NRRC & FLAGSHIP 4: COMMUNITY BASED DISASTER RISK REDUCTION Urban CBDRR : Experiences from NSET

Urban DRR Workshop 13 August, 2012 Hotel Himalaya,

National Society for Earthquake Technology – (NSET)

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• Urban DRR – Has been a focus area of NSET’s initiatives, activities • Why Urban ?? – High vulnerability > High Risk – Urban Areas are growing rapidly with lack of proper DRR planning – Building construction, Population Vulnerability, Infrastructure – Work in Urban Areas can give ripple effect to rural areas

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• Scenario development > participatory vulnerability / RA • Action Planning >> for Risk Reduction • Awareness • Capacity Building – Mason Training, – Engineer’s Training etc • Demonstration Projects : Schools, Health Posts • Institutionalization of Building Code Implementation

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• Local Champions • Low Tech. Low Cost Solutions • Institutional Development • Community Involvement / Ownership >>> CBDRR

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• ## of Municipalities • : Highly successful • Vyas – BCI being effectively done • Mason Association – organized lobbying

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• Municipal Disaster Risk Implementation Plan • Implemented in Ilam, Panauti and Banepal Municipalities, • Research Students collaboration with University studets

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• CBDRM – (with UNDP, Oxfam, LWR - NSET) – Six Municipalities (Vyas, Putali Bazar, , , Bharatpur, Triyuga) – Formation of Disaster Management Committees, – Disaster Management Trainings, – Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments – Implementation Plan of Action – Other Trainings and Income Generation Schemes

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• Simplified Tool,

• RADIUS results can be imported to GIS maps

– Better presentation

– Identify linkage with other social, developmental and environmental aspects Building Damage – Linkage with other disaster Estimation

risks

– Help better planning Casualty Estimation

Home Previous Next DPRP: LSMC Evacuation Sites and Drinking Water Supply

Risk Assessments >> Casualty Estimations >> Open Spaces Survey >> Identification of Evacuation Sites >>> Water Supply

Deep Tube Wells Seismically Strengthened 1. Department of Irrigation (DoI), Jawalakhel 2. Nepal Water Supply Corporation (NWSC), UN Park, Jwagal 3. Nepal Water Supply Corporation (NWSC), Balkumari 4. Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), Khumaltar 5. (IoE), Pulchowk

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District /VDCs No. of Sites Total Area (Ropani) Usable Area (Ropani)

Kathmandu District Kathmandu Metropolitan 266 9435.0 5569.4 City Kirpur Municipality 13 2543.0 1384.5 VDCs 209 5281.0 3484.7 Lalitpur District Lalitpur Sub metropolitan 137 6453.0 4841.8 City VDCs 209 3947.0 1849.9 Bhaktapur District

Bhaktapur Municipality 17 971.0 703.5

Madhyapur Thimi 13 1096.0 740.9 Municipality VDCs 23 490.0 303.4 Total 887 30216.0 18878.10

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• Action planning for Disaster Risk Reduction

• Contingency planning

• Pre-disaster shelter planning

• Incorporate Risk Assessment in Development Planning

– Modify development plans based on the risk assessment

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Open spaces

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• Interaction with KMC and other Municipalities in KV • LSMC, Dharan, Vyas experiences • Capacity Building – Mason Trainings – Other Institutional Support

• Nepal -high seismic hazard zone • >80 % of casualties due to building damage • Increasing seismic safety is promoting safer building construction. • For implementation in a larger scale strategy is required

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• Comprehensive and integrated vision and action leading to the resolution of urban disaster problems • Seeking improvement in the economic, physical, social and environmental condition of the area, there by DRR • Urban regeneration of the historic city core of Kathmandu - a vulnerable city core area (Jhochhen) an area of 66,269 square meters

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Home Previous Next DesInventar: Disaster Database for Urban Areas

• DesInventar : – Methodology and Software System • Disaster Database of Nepal – 1971 onwards, – More than 15000 records • Results and Analysis: Nature and characteristics of disasters in urban areas

www.desinventar.net

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• Earthquake Preparedness Plan – VCA, LSAR, Basic Emergency Medical Response – Orientation Classes • Vulnerability Tours • Earthquake Mobile Clinic • School Safety <> Community

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• Is a long term process • Local ownership/local champions • Top-down Approach – in policy intervention, • Bottom-up Approach – Awareness, capacity, demand creation • High replication potentiality

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• Risk Atlas • Massive Support to Municipalities in BCI

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