“Towards implementation of New International Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction”
The APRU-IRIDeS Multi-Hazards Summer School was conducted on 21-24 July 2015 at Tohoku University. Total 45 participants including students and faculty members from 13 universities in 10 countries (Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines. Singapore, Thailand and USA) attended this event.
At the opening ceremony, Prof. Susumu Satomi (President of Tohoku University), Dr. Christopher Tremewan (Secretary General of APRU), and Prof. Fumihiko Imamura (Director of IRIDeS) gave the opening remarks. The speakers included the faculty members of IRIDeS, ICHARM, University of California, Davis, and the local government officials of Sendai City and Tagajo City. Moreover, the speakers were invited from the private sector such as Dentsu and Pacific Consultants. At the Group work, the participants discussed the role of academia and universities in implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
During the field visit on 23 July, the participants visited Higashimatsushima City and Tagajo City. In Higashimatsushima City, they learned the recovery efforts through the visit of the new Nobiru station and the solar-panel park. In Tagajo City, they walked around the town with the high school students of Tagajo High School to learn their DRR initiatives. They also visited the housing complex newly built for the people affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Some of the participants commented that they were very impressed by the initiatives of Tagajo High School that try to pass on their experience and lessons-learnt through the story-telling activity.
The 2015 Multi-Hazards Summer School objectives
- Understand the mechanism of the international DRR strategy;
- Learn from the experiences and recovery process from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami;
- Learn from various DRR projects that have been implemented in the Tohoku region and overseas
- Discuss the role of academia in the new international framework for DRR adopted at the UN World Conference on DRR.
Report
- Report Summer School 2015
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The agenda of the 2015 Summer School:
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21 July (Tuesday) 2015
09:00-9:30 | Opening
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9:30-10:15 | “ Interdisciplinary Research in IRIDeS” (Prof. Makoto Okumura, Deputy Director, IRIDeS) |
10:15-11:00 | “ New International Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction” (Prof. Yuichi Ono, IRIDeS) |
11:00-11:30 | Coffee break / Moving to the Lecture room |
11:30-12:30 | “ Roles of Archives and Memories in Disaster Risk Reduction” (Dr. Sebastian Boret, IRIDeS) |
12:30-14:00 | Lunch/ Lunch session about APRU activities (Dr. Takako Izumi, IRIDeS) |
14:00-15:00 | “ How to Develop Healthy Resilient Community” (Prof. Shinichi Egawa, IRIDeS) |
15:00-16:00 | “ A Case Study of KAKEAGARE! Japan and Dentsu's DRR Related Business” (Mr. Shunsuke Matsushima, Dentsu) |
16:00-16:15 | Coffee break |
16:15-17:15 | “ Earthquake Reconstruction Operations in Ofunato” (Mr. Masaaki Miyamoto, Pacific Consultants CO., LTD) |
22 July (Wednesday) 2015
09:00-10:00 | “ JICA's Recovery Efforts in Tohoku” (Ms. Midori Kamada, Japan International Cooperation Agency – JICA Tohoku) |
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10:00-11:00 | “ The 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction – Overview and Results of the Conference” (Mr. Akira Takahashi, Sendai City) |
11:00-11:30 | Coffee break |
11:30-12:30 | “ Towards Disaster Risk Reduction City: Tagajo ~ Disaster Resilient City” (Mr. Manabu Suzuki, Tagajo City) |
12:30-14:00 | Lunch/ Lunch session: experience sharing by the participants |
14:00-14:30 | “ Effective Evacuation Behavior with Knowledge on Natural Disasters” (Ms. Mari Yasuda, IRIDeS) |
14:30:16:00 | Group work 1: Disaster Education |
16:00-16:15 | Coffee break |
16:15-17:00 | Group presentation and discussion |
23 July (Thursday) 2015
Field visit
(Higashi-matsushima City and Tagajo City)
24 July (Friday) 2015
09:30-10:30 | “ Automated Operational Earthquake and Hazard Risk Assessment” (Prof. John Rundle, University of California, Davis) |
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10:30-11:30 | “ Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience and Sustainability” (Prof. Kuniyoshi Takeuchi, Advisor to ICHARM) |
11:30-11:45 | Coffee break |
11:45-12:45 | “ People Centered Housing Reconstruction” (Dr. Elizabeth Maly, IRIDeS) |
12:45-14:00 | Lunch/ Lunch session: experience sharing by the participants |
14:00-15:30 | Group work 2: What can academia do to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction? |
15:30-15:45 | Coffee break |
15:45-16:15 | Group presentation and discussion |
16:15-16:30 | Closing |