Visiting Researcher of Asian Disaster Reduction Center, fromJuly – December 2005 Kobe, Japan

Diloro Mirova
Ministry of Emergency Situation
and Civil Defense of the Republicof Tajikistan

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Territory: 143.100 sq. km. 93% mountainous
Population: 7.163.506 (2005)
GDP : US $ 7.95 billion
Border countries: Afghanistan
1,206km, China 414km,
Kyrgyzstan 870km,
Uzbekistan 1,161km
Major Disasters: Earthquake,Flood/Mudslides, Drought,
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Major Natural Disaster:
Earthquakes,Flood/Mudslides,
Droughts andWinter disasters

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Japan has wide variety of natural disastersEarthquake
Tsunamis
Volcano Eruption
Typhoon (July - October)
Heavy Monsoon Rains (May - July)
FloodsLandslides
Snow Avalanches

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Earthquake Disaster Countermeasures
 Earthquake Disaster
Management Information
System Present State of Earthquake
Disaster Countermeasures
and Future Development
 Observation System
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Shaking Table

EarthquakeExperience63

Flood Disaster Management
Integrate Flood Control
Measures
Flood and Erosion Control
Strengthening – recovering
activities on the dams

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Sabo work84Volcano Disaster
Volcanic activities on Mount Unzen Fugen

The first facility
in Japan wherewe can learn
about
volcanoes
throughexperience

9Disaster Preparedness
Disaster Management Drill
DisasterManagementDrills are aperfect
opportunity for
preparedness
citizens about
every kind naturaldisasters
105Hazard mapping as a tool for effective Early Warning
Town Watching Method
Step 1
Field Survey
Step 3
Discussion andPresentation

Step 2Develop a Map

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Total Disaster Risk Management (TDRM)
Holistic Approach for Disaster Rick Reduction and Response
Crucial Principles
 Involvement and cooperation ofall stakeholders

 Implementation in all thephases of the Disaster Risk
Management cycle

DisasterResponsePreparedness

Prevention
Mitigation

Rehabilitation
Reconstruction

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Disaster Management Information Communication System andNetwork

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Disaster Management System in Japan
Organizational Systems of Disaster Management
NationalGovernment

47 PrefecturalGovernments

3,018 Municipalities

12 Major Cities

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The budgetary appropriation for disaster management
is classified into four categories:Disaster Management Research and Development
Disaster Preparedness
National Land Conservation, andDisaster Recovery and Reconstruction
Fiscal Year (FY)

2003

2004

2005

Research and development (Disaster Risk and Coping
Strategies)

424327

303

Disaster Preparedness

7,909 9,336

National Land Conservation

15,867 15,241 14967

Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

2,517 2,416

Total

7,527
2,455

26,717 27,320 25,252
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Note: FY 2005: 3.07% of Total National Budget (821,829)

 The exact verticality of the structure and system of emergency
management, beginning from the office of the Ministers Cabinet ofJapan, corresponding Ministries, meteorological agencies, National
Police, mass media and Ending with local authorities (prefectures, municipals) as well as theprivate companies
 Monitoring system (general) on cities, road, landslide, earthquake,typhoons, volcano eruption, floods, tsunamis using GIS and DIS
systems
 Methods and means for provision of preventive measures on loss
mitigation of possible disaster including the following: strengtheningrecovering activities, landslides fortification, coast strengthening
activities and so on
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In case of Earthquake Strengthening of the weak andunresisting buildings andconstructions
 Public education of earthquake
behavior rules before, during andafter the earthquake, Teaching the stuff of the local
authorities the things they should
know in case of earthquake, Trainings and education of thefinding – rescuering teams, training
and reservation of the special
medical crews and emergency
centers17

In case of Flood Promote the disaster risk
reduction (the monitoring ofthe event on increase of theriver’s level) and Early warning,
preparedness of the special
repairing-recovering andrescuers brigades
 The system of public
preparedness to themeasures like forced
evacuation
 Sabo Works in Tajikistan

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In case Landslide
Complex measures related to the landslide
control
Landslide tracing, monitoring, measuresagainst the landslides and the education ofadjoining population

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