Asian Symposium
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MICRODIS Symposium on Disaster Impacts and Assessment in Asia
Park View Hotel in Hue City, Vietnam
August 25-27, 2010
Overview
Critical to effective response and recovery in the post disaster phase, scrupulous studies in the area of disasters have become an urgent demand. Asia remains the focus in the symposium, for it lies in an extremely hazardous zone of the earth. According to EM-DAT, between 2000-2009, 85 percent of fatalities due to disasters occurred in Asia. In the year 2009 itself, Asia accounted for 69 percent of disaster deaths as well as six of the top ten disasters in the world. Hence, allegiance to matters of disaster impact and its assessment have become indispensable. With this underlying motivation and concern for the disaster prone areas in Asia and the world, the symposium shall expedite accomplished pedagogic interchange in the field of disaster research.
The Asian Symposium on Disaster Impact and Its Assessment in Asia is being organized under the aegis of the European Commission funded FP6 MICRODIS Integrated Project.
Disasters in Asia have been severely affecting the local capacities. This requires multi-prong actions for prevention, mitigation, assessment, and management in an enabling environment - with the goal of sustainability. The multi-dimensional nature of disaster impact requires multi-disciplinary and multinational cooperation, which is the primary goal of the MICRODIS Project. Therefore, the Asian symposium is aimed at:
Bringing together multiple stakeholders – academics, bureaucrats, researchers, professionals, UN representatives, NGOs and others – to discuss current issues on disaster impact and assessment.
Presenting multi-country, multi-discipline scenario on disaster impacts that emerged out of MICRODIS empirical studies.
Sharing evidence-based knowledge and methodologies that facilitate the development of prompt operational strategies for the future.
Organizing Committee
The Symposium Organizing Committee consists of:
- Dr. Xuan (Vietnam)
- Dr. Bui Dung The (Vietnam)
- Dr. Bui Duc Tinh
- Dr. Tran Huu Tuan (Vietnam)
- Dr. Phong (Vietnam)
- Dr. P. C. Joshi (Delhi)
- Ms. Laura Irvine (Belgium)
Academic Committee
The Academic Committee will consist of following members
- Prof. P.C.Joshi, University of Delhi, India
- Prof. Debarati Guha-Sapir, Universite catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- Dr. Tuan Tran, Hue College of Economics, Vietnam
- Prof. Tuhin Das, Jadavpur University, India
- Dr. La Ngoc Quang, Hanoi School of Public Health, Vietnam
- Dr. Mondastri "Maqo" Korib Sudaryo, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
- Dr. Sharon Linog, Xavier University, Philippines
- Dr. Alok Mukhopadhyay, Voluntary Health Association of India, India
- Mrs. Lourdes Louella Escandor, Citizens’ Disaster Response Center, Philippines
Sessions
The academic sessions in the symposium are:
- Disaster trends in Asian countries – Far East, South- east and South Asia.
- Socio-Economic Impact of Disasters.
- Impact of Disasters on Health and Health Care Systems.
- Disaster Management Practice in Asian countries.
- Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Mitigation.
- Disaster Recovery in Asia.
- Post-Disaster Rehabilitation – Disaster to Development
- Assessment of Disaster Impacts – Methods and Tools.
- International cooperation in generating knowledge and sharing experience.
For logistical matters, please contact Dr. Tran Huu Tuan at tuantranhuu@yahoo.com
For content matters, please contact Prof. PC Joshi at pcmicrodis@yahoo.co.in
Conference Documents
3. Abstracts
4. Full Papers
Photo Albumn
Press Articles:
2. Press Article - "In brief: Disaster conference targets Asia" - IRIN News - August 24, 2010 - link to webpage: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=90264
3. Press Article - "ASIA: When hospitals become casualties" IRIN News - August 26, 2010 - link to webpage: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=90293
4. "Asia joins hands to control natural disasters" - VOV News- August 26, 2010 - link to webpage: http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Asia-joins-hands-to-control-natural-disasters/20108/118940.vov
Presentations
*if the presentations listed is not available to download, please contact Dr. Tran Huu Tuan at tuantranhuu@yahoo.com for permission to access the document. All presentation materials and authors should be cited appropriately if any information is used from the documents on this website. Presenters gave permission to publish these presentations on this public access site, thus MICRODIS and its consortium institutions are not responsible for any misuse of the information below.
Opening ceremony - Laura Irvine, MICRODIS Technical Officer, UCL/CRED; introduction to MICRODIS
DAY ONE
Plenary session B
Dr. Neil R. Britton, ADB; An overview of ADB's regional activities in disaster risk management, and the direction for the future
Prof. P. C. Joshi, Asian Coordinator of Microdis project, UoD, India: Disaster Impact and Its Assessment in Asia
Dr. Bach Tan Sinh, NISTPASS, Vietnam; Stakeholder Engagement in Resilience Planning Process in Da Nang, Quy Nhon and Can Tho cities of Vietnam
Parallel session 1: Disaster trends in Asian countries
1. Dr. D Lohar, An assessment of the impact of local convective storms during pre-monsoon season over eastern India
2. Dr. Phong Tran, HCE, Vietnam; Catastrophic flood and forest cover change in the Huong river basin, Central Vietnam: a gap between common perception and facts
3. Prof. Cabaraban, Xavier University, Philippines; Impact of natural disaster: Interweaving of economic, social and health cost, its implication to health management in emergency situation
4 Mr. Mahl Thomas, MunichRe, Singapore: Hitting the poor – Options to deal with natural exposures
Parallel session 2: Assessment of disaster impacts – Methods and tools
1. Dr. Besral, UoI, Indonesia ; The challenge of data collection and management: the cohort study on Padang earth-quack survivors
2. Sean Granville Ross, ECB Project, Indonesia; The Emergency Capacity Building Practical Experience of How Knowledge, Learning and Experience Can be used to improve humanitarian Responses
3. J. Sartohadi, UNS, Indonesia; Classification of vulnerable areas and individual perceptions of earthquake disaster risk in bantul regency special district of Yogyakarta Indonesia
4. Dr. Sharon Linog, XU, Philippines; Mental Health of children in natural disaster situations: its implication to scaling up of health services
Parallel session 3: Assessment of disaster impacts – Methods and tools
1. Dr. Dexter S. Lo, XU, Philippines; Disaster risk mapping of barangay Carmen: flood and fire
2. Maharani Hardjoko, ECB Project, Indonesia; The Emergency Capacity Building Project and the development of a Joint Needs Assessment tool: The Indonesia experience
3. Dr. MK Sudaryo, UoI, Indonesia; The methodological challenge of cohort study implementation among injured survivors after west Sumatra Earthquake, Indonesia
4. Dr. Dexter S. Lo, XU, Philippines; Seismic risk mapping at micro-scale: the case of barangay Careman, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
Parallel session 4: Socio-Economic Impact of Disasters
1. Dr. Nguyen T. Dung, Hue University, Vietnam; The Impacts of climate change on conservation and enhancement of festivals and culture in Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam
2. Ms. Kalindi Sharma, UoD, India; Impact of Cyclone Aila on the livelihood of the people of West Bengal
3. Dr. Bui Thi Tam, Hue University, Vietnam; Enhancing Roles of Social Safety Net in coping with Natural Disasters in the Central Region, Vietnam
4. Dr. Yasuyuki Sawada, University of Tokyo, Japan; How do households cope with natural and human-made disasters?
Parallel session 5: Socio-Economic Impact of Disasters
1. Ms. Laura Irvine, CRED, UCL, Belgium; Connecting the dots: qualitative analysis of factors influencing poor child nutrition in flooded communities of Orissa, India.
2. Dr. ID Gupta, JU, India; Impact of flood in rural areas: a special case of Ghatal
2. Ms. Vu Chi Mai, GTZ, Hanoi, Vietnam; Socio-economic impacts of disasters
4. Dr. Tran Huu Tuan, HCE, Vietnam; Estimating Flood Damage Costs by Contingent Valuation in Developing Countries: The Willingness-to-Contribute Labour to Flood Alleviation on Date 26 August Projects in Vietnam
Parallel session 6: Impact of Disasters on Health and Health Care Systems
1. Mr. Jose Rodriguez-Llanes, CRED, UCL, Belgium; Association of floods and child malnutrition in rural Eastern India
2. Prof. Emily Y. Chan and & Ms. Eliza Yee Lai CHEUNG, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Health Risk Perceptions of elevated temperatures among urban Chinese
3. Prof. PC Joshi, UoD, India; Mental Health Impacts as a function of stressors: evidence from recurrent flooding in Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh by Khatri
Parallel session 7: Impact of Disasters on Health and Health Care Systems
1. Dr. Mondastri Korib Sudaryo, UoI, Indonesia; The child health problems after massive evacuation in Kediri districts in October 2007, due to Kelud volcano eruption
2. Dr. SR Dash, VHAI, India; Functionality of health care system and delivery of medical services in emergencies
3. Dr. Adi Fahrudin, Bandung College of Social Welfare, Indonesia; Psychosocial impact and intervention strategies for natural disaster survivors: Experience from west java, Indonesia
4. Ms. Bijayasundari Devi Aribam, UoD, India; Association of long-term flood impacts with the prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency in Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh, India
Parallel session 8: Disaster Management Practice in Asian countries
1. Mr. N. Waidyanatha, LIRNEasia, SL; Common alerting protocol all-hazards all-media messaging for saving lives: Lessons learned
2. Dr. Le Ha Chau, WRU, Vietnam; Disaster risk Management – from research to education
3. Ms. Tran Hoang Yen, IDRM project, Vietnam; Managing risk for the present and the future: Integrated disaster risk management planning in Thua Thien Hue Province
4. Dr. Bui Duc Tinh, HCE, Vietnam; Impact of Severe flood events in Central Vietnam: Towards integrated flood risk management
Plenary session C
1. Dr. Ken MacClune, ISET; The Shared Learning Process: A method to bridge global and local knowledge contexts for strategic planning
2. Dr. Ian Wilderspin, UNDP, Vietnam; Disaster risk management in the Asia Pacific Region and specifically in Viet Nam Questions and Responses
3. Dr. Ha van Nhu, HSPH, Vietnam; Public Health Emergency Management in Viet Nam: Current situation an Challenges/Opportunities
Parallel session 9: Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Mitigation
1. Dr. Adhitya Wardhono, Jember University, Indonesia; Risk Identification of flash flood disaster in Jember Regency
2. Yuko Nakagawa, Kyoto Uni., Japan; About SEEDS Asia project
3. Dr. Tran Huu Tuan, HCE, Vietnam; Modeling demand for catastrophic flood risk insurance in Vietnam using choice experiments
Parallel session 10: Disaster Recovery in Asia
1. Prof. ZM Sumalde, UP Los Banos, Philippines; Adaptation Strategies and Costs of Adaptation to Extreme Weather Event: comparison between assisted and Non-Assisted households
2. Pramswari, M., Dr. Mondastri K Sudaryo/ Dr. Besral, UoI, Indonesia; Factors contribute to individual coping skills of Bojoneogoro people due to December 2007 flood
3. Ms. S Akerkar, Northumbria University, UK; Disaster recovery, rights and power
4. Prof. U. Kalpagam, Allahabad, India; Women and the Tsunami in south India
DAY TWO
Parallel session 11: Disaster Recovery in Asia
1. Dr. Besral, UoI, Indonesia; The determinant factors of willingness to participate to the flood prevention program
2. Mr. Sultan Al-Shaqsi, University of Otago, New Zealand; A sea in a desert: lessons learnt from floods in the Arabian Penninsula
3. Prof. Emeliza Lozada, UP Visayas, Philippines; Adaptation and coping strategies to extreme climate conditions: case study of selected sites affected by typhoon Frank in Lloilo, Philippines
Parallel session 12: Post-disaster Rehabilitation – disaster to Development
1. Ms. Itishree Kanungo, VHAI, India; Disaster to Development: Post disaster rehabilitation experience in India
2. Prof. Teresita Villamor Barrameda, CDRC, UP, Philippines; Rebuilding Communities and Lives: the role of damayan and bayanihan in disaster resiliency
3. Dr. Virpi Vaananen, FIOH, Finland; Natural Disaster and Industrial contamination-chemical and floods-guidelines for preparing for floods
4. Ms. Angelika Wirtz, MunichRe; Hitting the Poor – Micro insurance as an option: impact of natural catastrophes in economies at various stages of development
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