Disaster Recovery Management Introduction

11th APAN @ Xian China on 27th August 2007 By Sagarika Wickramasekera

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
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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
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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.

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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
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Occurrence of Disasters
Cyclones
Philippines 38 % of world total 30 per year Bangladesh Vietnam Fiji Tonga Solomon Islands Samova
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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
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Occurrence of Disasters Contd.

Droughts
Afghanistan Iran Myanmar Pakistan India Sri Lanka Nepal
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 Earthquakes

Occurrence of Disasters contd.

70% of the earthquakes are reported from this zone

Japan Once in every 10 years China- 28th 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
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Occurrence of Disasters contd.

Tsunami
1883 disastrous Krakatowa volcanic eruption caused 36,000 deaths 17th August 1976, Moro gulf in Philippines caused 8000 deaths (ESCAP,1995) 26th 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

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Disaster Mitigation Methods

Education Training Development of expertise

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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
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Role of Sahana in Disaster Management

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