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REPORT ON DRR EXPERT MISSION 2011 ESCAP/WMO CAMBODIA Typhoon Committee LAO PDR THAILAND JANUARY 2012 TC/TD-No. 0003 i REPORT ON DRR EXPERT MISSION - 2011 ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Authors Sangman Jeong (Chair of WGDRR - NDMI, Republic of Korea) Tae Sung Cheong (Secretary of WGDRR, Republic of Korea) NOTE The designations employed in ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee (TC) publications and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion and whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of TC, ESCAP or WMO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Opinions expressed in TC publications are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of their agencies, their governments, TC, ESCAP or WMO. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword ix Introduction 1 Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction of Typhoon Committee 1 WEB GIS based Typhoon Committee Disaster Information System 2 Expert Mission of WGDRR 2 History of the Expert Mission 5 First Expert Mission 5 Second Expert Mission 6 WEB GIS Based Typhoon Committee Disaster Information System 9 GeoLinking Services (GLS) for Displaying the Typhoon Related Disaster Information 9 Typhoon Trajectories Estimation 10 Localized Damage Estimation 12 Collecting the Disaster Information for WGTCDIS 15 Guideline for Collecting Disaster Information 15 The Third Expert Mission 19 Objectives 19 Programs 19 Expert Mission in Thailand 21 Expert Mission in Lao PDR 22 Expert Mission in Cambodia 24 Support from the Typhoon Committee Trust Fund 25 Summary 27 References 29 vii FOREWORD ince a long time the first of which in 2008 to Lao PDR, Philippines, ago the Republic Thailand and Viet Nam. The second visited in 2009 Sof Korea has three cities of Viet Nam and the third established been adopting a policy of contacts in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand. international cooperation and support to less The latter main objectives were to introduce developed countries. analytical methods included in the WGTCDIS, educate and train how the typhoon trajectory and This attitude is reflected the typhoon related damages can be estimated, in its activities within and collect disaster related information. Taking the Typhoon Committee advantage of this mission, it was also introduced (TC), not only in the field the distributed rainfall runoff model developed of disaster risk reduction but also in the other two by NIDP for developing GIS based hazard map main components of the Committee, meteorology to assess flood risk in low land or urban areas. and hydrology. As regards meteorology, the The identification of needs and gaps on operating Korea Meteorological Administration actively the WGTCDIS as early warning and disaster risk collaborates with TC in the transfer of know-how, management systems was also a concern during namely through the offer of fellowships and hosting this mission. workshops. In terms of hydrology, Korea has also developed activities through the Ministry of Land, The WGTCDIS will be one more tool made Transport and Maritime Affairs and the Korea available for the international community of Institute for Construction Technology, leading the Asia and the Pacific region to reduce the projects and supporting participants from the less consequences of the typhoon-related disasters developed Members in attending TC workshops. and it can also be used as a platform to share As for disaster risk reduction, a good example of information, knowledge, experience and good this collaboration is the international project called practices regarding the hazardous consequences Web GIS based Typhoon Committee Disaster of the typhoons. Finally, I would encourage the Information System (WGTCDIS), under which WGDRR, NDMI and TCS to continue their work members of the Working Group on Disaster Risk with a view to implementing this important project. Reduction (WGDRR) have participated in several expert missions. Despite being the most recent working group of the TC, only created in 2005, the WGDRR, initially called Working Group on Disaster Prevention and Mr. CHO Seok Joon, Preparedness (WGDPP), has been running a Administrator of meritorious activity towards achieving the main Korea Meteorological Administration objective of the Committee, to reduce the loss Chairman of Typhoon Committee of lives and minimize the social, economic and environmental damages caused by typhoon- related disasters. An example of this activity is the realization of several expert missions to TC Members in order to implement the WGTCDIS, led by the National Institute for Disaster Prevention (NIDP) of Korea, recently designated National Disaster Management Institute (NDMI). This report refers to the third expert mission under this project involving stakeholders related to disaster risk reduction in several TC Members, ix INTRODUCTION he region Asia and the Pacific is the home and networking of sharing operational products for 60% of world population and one of the are indispensible to save lives. Previous lessons Tmost susceptible and vulnerable area to and good practice cases should be shared. various kinds of natural disasters in the world. The Credible information should be shared at regional/ main reasons for the high vulnerability to natural national/local levels because information sharing disaster are that great number of countries are will accelerate building capacity and resilience located in low land, and highly populated which (Silverman, 1986). over 60% of world population and over 70% of world poor are in Asia and the pacific region. In the Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction recent decade 1999 and 2008, Asia experienced of Typhoon Committee 38% of number of natural disasters and 39% of economic losses but more than 85% of total The Typhoon Committee (TC) is an inter- number of mortality and 85% of the affected governmental body organized under the joint population. auspices of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the World Asian cities in floodplains and coastal areas are Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1968 in becoming more susceptible and vulnerable to order to promote and coordinate the planning disasters due to the rapid paced urbanization and implementation of measures required for and climate change and imprudent environmental minimizing the loss of life and material damage degradation. Statistics and data clearly show that caused by typhoons in Asia and the Pacific. The TC, much of Asia region is very vulnerable to natural through its regional cooperation and collaboration disasters including typhoon, and the damage has been working, for the past 43 years, to help is likely increasing in Asia (IPCC, 2007). Since the people of Asia and the Pacific region through East Asia region, especially, along the coast, the accomplishment of actions to reduce the has been rapidly developed and is crowded with loss of life and property due to typhoon-related population, higher damage rate and amount are effects. The TC has established the Working recorded. For more developed countries, typhoon Group on Disaster Prevention and Preparedness related impacts cause major social and economic (WGDPP) at the 38th Session held on November disruptions through loss of lives and property. 2005, in Hanoi, Viet Nam, to advise and assist the For developing countries, in addition to the TC in (i) identifying priority issues and areas of tragic personal loss of life and property, natural cooperation in the DPP component; (ii) promoting disasters, especially typhoons, severely threaten and facilitating the exchange of experiences and impact their sustainability, capacity building, and knowledge on technologies related to the debt repayments, and even the basic necessities above issues and areas; (iii) coordinating and of life such as clean drinking water, food, and implementing priority activities and programs of shelter. the TC aiming at strengthening capacity of the Members in DPP; (iv) mobilizing resources to It is generally accepted that more frequent or carry out priority activities of the TC related to the intense occurrences of high-impact anomalous DPP component; (v) reporting overall progress weather are likely as atmosphere attempts to in the implementation of the DPP component; counteract or adjust to the effects of climate and (vi) recommending to the TC priority areas, changes. As such, sustainable disaster mitigation programs and activities for cooperation in DPP efforts against typhoon