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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