Interoperable Web Mapping Systems for Risk Communication - Enhancing the Disaster Prevention Capabilities of Local Communities

1. Hitoshi TAGUCHI , Yuichiro USUDA, Toshinari NAGASAKA National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention Tsukuba, Japan Interoperable Web Mapping Systems for Risk Communication — Enhancing the Disaster Prevention Capabilities of Local Communities The 3 rd IDRC Davos 2010

3. Overall Scheme of Interdisciplinary approach to “ disaster risk communication ” for improving “risk governance” in the long-term perspective Before After Multi-layered networking among organizations of residents, communities, NPOs, business that are associated with local common resources Risk- scenarios with risk-profile or risk- mapping based on DRIP Improvement of risk governance in terms of prevention, emergency, relief and recovery responses in the long-term perspective Traditional attitude for waiting governmental help Collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders who are associated with local common resources Traditional Disaster Prevention Systems (Fire brigade, disaster management authorities, neighborhood associations, etc.) Drills of self-management of evacuation center and/or joint local response center Disaster Risk Information Platform (DRIP) (Integration of disaster risk knowledge among experts, residents and communities) Formal drills of fire-fighting , evacuation, etc. Collaborative Risk Reduction Activities Disaster Coping Capacity (revealed and latent context) 1.Introduction

10. Use Stream of “e-community map”

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