Mr. D.G.Fadnavis , Member of Maharashtra Legislative assembly , Mumbai, India

1. 3rd International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRCDavos 2010 30 May - 3 June 2010 ¦ The Davos Congress Centre Davos, Switzerland ISDRSession on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation with Reference to Asia - Pacific- Europe-Africa Region Convener : Institute For Sustainable Development And Research, India . Date: 30 May 2010. Room : Sanada . 9.00am-12.00 pm

2. 3rd International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRCDavos 2010 Capacity building through social response and participation of civil societies for mitigating the impacts of the disasters in world cities Mr. D.G.Fadnavis , Member of Maharashtra Legislative assembly , Mumbai, India

4. Cities host more than 50% of world population & majority of Physical capital.

5. Half of the humanity resides within 100 km of sea coast or sea navigable waterway.

6. 8 of the 10 world largest cities are located on coast.3

8. 59% world population & 70 % of world natural disaster.

9. 75% of Global flood mortality risk is concentrated in Bangladesh India & China. 4

11. June 2005 to May 2006

12. 404 disasters in 115 Countries

13. 93000 people dead, 173 billion usd lost

14. First 8 month of 2006, 91 million people affected by Natural disasters

15. 2007 : 300 disasters

16. 2,36,000 dead 200 million affected.5

18. 39% of tropical cyclones hit high income countries but mortality 1%.

19. 13% of tropical cyclones hit Low income countries but mortality 81%.

20. Poor's are the most vulnerable to disasters.6

22. An ounce of prevention is usually worth pound of cure.

23. A dollar spent in disaster preparedness would prevent 4 to 8 dollars lost in disaster.7

25. Ecological imbalances.

26. Destruction of Mangroves & natural Waterways in cities.

27. Population density.

28. Inappropriate constructions.

29. Linkages between urbanisation & disasters are weakly theorised.8

31. Inappropriate decisions causes populationconcentration on natural flood planes or along earth quake fault lines.

32. Gap between civil society groups & municipal officials over approach to social vulnerability.9 What Makes Cities More Vulnerable

34. Improving capacities of communities and local government to mitigate is key.

35. Disaster management & mitigation measures to be integral part of development & poverty reduction programme. 10

37. Environmental & community planning

38. Improving building codes and constriction regulations 11

40. Ensure participation of local communities in planning.12

42. Ensure participation of local communities in planning.13

44. Preserve & transmit invaluable local knowledge about disaster risk.14

46. Adopt contingency plans and test preparedness,

47. Ensure emergency services, response agencies policy marks and development organisations are coordinated.15

49. Avoid informal settlements in Hazard prone areas such as flood planes

50. Protect forest, wetlands and reefs that act as natural barrier to storms & flooding16

52. To promote Corporate Social responsibility

53. High technology & Scientific application to disaster risk reduction including climate changadptation.17

55. Mobilising resources for disaster risk reduction.

56. Engagingthe media in increasing coverage on disaster risk reduction.

57. Public awareness & education for disaster risk reduction.18

59. No integration in global thoughts and local knowledge preservations.

60. Necessity of Global & regional partnerships to develop new tools, practical approach & other instrument for disaster reduction. 19

62. Strategies to provide national & local governments & civil society, business communities with practical strategies to mitigate crisis.20

64. Where when, how and with what intensity they may occur

65. Improvement of early warning systems and effective information dissemination systems.21

67. Satellite remote sensing, Global mapping, geographic information system to collect data on environmental impacts on land use change.

68. Accesses explore & use geographic information using GPS & GPRS systems.22

70. 164 countries & 16 regions including Antarctic participated which includes 96% of earths territorial surface.

71. Data released covers Earth 60% by surface & 52% by population.

72. Global map is effective tool in disaster risk mitigation.23

74. Information sharing through capacity building at regional & local level.

75. The risk awareness report information to disseminate at community level.

76. The risk awareness report coupled with risk mitigation plan to be prepared.24

78. Community & local level approaches increase sustainability of disaster risk reduction practices

79. The risk awareness report and risk mitigation plan to be made part of formal & informal education.25

81. Communities & Local government engage into an exercise of capacity building to mitigate the known risk.

82. Communities & Local government through participatory process enact a legal frame work to avert the disaster risk.

83. Communities & Local government engage into a process of planning and appraisal of the plan to mitigate disaster.26

85. An environment where disaster mitigation is not an concern of handful few but becomes a culture of communities at large.27

86. 28 THANK YOU