Disaster Risk Management - Status Review

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Disaster Risk Management- Status Review
Proposed Plan

• R. Krishnamoorthy
• UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
• Chennai, India
• rrkrishnamurthy_at_gmail.com

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Our Strengths

• Expertise in the School of Earth Atmospheric
  Sciences Depts. of Geology, Applied Geology
  Geography
• Scientific data on tsunami hazards and earthquake
  risk / prediction studies
• Center for Natural Hazards Disaster Studies
  CNHDS funded by MHRD, GOI

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Our Strengths (Contd.)

• International Collaborations
• Tsunami modeling - Institut de Recherche pour
  le Développement, IRD, "Géosciences Azur",
  IRD-CNRS-UNSA-UPMC, France
• Coastal Zone Management - Kyoto University

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Our Strengths (Contd.)

• Recent Initiatives collaborative projects in
  process
• Community Based Coastal Zone Management
  Towards Pro-active Risk Communication Strategy
  for Effective Tsunami Mitigation in the Coastal
  Areas of India under - India-Japan Cooperative
  Science Programme (IJCSP) jointly with Kyoto
  University
• Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction Project
  Preparation of ICZM plan and coastal
  vulnerability map for Tamil Nadu The World Bank
• Establishment of National Early Warning
  System for Tsunami Storm Surges in Indian Ocean
  The Ministry of Earth Sciences, GOI

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INSTITUTIONS
TASKS

• 08 Mathematical Modeling
• 15 Bathymetry
• 19 Coastal Protection
• Coordinating in tasks 4, 7, 14, 16, 20

IIT MADRAS
APPLIED GEOLOGY UNoM

• 05 Land Capability Assessment
• 16/20 Training Programmes

• 21 Video Programme for Awareness Creation
• 23 Video Documentation
• (English/ Tamil)

LOYOLA COLLEGE

• 12 Ecological data
• 14 Ecologically Sensitive Areas
• 19 Bioshield (Coordination with IIT)

CAS-MB Annamalai U

• 12 Socio-economic data
• 20 Training on ICZMP
• 22 Awareness Workshop
• (Coordination with IOM, AU)

MSE

• 16 Stakeholder Management
• 20 ICZMP
• 21 Video programme for awareness
• 22 Street Plays/ Workshops
• 23 Video Documentation

MSSRF MIDS TRINET
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ANNA UNIVERSITY
TASKS

• PROJECT COORDINATION
• 03 Secondary data (50 yrs) for natural hazards
• 11 GIS Database
• 13 Conflict resolution
• 14 ICZM Plan Preparation
• 16 Training modules
• 17 Detailed ICZM Plan
• 18 CRZ Recommendations
• 20-25 Overall Coordination

IOM

• 04 Geology/ Geomorphology
• 07 Relevant data collection for Task 4

GEOLOGY

• 01 Baseline Maps
• 02 Land Use Plan
• 09 Cadastral Maps

IRS
CES

• 08 Mathematical Modeling
• (Coordinating with OEC, IIT Madras)

CDMM

• 06 Mitigation Measures
• (Coordinating with IOM)
• 20 Training on ICZM

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Our Strengths (Contd.)

• Publications
• Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
  The Global Challenge (February 2007)
• Research Publishing Services
• Disaster Management The Global Challenges
  and Local Solutions (March 2008)
• Orient Longman India

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Our Weakness

• Not much in capacity building activities
• Guidance / Funding

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MU KU METU (Proposed Plan)2007-2009

• Capacity Building Activities
• 1. Basic courses for graduate students
• 2. Short-term course for practitioners
• 3. Training for the trainers
• 4. International training workshops
• 5. Web-based courses
• Collaborative Research Project

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MU KU METU (immediate tasks)

• Finalization of MOU January 2007
• Preparation of proposals for short-term courses
  training for trainers March 2007
• 2 ST courses for practitioners/Stakeholders
  20 practitioners
• 2 TFT at MU or METU KU
• 10 5 15 Trainers
• 5 Trainers on visit
• 2 Expert visits from KU, WBI ISDR
• 5 Experts on visit
• Funded by WBI and ISDR

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MU KU METU (tasks)

• International training workshop May 2008
• 5 participants from METU region WBI/ISDR
  funding
• 15 participants from India self supported
• 15 participants from SA countries facilitate
  funding from APN, IHDP, etc.
• 5 participants from developed countries
• MU will host and provide University
  guesthouse,
• training hall, field visits preparation
  training materials

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MU KU METU (tasks)

• Joint collaborative research project 2007-09
• Preparation of first draft February 07
• Final draft and submission April 07
• Opportunities
• Students / young scholars exchange visits
• Fellowship for young scholars leading to
  Ph.D.
• Funded by WBI ISDR

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MU KU METU (tasks)

• Post-graduate diploma course in the University
  curriculum 2008-09 self supported
• Web-based courses 2008-09 WBI/ISDR
• 2 end user workshops / brainstorming sessions
  2009 WBI/ISDR

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University of Madras 2010

• Adequate strength in capacity building
• Generation of action oriented research outputs
• Extramural resource generation through funding
  projects