Conducting multi-hazard risk assessments

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Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific – 2010 Distance Learning Seminar Series

June 30 (Wed), 2010, 13:00-16:00 (JST)

Session 2
The Risk Assessment shows the likelihood of an extreme hazard event and its impacts to vulnerable communities.  Disaster risk is a function of the characteristics and frequency of hazards experienced in a specified location, the nature of the elements at risk, and their inherent degree of vulnerability or resilience (which can include capacity). Effective risk reduction requires a multi-hazard risk assessment in order to determine which areas are at highest risk of experiencing a disaster and why, so that appropriate and cost-effective mitigation measures can be identified, adopted, and implemented. This session will also incorporate discussion on the effects and implications of climate change.

After attending the session, participants should be able to:

• How to systematically capture, track and consolidate vulnerability information.
• Conduct risk assessments using hazard data from several sources.
• Discuss some of the real operational challenges.

Agenda and key issues to present and discuss

• A short opening to introduce participants, program and objectives
• A brief overview of conducting risk assessments
• Case studies and experiences
• Q&A and general discussion
• Conclusions

Target Audience

• EAP professional staff working on DRM
• ASEAN and SOPAC member state counterparts
• National and sub national government officials,  government counterparts
• Other partners and stakeholders such as academics, private sector practitioners, civil society groups that are active in the area of disaster risk management, environment, infrastructure, and finance in the ASEAN and SOPAC member states.
• World Bank staff in country offices

Speaker
Vietnam:
Mr. Cao Tuan Minh, (Project Director of the Natural Disaster, Risk Mitigation Project, Central Project Office (CPO), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam
Singapore:
Mr. Kusnowidjaja Megawati (Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University)
Australia: TBC

Language
VC session: English

Registration
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There will be live-webcasting on the day of session.
A button allowing access to the live stream of the event will appear on the main program page shortly before the event begins.
To view webcasting, participants will need a PC with internet access, Windows Media Player Version 10.0.

Partners

This session is part of a larger program. For more information see Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific - 2010 Series