Partnerships in the Pacific: aligning multiple risk assessment tools for evidence-based decision making

Shaun Williams1, Martine Woolf2, Titimanu Simi3, Kate Crowley1, Sally Potter4, Juliana Ungaro1, Herve Damlamian5, Craig Arthur2, Nick Horspool4, Sachindra Singh5, Ryan Paulik1, Sheng-lin Lin4, Doveline Yerta6, Filomena Nelson3, Esline Garaebiti7, Peter Korisa6, Saane Ake8, Gabriella Turek1, Richard Woods4, Andrea Mari1, Litea Biukoto5, Doug Ramsay1

1. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand.

2. Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia.

3. National Disaster Management Office, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Apia, Samoa.

4. GNS Science, 1 Fairway Drive, Avalon, Wellington, New Zealand.

5. Geoscience Division, Pacific Community, 241 Mead Road, Nabua, Fiji.

6. National Disaster Management Office, PMB 9107, Port Vila, Vanuatu.

7. Geohazards Division, Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department, PMB 9054, Port Vila, Vanuatu.

8. National Emergency Management Office, Nuku’alofa, Tonga.

2017

Talk Outline

• Background

• Outcomes & directions

• Q & A

Background

• Multiple available tools which can be used for evidence-based natural hazards risk assessment:

– E.g. PARTneR/RiskScape, PACSAFE, Other…

– There are also multiple projects associated with the development of key baseline datasets which the outputs of risk tools are based on (e.g. PCRAFI-II re asset data, Other…)

Background

• Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific 2017 – 2030 calls for the uptake, use, and integration of risk assessment tools at a wide range of scales:– to help facilitate disaster risk

reduction

– To help build resilience

Background

• Efforts undertaken to align currently active risk tool development projects:

– e.g. PARTneR-PACSAFE alignment

Background – PARTneR Project

3 year pilot project

NZ Aid funding

Five partner organisations

2 Pacific Island Countries

Background – PARTneR ProjectOutputs

Pacific risk mapping and decision support tool developed

Data collation and management system developed

Risk tool training developed and applied

Sustainable partnership model developed and rolled-out

Background – PARTneR ProjectInvolves the tailoring of the RiskScape tool – which uses hazard models and asset information to calculate losses and other impacts:

• Uses default or user-input functions

• Can be tailored

• Run scenarios

• Stand alone software

• Mapping and statistical outputs

• Accessible and easy to use (with technical support provided)

Background – PARTneR Project

Hazard types:- Flood- Landslide- Wind- Storm surge/tide- Tsunami- Earthquake- Snowfall- Volcano ……etc

Key Outputs:- Asset exposures- Damage states- Reinstatement costs- Human losses- Human displacement- Exported as .csv or .kml- etc

RiskScape framework

Background – PARTneR ProjectTailoring based on the implementation of case studies

Background – PARTneR ProjectVanuatu demo

Background – PARTneR Project

Vanuatu demo

Background – PARTneR Project

Vanuatu demo

Background – PARTneR Project

Apia demo

Background – PARTneR ProjectApia demo

Background – PARTneR ProjectApia demo

Background – PACSAFE Project

The PacSAFE project is a response to demand from Pacific Island Countries for tools to better understand disaster impacts. The PacSAFE software tool is designed and developed for national disaster management offices and related agencies involved in planning for, preparing for and responding to natural disasters.

Background – PACSAFE Project

The PacSAFE project, funded by the Government of Australia, withtechnical support from Geoscience Australia, aims to provide a toolthat will enhance the ability of disaster managers to prepare forand respond to disasters, and to reduce the impacts of disasters onthe local population and infrastructure.

Background – PACSAFE Project

Further details on PacSAFE Project and Tool in the next presentation by Dr. Craig Arthur, Geoscience Australia.

Outcomes & DirectionsFactsheet for users of risk tools

Outcomes & DirectionsFactsheet for users of risk tools

Outcomes & Directions• The PARTneR and PacSAFE teams are actively collaborating on

fundamental requirements for effective use of risk tools:

– Integrated national and regional disaster risk data management including Pacific standards;

– Sustainable and targeted training.

– Standardising on disaster, risk resilience data collection, storage and exchange in Pacific.

– Developing strong and sustainable institutional partnerships between risk decision support tools, stakeholders and users across international technical agencies, Pacific countries and implementing partners.

• Work and align with other related projects….

Thank you