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刘南江National Disaster Reduction Center of China

2012-11

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Contents
Disaster reduction and prevention background
Disaster reduction and prevention managementin china
Disaster reduction and prevention managementin JapanConclusion and Lesson learning

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The phases in disaster management

Three phases in disaster management is distinguished:
Disaster reduction and prevention
Disaster response and rescue
Disaster recovery and reconstruction

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According to world bank data.
Damage from all hazards between 1970 and 2008 totaled $2,300
billion (in 2008 dollars), or 0.23 percent of cumulative world output.
Damages shrink Africa but expand middlemiddle-income countries

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1.Disaster management system and disaster law

National Committee for Disaster Reduction

Headquarter of China Forest Fire Prevention

Nation Disaster management system

State Council's earthquake rescue and relief
headquarters

State flood control and drought relief
headquarter

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Disaster reduction state plan<<Comprehensive disaster reduction plan for "the Eleventh Five
Year">>

Disaster law
30 laws or regulations related to disaster prevention and reduction have beenenacted and implemented or revised. such as “unexpected accidents response
laws in People’s Republic of China”, “earthquake prevention and disaster
reduction law in People’s Republic of China”, “flood resistance law inPeople’s Republic of China” and so on

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2.Disaster risk assessment

China is planning to launch the comprehensive investigation
project of disaster risks and disaster reduction capacity in key
areas. This project aims to investigate the nature disaster risks anddisaster reduction capacity in key areas at all aspects to identify
major underlying risks and determine the disaster reduction
resources and capacity limits in order to build the database forunderlying risks and disaster reduction capacity with the risk
evaluation model to set disaster risk management platform ofnational level and in key areas to form risk monitoring andevaluation operation system at national level and in key areas.

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3.Disaster early warning

Based on the metrological, hydrological, earthquake, geological,
maritime, environmental observation network, the government
has continue to intensiy density of monitoring, and built naturedisaster dynamic monitoring system including ocean bed
observation and space-ground observation. The primary disastermonitoring and early-warning system has been formed.

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4.Disaster reduction and prevention project

In recent years, the government has implemented a series ofmajor disaster reduction projects related to flood prevention,
drought relief, wind and sand storm prevention, ecologicalrecovery.

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5.Disaster reduction activity

China build the professional personnel development into the national
professional personnel development plan, and eventually construct thedisaster reduction education system and training platform.

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6.Disaster education

12th May 2008, after the “Wenchuan” destructive earthquake,the disaster prevention and reduction draw great attention ofsociety in China. Approved by the State council, since 2009, theday of 12th May has become “National day of disasterprevention and reduction”. All regions and all departments
regard this day as a platform to strengthen disaster prevention
and reduction education by popularize relevant knowledge andskills to public in order to increase the awareness and address
the emerging problems in dealing with disasters in the very
region or departments. On the first “day of disaster prevention
and reduction”。

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