William E. Bertrand, Payson Center Tulane University Co-Director CDMHA, Tom Mason, Co-Director USF Guatemala 11/14/2001 Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance is a joint program of: Tulane University and the University of South Florida in partnership with United States Southern Command The Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CDMHA) Facilitate civil-military operations and cooperation by: Development and implementation of education and training programs in disaster and crisis management Applying state-of-the-art communication and information technologies to support disaster/crisis managers, technicians and field personnel Catalyzing improvements in disaster management through organizational networking and research Mission of CDMHA CDMHA Humanitarian Assistance Database Training and Education Develop computer-based, software products with the purpose of strengthening regional institutional capacity in responding to critical events Establish certificate, undergraduate and graduate programs in disaster management and complex human emergencies through a consortium of universities Develop residential and distance short courses to enhance civil-military readiness Libraries Human Sustainable Development Library Considered one of the finest development libraries in existence 1230 publications, 160 000 pages English, French All information is contained on a single CDROM, also available via the web http://www.humanitylibraries.net Other libraries: Food and Nutrition Library , Medical and Health Library, World Environmental Library This was assembled by Payson Center faculty member Dr. Michel Loots. Networking Communicate and coordinate regularly with regional institutions engaged in crisis mitigation and response Collaborate and sponsor quality research and training Produce appropriate data based documentation for training and development missions in collaboration with public and private sector Participate in relevant conferences and seminars on information management and civil military partnerships Nov. 13, 2001 Readiness Enhancing Research Anthropological research on community and individual coping behaviors related to environmental stress and natural hazards Policy and institutional research on constraints to preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery Information technology and its application to disaster response improvement (including GIS applications) Research on just-in-time training effectiveness and presentation Research on material and processes Research on medical aspects of disaster response Research on disaster mitigation and prevention Early warning and risk assessment methods Early warning/forecasting research, flood modeling feasibility study in Central America Continuation of epidemic forecasting research Social science research, comparative case study research on lessons learned from response and mitigation efforts related to Hurricanes George/Mitch Completion of Information and Training Needs Assessment Initiatives:Early Warning Disaster Early Warning Systems • National Earthquake Information Center • Tropical Storm Watch • El Niño Resources: Theme Pages • Famine Early Warning System (FEWS) • Forum for Early Warning And Early Response (FEWER ) • Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) • HazardNet • International Crisis Group • European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation • Minorities at Risk Project • Stockholm International Peace Research Institute • Refugees International • Almanac Characterization Tool (ACT) Implications of Moore’s Law for Disaster Response and Mitigation • Huge input of new data to the response and early warning environment.(World Data total doubling every 3-5 years) • Advances in every scientific discipline are being driven by information tech.(NSF) • Communication on almost every subject is near real time – therefore its form and structure is important. The Three Laws of Robotics 1.A Robot (information system) may not injure a human Being, or through inaction, allow a human being to Come to harm. 2. A robot (information system) must obey the orders Given to it by human beings except where such orders Would conflict with the first law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such Protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. The “Zeroth Law” A robot may not injure humanity, or Through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm. (Asimov, Isimov “Runaround” Astounding Science Fiction, March, 1942) SES by Mortality - The Titanic • Adult Males Adult Females Children Total • SES N Death Rate N Death RateN Death Rate N DeathRate •High 173 66.5 144 3.5 5 0.0 322 37.3 •Middle160 91.9 93 16.1 24 0.0 277 58.5 •Low 454 87.9 179 45.3 76 71.1 709 75.3 •Un 875 78.4 23 8.7 0 - 898 76.6 •Total 1662 81.0 439 23.5 105 51.4 2206 68.2 Disasters Causes and Effects:We Know Where They Will Happen In summary, the CDMHA... Fosters trusted partnerships among the disaster response and humanitarian assistance communities Leverages communication/information technologies to strength decision support related to disasters and environmental security threats Strengthens the readiness of civil and military organizations through traditional and non-traditional education and training programs Contributes to evolving standards in readiness and response through quality research <*> Presentación PowerPoint Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central (CEPREDENAC). Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres (CONRED). Comando Sur. Presentado en: II Seminario Regional Centroamericano sobre Preparación de Desastres. Bertrand, William E. Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assitance (CDMHA). Guatemala, Noviembre 2001. xgestiónx xgestionx xlocalx xriesgox <*>