The GADRI 2021 conference aims at stock taking of progress in DRR research from its Members towards targets of the Sendai Science and Technology Roadmap. The programme will communicate academic science across scientific disciplines to policy makers and practitioners. It is an important aspect for academics to be aware how science can directly contribute to national and local disasters, for example, a dam break or an epidemic outbreak, etc. Such situations prompt scientists' interventions, expertise, and experience and to share them with emergency managers in crisis situations.
The conference will be held back-to-back with the European Commission, Joint Research Centre annual conference of the Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre which will be held from 17th to 19th March 2021.
The biennial Global Summit Series was initiated by the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Uji Campus, Kyoto Japan with the first Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction session held in November 2011 during the same year a triple disaster - Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami devastated Japan in March 2011.
The GADRI 2021 conference aims at stock taking of progress in DRR research from its Members towards targets of the Sendai Science and Technology Roadmap. The programme will communicate academic science across scientific disciplines to policy makers and practitioners. It is an important aspect for academics to be aware how science can directly contribute to national and local disasters, for example, a dam break or an epidemic outbreak, etc. Such situations prompt scientists' interventions, expertise, and experience and to share them with emergency managers in crisis situations.
The conference will be held back-to-back with the European Commission, Joint Research Centre annual conference of the Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre which will be held from 17th to 19th March 2021.
The biennial Global Summit Series was initiated by the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Uji Campus, Kyoto Japan with the first Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction session held in November 2011 during the same year a triple disaster - Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami devastated Japan in March 2011.
The Open Discussion Forum is organized:
The 3rd Open Discussion Forum focussed on the "Changing Expectations of Natural Hazards: Lessons from Recent Disasters". Speakers within GADRI and DPRI presented their views on the subject.
Prof. Andrew Collins, Leader, DDN, Northumbria University, UK talked on Revisiting Infectious Disease Risk Reduction in the Context of Current Emergencies; Prof. Gretchen Kalonji, Dean, Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR), Sichuan University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China presented on the Disaster Health Sciences at IDMR - Background and News from the Front in Hubei; Prof. Eiichi Nakakita, DPRI, Kyoto University presented on the Perspectives on Disaster Related Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation in Japan (II); Mr. Kazuhiko Fukami, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) under the auspices of UNESCO, Japan talked on the Japanese Policy Evolution Responding to the Recent Catastrophic Floods; Dr. Tom de Groeve, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC), Italy Understanding Risk: the key to preparedness and crisis management; and Prof. Charles Scawthorn, PEER, University of California, Berkeley, USA presentation was on the Wildland-Urban Fire--the risk and its mitigation (online).
The 18th meeting of the GADRI Board of Directors and Advisory Board took place at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Uji Campus, Kyoto, Japan on 25th February 2020.
The meeting was attended by the new members of the Board who will start their term from 1st April 2020 for four years.
Under GADRI Lecture Series - Spring 2020 - DPRI faculty and students listened to lectures delivered by Prof. Gretchen Kalonji, Dean of Sichuan University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR), China; Prof. Andrew Collins, Leader, Disaster and Development Network, Northumbria University Newcastle, United Kingdom; and Prof. John Clammer, O. P. Jindal Global University, India.
Programme
Prof. Gretchen Kalonji's presentation covered the "Innovations in Undergraduate Education: Design of a New Major in Integrated Disaster Sciences and Management".
Prof. Andrew Collins delivered a lecture on "Systematising and De-systematising the Societal Contribution in Disaster Risk Reduction".
Prof. John Clammer covered the topic on "Culture, Sustainability and Disaster Recovery: A Sociological, Architectural and Cultural Approach".
Prof. Andrew Collins, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK was nominated with the 6th DPRI Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research and Education recognition. The Award was presented by Prof. Manabu Hashimoto, Director, DPRI, Kyoto University to Prof. Andrew Collins on 20th February 2020 during the DPRI Annual Meeting held at DPRI, Obaku Plaza, Kyoto, Japan between 20th to 21st of February 2020.
The DPRI Award honours individuals and organizations that have contributed towards various joint research projects and activities of DPRI undertaken in Japan and abroad.
To commemorate occasion, Prof. Collins delivered a presentation on the "Progress and Prospect for Action Data in People Centred Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building".
Prof. Collins is the Chair of the GADRI Board of Directors.
The GADRI 3rd Open Discussion Forum will take place at the Collaborative Research Hub-Conference Hall 301, DPRI, Kyoto University, Uji Campus, Kyoto, Japan on 26th February 2020.
The 3rd Open Discussion Forum will focus on "Changing Expectations of Natural Hazards: Lessons from Recent Disasters". Various speakers from GADRI will present their views on the subject and there will be a general discussion session for participants to interact with the panelists.
You are cordially invited to attend the event.
By Chigira et al. (Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University)
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The 9 February 1971 San Fernando California Earthquake was a devastating yet seminal event which, for the first time, demonstrated the seismic threat to lifelines that fundamentally support our modern livelihoods. Knowledge gained from this event initiated the study of lifeline systems world-wide, including water, wastewater, electric power, gas and liquid fuels, communications, transportation, and solid waste management systems.
The 50th anniversary of the San Fernando Earthquake is an opportunity to reflect on the need to increase the resilience of our critical infrastructure systems to earthquakes and other hazards.
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The 9 February 1971 San Fernando California Earthquake was a devastating yet seminal event which, for the first time, demonstrated the seismic threat to lifelines that fundamentally support our modern livelihoods. Knowledge gained from this event initiated the study of lifeline systems world-wide, including water, wastewater, electric power, gas and liquid fuels, communications, transportation, and solid waste management systems.
The 50th anniversary of the San Fernando Earthquake is an opportunity to reflect on the need to increase the resilience of our critical infrastructure systems to earthquakes and other hazards.
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Photo from the main report - Figure 2: Typhoon Hagibis as it approached Japan
from the South (Source: AccuWeather, 2019)
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