Footprint of ACECC TC21 to Promote Transdisciplinary
Approach (TDA) for Building Societal Resilience to Disasters
Yoshihiro KATSUHAMADigital Business Dept., Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.
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Objective of ACECC TC21
Promote the transdisciplinary approach (TDA) for cientificnowledge-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 dissemination
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Kick-off Meeting and Seminar in CECAR7
TC21 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 to
September 2016.

Co-Chairs Dr. Takeuchi and Usec Momo
at the TC21 Kick-off Meeting
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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 2016

Remarks: The URL was changed and the site cannot be updated since 2021 due to technical reasons.
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Meeting with Policy Makers in the Philippines
Leyte Island

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

November 2016

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

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

5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
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Resettlement Housings, Tacloban, Leyte
Island, the Philippines

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

We introduced TC21 and
JSCE’s activities regarding
disaster risk reduction
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8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)
September 21, 2022

April 2017

Stakeholder meeting among academia,
government, and private sector

9Site Survey in Nepal, April 2017
Historical Former Prime Minister’sOffice building in Kathmandu damagedby 2015 Nepal Earthquake

April 2017

Reconstruction works of housingsin Irkhu Village, Sindhupalchowk
District
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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 2017
Video 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 byNational 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 2017

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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 2017

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

April 2018

Damaged church as amonument of storm surge
disaster, Nam Dinh Province,Vietnam
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16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 2018

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TC21 Sessions at CECAR8 and JSCE Annual Meeting
TC21 session at JSCE
Annual Meeting
September2019

April 2019

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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 progress and issues. Experts of DRR fromIndonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, and the Philippines presented specific examplesto clarify the needs and the merit of TDA.

November 2019

Photos of TC21 Special
Session at the Sendai
International Center

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ACECC TC21 Webinar in Parallel with ECM in the Philippines
TC21 Webinar entitled “Transdisciplinary Approach (TDA) for Building Societal Resilience to Disasters underand after COVID-19” was held on October 6, 2020. Case studies from the Philippines and Japan wereintroduced to show how COVID-19 influences disaster preparedness and response from the viewpoint of TDA.

October 2020

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First International Webinar at JSCE Annual MeetingFirst international webinar in its history of JSCE Annual
Meeting was held by ACECC TC21 discussing how
COVID-19 affected transdisciplinary approach (TDA) anddecision making on building disaster resilience.

September 2021

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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 were assessed
through the case studies.
The contents are intended to clarify thenecessity of TDA and catalyze innovativeapproaches

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Other Major TC21 Publication• Katsuhama Yoshihiro (2021). Committee Report ACECC TC21’s Commitment Webinar “Transdisciplinary Approach for Building Societal Resilience to Disasters under and after COVID-19”
JSCE Magazine Vol.106 No.2, pp.102-103[in Japanese].
• Tukada Yukihiro (2020). “Accumulation and Sharing of Knowledge to counter global wild disasters” Engineers Without Borders Japan, News Letter Vol.15 June, pp.2-3 [in Japanese].
• Kuraoka Senro, Paudyal Youb Raj, and Razak Khamarrul Azahari (2020). “Transdisciplinary Approach for Building Societal Resilience to Disasters -Interpreting the Processes of Creating
New Knowledge in the Context of Knowledge Management -” J. Disaster Res., Vol.15 No.7, pp. 868-877.
• Kuraoka Senro (2020). Committee Report “Transdisciplinary Approach for Building Societal Resilience to Disasters -Event Report of TC21 Session at World BOSAI Forum” JSCE Magazine
Vol.105 No.2, pp.86-87 [in Japanese].
• Takeuchi Kuniyoshi(2019). “Transdisciplinary Approach for Scientific-Knowledge Based Decision Making for Building Societal Resilience to Disasters” A full paper presented at the 8thCECAR, Tokyo.
• Tsao Ting-Chi, Hsu Chih-Hao, Yin Hsiao-Yuan (2019). “Transdisciplinary Approach in the Preparedness Phase of a Debris Flow Prone Village in Taiwan” A full paper presented at the 8thCECAR, Tokyo.
• Rahayu Harkunti Pertiwi (2019). “Trans-Disciplinary Approach for Enhancing Resilience of Business Communities: Learning from Padang City” A full paper presented at the 8th CECAR,Tokyo.
• Kuraoka Senro, Jopson Tedence A., Bernadas Brando (2019). “Institutional Structure for Incorporating Science into Decision-making -Building the new-settlement of Tacloban city of thePhilippines-” A full paper presented at the 8th CECAR, Tokyo.
• Kien Pham Hoang, Cong Le Van (2019). “Status of Vietnam Coastal Erosion and Preposed Policies for Protection” A full paper presented at the 8th CECAR, Tokyo.
• Inoue Masashi, Kuraok Senro, Paudyal Youb Raj, Bhandary Netra Prakash (2019). “Restoration of Housings in Nepal after the Gorkha Earthquake, April 25th, 2015 in the Light of Trans
Disciplinary Approach” A full paper presented at the 8th CECAR, Tokyo.
• Lodi Sarosh H., Khan Pashid A. (2019). “Good Reconstruction Practices in Pakistan after the Kashmir Earthquake” A full paper presented at the 8th CECAR, Tokyo.
• Ishiwatari Mikio (2019). “Relocation and Land-use Regulation following the Great East Japan Earthquake: How can Scientific Knowledge be Incorporated into Recovery?” A full paper
presented at the 8th CECAR, Tokyo.
• Arakida Masaru (2019). “Trans Disciplinary Approach for Restoration of Kumamoto Castle after the Earthquakes in 2016” A full paper presented at the 8th CECAR, Tokyo.
• Tsukahara Kenichi (2019). “DRR Transdisciplinary approach in Civil Engineering Society” Activities of TC21 in ACECC-2019 Annual Conference, Japan Society for Natural DisasterScience.
• Tsukahara Kenichi (2018). “Disaster Risk Governance and Transdisciplinary Approach for Building Societal Resilience to Disasters” ACECC TC21 Activity-The 18th Science Council of
Asia (SCA) Conference.
• Ishiwatari Mikio, Takeuchi Kuniyoshi, Kaku Shuji, Muronaga Takeshi, Kikuiri Kai (2017). “Scientific Knowledge Based Decision Making for Disaster Reduction: How was the problem of
informal settlers resolved?” The 7th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM7), Sep.15-17, Leeds.
• Katsuhama Yoshihiro (2017). Committee Report “Transdisciplinary Approach for Building Societal Resilience to Disasters” JSCE Magazine Vol.102 No.11, pp.68-69 [in Japanese].

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