and cataloging of Scientists can notice and record Tragedy; massive moderate level of someone else will take care of information; developing natural correlation between natural relief; major impact on participation necessary preparations / relief disaster management plans; phenomena and disasters; scientists social and economic gathering statistics on the could produce predictions with a development community, its vulnerabilities and degree of probability, but its disaster relief needs; lack of administrators and the public standards for evaluating accuracy usually demand absolute accuracy of predictions; who can take responsibility for deciding accuracy or usefulness of predictions Aware and alert / Citizens accept possibility of Organizing practice drills; Scientists share and discuss Early warning success; high level of natural disaster occurrences; establishing real-time information recorded precursor signals with evacuations of participation citizens educate themselves and sharing; promoting disaster-related scientists of other disciplines, communities where prepare community-based plans; public education; involving mass among lay persons and citizens, and necessary; safeguarding citizens organize regular drills; media in dissemination of disaster- especially among public lives and property; circulate posters, pamphlets, school related information; reaching out to administrators, who can translate minimize deaths and materials, videos, etc.; citizens community groups, private sector, scientific observations into relief costs; more participate in lay monitoring of NGOs, etc. for integrated public programmes and actions likely to resources still available disaster precursors; school children education, disaster preparedness protect communities from natural for sustainable human participate in lay monitoring as part and response disasters development of science curriculum and Public administrators understand Scientists share their observations community work . Citizens become some basic dynamics of the Earth in ways that are comprehensible aware of their immediate natural to administrators and the public environment & its subtle shifts
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