World BOSAI Forum / IDRC 2017 in SENDAITransdisciplinary Approach (TDA) for Building Societal Resilience to Disasters

Past and Current Activities andFuture Plans of TC21

November 27, 2017
Masaru ARAKIDAAsian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)

Past, Present and Future Activities of TC21
DateActivity

Place

DetailCECAR7, TC21 activity started, contents
Hawaii During
were confirmed, and good practices of participants
USAare shared.
Ormoc Visiting affected areas by typhoon Haiyan 2013.
2016 Field Survey and TC21 1st
Davao Good practice presentations and panel-discussion
Nov. International Symposium Philippines2016 TC21 Kick off Meeting
Aug. and Technical session2017 International Symposium onMar. Natural Disaster Mitigation

Hanoi
Viet Nam

Presentation of TC21 activity at the symposium co-organized by
TC21, University of Transport and Communications, and VFCEA

Chautara Visiting affected areas by Nepal Earthquake 2015.
2017 Field Survey and TC21 2nd Kathmandu
Presentations of good practices and panelApr. International Symposium
Nepal discussion
Japanese Civil Engineers theDiscussion with the title” The Project for Flood Mitigation in
Ormoc City, the Philippines” in the symposium co-organized by
JSCE international Center project group and TC21
Presentations of TC21 activity and good practice of Nepal in thesymposium co-organized by NCDR and TC21.
Introduction of TDA and good practice of Ormoc city at postersession.

2017
Global Leaders Symposium
MayTokyoJapan

2017
JSCE Annual Convention
Sep.

TaipeiTaiwanLeeds
UKFukuokaJapan

2017 World BOSAI Forum
Nov.

SendaiJapan

rdHolding TC21 technical session including
introduction of good practice of TDA anddiscussion of efforts to root cause of disaster

Hanoi
Viet Nam

Field survey and holding symposium during ACECC executive
committee meeting.

Series No. 92017 International disaster reliefJul. workshop
2017 7th International Conference
Sep. on Flood Management

2018 TC21 3 International
Apr. Symposium

2019 CECAR8Apr.

Action Proposal

Presentations of TC21 activity and good practices of TDA in japan

Tokyo TC21 session will be held.
JapanEachCountry Practical Actions of TDA

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TC21 Kick of Meeting
Major Activity of ACECC→ CECAR(Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region)

TC21 kicked off the activity at CECAR7 at Hawaii, 2016

- TC21 Kick off meeting Co-chair Prof. Takeuchi (Japan)
and Dr. Momo (Philippines)- TC 21 Committee member From Indonesia, Taiwan
and United States

3Field survey and International Symposium In Philippines
Ormoc City:
Establishment of Flood Mitigation
Committee covering central and city
government, and barangay, the smallest
administrative unit in the Philippines. River
maintenance works are done bycommunities.

Field survey at Ormoc

Symposium: International
Comparison of Scientific
Knowledge-Based DecisionMaking Schemes for
Disaster Reduction

International Symposium at Davao4

Field Survey and international symposium at Nepal
Chautara:
One of the most severely affected area by
the Nepal earthquake 2015. Over 90%
houses were destroyed.

Field survey at Chautara, NepalSymposium: InternationalComparison of Scientific
Knowledge-Based DecisionMaking Schemes for
Disaster Reduction

International Symposium at Kathmandu(As side event of ACECC annual5convention)Publication of Booklet toward CECAR8
CECAR8 “Resilient Infrastructures in Seamless Asia ”

TC21 are planning to hold international session andsubmit technical report about TDA
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TC21 Booklet
 Objective✓ To enhance TDA good practices to engineers andpolicy makers✓ To support conducting Comparative Analysis foreach country Structure of good practice report✓ Introduction✓ Outline and root causes of disaster✓ Science-knowledge decision-making by TDA andknowledge-flow✓ Summary and way forward
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