TC21: Transdisciplinary Approach (TDA)
for Building Societal Resilience to Disasters

Introduction of TC21 Activity
TC21 Special Session on JSCE Annual Meeting
September 6, 2021
Daisuke Sasaki
International Research Institute of Disaster Science
Tohoku University

Asian Civil Engineering
Coordinating Council (ACECC)
Established in 1999
14 Societies
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers, CICHE Chinese Institute of Civil and HydraulicEngineering, EA Engineers Australia, Fed. MES Federation of Myanmar Engineering Societies,
HAKI Indonesian Society of Civil and Structural Engineers, ICEI Institution of Civil Engineers India
IEB Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, IEP Institution of Engineers, Pakistan, JSCE Japan
Society of Civil Engineers, KSCE Korean Society of Civil Engineers, MACE Mongolian
Association of Civil Engineer, NEA Nepal Engineers‘ Association, PICE Philippine Institute of CivilEngineers, VFCEA Vietnam Federation of Civil Engineering Associations

Major objective:
Promote collaborative works among international communities
towards SDG.
Technical committee and major conference
27 Technical Committees (TC)
Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian region (CECAR)
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Objective of TC21:
Promote the transdisciplinary approach (TDA) for
cientific
nowledge-based
ecision-making (SKD)
for building societal resilience to disasters- Discussion and case studies of TDA
practices by members of different sectors- Perform comparative analyses and describe
factors and positive effects of TDA- Publication and dissemination2

TC21 Activities (excerpt)
DateActivityPlace

2016/8 TC21 Kick off Meeting and Technical session

Hawaii, USA

2016/11 Tech. Survey and TC21 1st Intl. Symp.

Ormoc, DavaoPhilippines

2017/3 Intl. Symp. on Natural Disaster Mitigation

Hanoi, Viet Nam

2017/4 Tech. Survey and TC21 2nd Intl. Symp.

Kathmandu and Chautara,
Nepal

2017/5 JSCE “the Global Leaders Symp.”

Tokyo, Japan

2017/7 Presentation at Intl.disaster relief workshop

Taipei, Taiwan

2017/9 Presentation at 7th Intl. Conf. on Flood Management

Leeds, UK

2017/9 TC21 session at JSCE Annual Convention

Fukuoka, Japan

2017/11 TC21 session at World BOSAI Forum 2017

Sendai, Japan

2018/4 Tech.Survey and TC21 3rd Intl. Symp.

Hanoi, Viet Nam

2019/4 CECAR8Tokyo Japan

2019/11 TC21 session at World BOSAI Forum 2019

Sendai, Japan

2020/10 TC21 session at ACECC ECM hosted by PICE

Webinar3

Kick-off Meeting and Seminar in CECAR7TC21 was approved in the 28th ACECC
ECM in Gunsan, Korea in March 2015.
TC21 held a kick-off meeting and aseminar in CECAR7 in August toSeptember 2016.

Co-Chairs Dr. Takeuchi and Usec Momo
at the TC21 Kick-off Meeting

September 2016

TC21 Members from Indonesia,Taiwan, and U.S.A.

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Launched TC21 Website in October 2016
http://www.acecc-world.org/TC21

The TOR, member list, allsymposium documents
are available in the site.
October 20165

Meeting with Policy Makers in the Philippines
Leyte Island

Ormoc City: 8,000 deaths and missing byTyphoon Uring in 1993

November 2016

Tacloban City and Palo Municipality:
Severely damaged by storm surge caused byTyphoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in 2003

Meeting with Vice-Mayor of Ormoc City,
Leyte Island, the Philippines

Meeting with Mayor of Palo Municipality,Leyte Island, the Philippines
6Site Survey in the Philippines
Ormoc City:
Tacloban City
Establishment of Flood Mitigation
Palo Municipality
Committee covering central and city
Ormoc City
government, and barangay, thesmallest administrative unit in the November 2016
Philippines. River maintenance works
are done by communities.

Slit Dam in Ormoc City, Leyte Island,the Philippines

Resettlement Housings, Tacloban, Leyte
Island, the Philippines
7Meeting and Symposium in the Philippines
1st TC21 Symposium:
International Comparisonof Scientific KnowledgeBased Decision-Making
Schemes for DisasterReduction
Panel Discussion inthe Symposium

November 2016
Participants of theSymposium

8International Symposium in Hanoi, Feb. 2017
International Symposium on
Natural Disaster Mitigation washeld in University of Transportand Communication in Hanoi,
VietnamFebruary 2017

We introduced TC21 andJSCE’s activities regarding
disaster risk reduction
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Meeting with Policy Makers in Nepal
We discussed how scientific knowledge isapplied to decision-making.

Meeting at regional office ofDepartment of Urban Development andBuilding Construction (DUDBC)

April 2017

Stakeholder meeting among academia,
government, and private sector
10Site Survey in Nepal, April 2017
Historical Former Prime Minister’s
Office building in Kathmandu damagedby 2015 Nepal Earthquake

April 2017

Reconstruction works of housingsin Irkhu Village, Sindhupalchowk
District11

Meeting and Symposium in Nepal, April 2017
TC21 committee meeting
April 2017

2nd TC21 Symposium on
Scientific KnowledgeBased Decision-Making
Schemes for DisasterReduction
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JSCE Global Leaders Symposium, May 2017Video Message by
TC21 Co-Chair, Mr.
Romeo S. Momo
May 2017

Video Message by Mr. Irwin L.
Antonio, Leyte 4th Office,Department of Public Works andHighways (DPWH), Philippines
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Training in Taiwan and Intl’ Meeting in U.K.
International
Disaster Mitigation Training
Workshop Co-hosted by
National Science andTechnology for DisasterReduction (NCDR), Taiwan,
TC21, and others.

July 2017

September 2017
Dr. Ishiwatari, TC21 member,
introduced a case study in Ormoc, thePhilippines, and TDA at the 7thInternational Flood Management
Meeting held in Leeds, U.K.
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Annual Meeting of JSCE, September 2017
Hosted by ACECC TC21 Support
Committee of JSCE, we introduced
TC21 activities and case studies inJapan from the point of view of TDA
at the Annual Meeting of JSCE held inFukuoka, Japan.

September 201715

World Bosai Forum, Sendai, November 2017
TC21 held a special session at theWorld Bosai Forum held in Sendai,
Japan. We introduced TDA casestudies and measures to removeroot causes of disaster.

November 201716

Site Survey in Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam
TC21 members surveyed areas
affected by coastal erosion in Nam
Dinh Province, Vietnam

April 2018Damaged church as amonument of storm surge
disaster, Nam Dinh Province,Vietnam
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Meeting with Government Officials in Vietnam
April 2018

We discussed with local government
officials in Nam Dinh Province about
the current situation and issues about
disaster management.
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Third TC21 Symposium in Vietnam
Session 1: Disaster management
practices in Vietnam
Session 2: TDA case studies form
TC21 member states

April 201819

TC21 Sessions at CECAR8 and JSCE Annual Meeting
TC21 session at JSCE
Annual Meeting: Sept. 2019

April 201920

Special TC21 session at 2019 World Bosai ForumThe aim of the session was to present the needs of the TDA for
disaster risk reduction (DRR) and discuss the current progressand issues. Experts of DRR from Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia,
Nepal, and the Philippines presented specific examples to clarify
the needs and the merit of TDA.

November 2019

Photos of TC21 Special session at theSendai International Center21

ACECC TC21 Webinar
TC21 Webinar entitled “Transdisciplinary Approach (TDA) for Building Societal
Resilience to Disasters under and after COVID-19” was held on October 6,
2020. Case studies from the Philippines and Japan were introduced to show
how COVID-19 influences disaster preparedness and response from theviewpoint of TDA.

October 202022

TC21 Publication
Transdisciplinary Approach (TDA) for building
Societal Resilience to Disasters- Concepts and case study for practicing TDA http://www.acecc-world.org/TC21/ ISBN: 978-4-8106-1014-7

Discusses the key components andstructure of TDA models that wereassessed through the case studies.
The contents are intended to clarify thenecessity of TDA and catalyze innovative
approaches

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TC21: Transdisciplinary Approach (TDA) for Building Societal
Resilience to Disasters

Thank you.