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Regional Stocktaking and 

Mapping of Disaster Risk Reduction Interventions in 

Asia and the Pacific

Summary of Findings on Initiatives 

on Risk Assessment

Presentation at the IAP Meeting, November 2009, Bangkok

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Outline of Section 4

4.1 Scope of summary
4.2 Structure of summary
4.3 Review of Initiatives on Cyclone Risk 

Assessments

4.3.1  Risk Profile of tropical cyclone in Asia and 

Pacific

4.3.2  Outputs on risk from tropical cyclones 
4.3.3  Outputs on risk from earthquake
4.3.3  Outputs on risk from flood and storm surges

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Outline of Section 4

4.3.4  Outputs on risk from landslide
4.3.5  Outputs on risk from Drought 
4.3.3  Outputs on risk from Tsunami
4.3.3  Outputs on risk from Volcanoes 
4.3.4  Outputs on risk from Wildfires

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4.1 Scope of Summary

• Two-fold objectives :

- Usage of initiatives by IAP Partners and other   

stakeholders and inform new initiatives on what 

improvements to make

- Gaps in initiatives

• Capture findings from three initiatives

- Global Assessment Report, 2009 
- Risk Assessment and Mitigation Measures for 

natural and conflict related hazards in Asia-Pacific

- Natural hazards and vulnerability atlases

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4.2 Structure of Summary

• Risk profile developed of the particular 

hazard by each of the initiative

• Output generated/could be generated on 

particular hazard by each of the initiative

• Gaps in methodology and data sources
• Key conclusion and limitations in terms of 

usage

• Recommendation for improvement

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4.3 Review of Initiatives on Tropical   

Cyclones

GAR identifies 

top countries 

from Asia and 

the Pacific on 

the Mortality 

Risk Index

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4.3 Review of Initiatives on Tropical   

Cyclones

GAR/GRDP: Trend analysis of Cyclone wind 

speed 

1975-1990

1991-2005 

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4.3 Review of Initiatives on Tropical   

Cyclones

PDC : Near Real time position of Storm 

Information on cyclone forecast, 5-day 

potential track, 3-day potential track

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GRDP and PDC atlas : At a Glance

•Current position of Storm
•5-Day and 3-Day cyclone 

track and likely damage 

forecast
•Past cyclone information
•Demography, Elevation, 

Hydrography base maps 

can be overlaid on hazard 

map
•Near real time  information 

•Wind speed information 
•Storm surge information
• Relative and absolute 

mortality due to cyclone
•Relative and absolute 

GDP impacted by 

cyclone
•Static information 

PDC Atlas

GAR/GRDP

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