catastrophic disasters in china part ii
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FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE JULY 22
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LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST NOTABLE DISASTERS
PART III A: CHINA
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NATURAL HAZARDS THAT PLACE CHINA’S NATURAL HAZARDS THAT PLACE CHINA’S COMMUNITIES AT RISK COMMUNITIES AT RISK
FLOODS
TYPHOONS
EARTHQUAKES
LANDSLIDESS
DROUGHT EPISODES
ENV. DEGRADATION
ENACT AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES HAVING HIGH BENEFIT/COST FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
GOAL: DISASTER GOAL: DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE
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CHINA’SCHINA’S
COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIESDATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATION
HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS
• FLOOD HAZARDS• BLDG. INVENTORY• VULNERABILITY• LOCATION
FLOOD RISK FLOOD RISK
RISK
ACCEPTABLE RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
GOAL: FLOOD DISASTER GOAL: FLOOD DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE
• PREPAREDNESS• PROTECTION• EARLY WARNING• EMERGENCY RESPONSE• RECOVERY and RECONSTRUCTION
POLICY OPTIONSPOLICY OPTIONS
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POLICY POLICY ADOPTIONADOPTION
RISK ASSESSMENT
• VULNERABILITYVULNERABILITY
• EXPOSUREEXPOSURE
• EVENTEVENT
POLICY ASSESSMENT
• COSTCOST
• BENEFITBENEFIT
•CONSEQUENCESCONSEQUENCES
TOWARDS FLOOD DISASTER TOWARDS FLOOD DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE
FLOODSFLOODS EXPECTED EXPECTED LOSSLOSS
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FLOODS
FOR CENTURIES, CHINA HAS ENPERIENCED RECORD FLOODING
ASSOCIATED WITH THE RAINEY SEASON OR TYPHOONS
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LOSS OF FUNCTION OF STRUCTURES IN FLOODPLAIN
FLOODS
INUNDATION
INTERACTION WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
STRUCTURE & CONTENTS: DAMAGE FROM WATER
WATER BORNE DISEASES (HEALTH PROBLEMS)
EROSION AND MUDFLOWS
CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER
CAUSES OF RISK
DISASTER LABORATORIES
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SOME OF CHINA’S NOTABLE FLOODS
VERY HIGH MORTALITY AND ECONOMIC LOSSES
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MAP OF CHINA’S PROVINCES
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CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS
• 1887 YELLOW RIVER (HUANG HE) FLOODS
• DEATHS:
900,000–2,000,000
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CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS
• 1935 YANGTZE RIVER FLOODS
• DEATHS:
145,000
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CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS
• 1938 YELLOW RIVER (HUANG HE) FLOODS
• DEATHS:
500,000–700,000
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CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS
• 1939 TIANJIN FLOODS
• DEATHS:
30,000
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CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS
• 1954 YANGTZE RIVER FLOODS
• DEATHS:
30,000
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CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS
• 1975 FLOODS • DEATHS:
86,000 FROM FLOODING AND 145,000 FROM DISEASE
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CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS
• 1980 SICHUAN, HUBEI, AND ANHUI FLOODS
• DEATHS:
6,200
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CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS
• 1989 SICHUAN FLOODS
• DEATHS: 3,814
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CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS
• 1998 YANGTZE FLOODS
• DEATHS: 3,656
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CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS
• 2004 FLOODS IN CHINA
• DEATHS: 1,029
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CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS
• 2005 FUJIAN, ANHUI, ZHEJIANG FLOODS
• DEATHS: 1,624
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CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS
• 2007 FLOODS • DEATHS: 1,348
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CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS
• 2010 FLOODS IN CHINA-NORTH K0REA
• DEATHS: 2,072
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2007’S FLOODS IN CHINA
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IMPACTS OF FLOODING IN CHINA DURING 2007
• Floods alone killed more than 1,348 people in China during 2007.
• Economic losses from floods reached more than $10 billion USD.
• An estimated 139 million people were adversely affected by floods.
• As many as 2.7 million were evacuated in advance of a single potential flood event.
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
• ALL FLOODS• ADEQUATE
PREPAREDNESS FOR WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
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FLOOD IN KUNMING: JULY 22
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FLOOD IN JIANGSU PROVINCE:JULY 9
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FLOOD IN CHANGJIANG RIVER: JULY 26
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FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE: JULY 2
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FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE: JULY 16
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
• ALL FLOODS• CAPACITY FOR
EARLY WARNING FOR EVACUATION AND SAND-BAGGING IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
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EVACUATION OF PISONERS, ANHUI PROVINCE: JULY 15
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FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE: JULY 17
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FLOOD IN MIZHOU, CHINA: JUNE 25
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FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE: JULY 14
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HUAIHE RIVER: JULY 12
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FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE: JULY 16
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FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE JULY 22
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FLOOD IN HUAJIAHU LAKE: JULY 22
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FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE: JULY 13
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
• ALL FLOODS• PROTECTION OF
BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
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FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE: JUNE 30
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FLOOD GATES OPENED ON THREE GOGES DAM: JULY 22
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HUAIHE RIVER: JULY 10
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FLOOD IN SICHUAN PROVINCDE: JULY 11
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COLLAPSED HOUSES IN SICHUAN PROVINCE: JULY 9
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
• ALL FLOODS• CAPACITY FOR
INTELLIGENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
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FLOOD IN CHANGCHUN, JILIAN PROVINCE: JULY 6
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FLOOD IN CHONGQING CITY:JULY 19
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FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE: JULY 2
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FLOOD IN GUANGHI PROVINCE: JUNE 13
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FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE: JULY 12
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FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE: JUNE 26
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A RESCUE IN XINJIANG PROVINCE: JULY 17
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FLOOD IN SICHUAN PROVINCE: JULY 12
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FLOOD INDUCED LANDSLIDE IN SICHUAN PROVINCE: JULY 9
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FLOOD AND MUDFLOWS IN XINJIANG PROVINCE: JULY 11
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ENV. DISASTER, DONGHU LAKE, HUBEI PROVINCE: JULY 12
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE
• ALL FLOODS• CAPACITY FOR
RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
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PRIME MINISTER HU JUNTAO IN CHONGQING CITY: JULY 22
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A RECOVERY NIGHTMARE IN CHONGQING CITY: JULY 19