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1 From 1 st to 3 rd September 2010 at BOKU, Peter Jordan Str. 82, 1190 Vienna Organized by: BOKU: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria IDRiM: International Society for Integrated Disaster Risk Management In cooperation with: IIASA: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria DPRI: Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan Conference Programme Updated 30 th of August, 2010 Wednesday: 1 st September :30-09:30 Registration 09:30-10:10 Opening session Opening by Martin Gerzabek, Rector of BOKU Norio Okada (IDRiM Society) Hans Peter Nachtnebel (local organiser) 10:10-10:30 Coffee break

2 10:30-12:30 1 st session NATHAZ I Floods and droughts: understanding processes, impacts and risks Chairs: Ozunu and Nachtnebel KHANAL NEPAL A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF POST DISASTER EPIDEMICS OF AUGUST 2008, KOSHI RIVER FLOOD IN NEPAL NEUHOLD AUSTRIA INTEGRATING RIVER BED DYNAMICS TO FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT ZHONG RISK ASSESSMENT OF TYPHOON DISASTERS IN ZHEJIANG PROVINCE OF HATAYAMA RISKS ON DISASTER RESPONSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS LI DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMERGENCY-ORIENTED TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY INDEX IN HABIBA DROUGHT RISK REDUCTION THROUGH SIP APPROACH IN NORTHWEST BANGLADESH 12:30-13:45 Lunch break 13:45-15:00 2 nd session NATHAZ II Landslides and tsunamis: understanding processes, impacts and risks Chair: Fuchs and Takara SIGIT-PURNOMO INDONESIA GIS ANALYSIS FOR DETERMINING OF POTENTIAL LANDSLIDE AREA DISTRIBUTION PATTERN (A CASE STUDY IN SUMEDANG REGENCY WEST JAVA INDONESIA) DEWI INDONESIA A-GIS BASED APPROACH FOR EVACUATION MODEL FOR TSUNAMI RISK REDUCTION A CASE STUDY OF CILACAP COASTAL AREA, INDONESIA CHANG SENG GERMANY TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM GOVERNANCE IN INDONESIA SCHEER PREPARATION OF AN ATLAS OF TSUNAMI RISK MAPS A PREPAREDNESS MEASURE APPLIED TO BALCHIK TOWN (NE BULGARIAN BLACK SEA COAST) 15:00-15:45 Poster Session BOTEZ AUSTRIA USING SMART PHONES IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT GUO A TIME-DEPENDENT STOCHASTIC GRASSLAND FIRE IGNITION MODEL A CASE STUDY OF HULUN BUIR GRASSLAND IN NEGISHI WEB DATABASE SYSTEM APPLICATION TO COLLECT DISASTER REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES: TECH-DRAW 15:45-16:10 Coffee break 16:10-18:00 3 rd session NATHAZ III Earthquakes Chair: Ghafory-Ashtiany and Benouar YAMORI MURAKAMI HIRAYAMA SHIROSHITA EHRLICH DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GMANTEN EARTHQUAKE EDUCATION PROGRAM A STUDY ON ACTIVE USE OF BICYCLES FOR COMMUTING AND ITS POTENTIAL FOR EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY MOBILITY - BASED ON THE QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY IN SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR WATER SUPPLY UTILITIES INCLUDING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AFTER EARTHQUAKES REVISITING THE 'INTEGRATED DISASTER MANAGEMENT' FROM TRACING THE HISTORY OF ESE DISASTER MANAGEMENT REMOTE SENSING DERIVED BUILT UP INFORMATIONFOR QUANTIFYING PHYSICAL EXPOSURE GLOBALLY 18:00-20:30 Welcome drink in the lobby of the university 20:00-21:00 Meeting of founding members, Board of Directors (at conference venue)

3 Thursday 2 nd September 09:00-10:40 4 th session NATECHs: Joint natural and technological risks Chairs: Cruz and Krausmann SIEBERT GERMANY IMPACTS OF AND ADAPTATION TO WEATHER EXTREMES IN POWER PLANTS ECKLE SWITZERLAND SEVERE ACCIDENTS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR TRIGGERED BY NATURAL EVENTS BENOUAR ALGERIA NATURAL HAZARDS THREATS TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALGERIA OZUNU ROMANIA CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN THE CONTEXT OF FLOOD DISASTER EVENTS IN ROMANIA 10:40-11:00 Coffee break 11:00-12:45 5 th session: Vulnerability of society and technical systems Chairs: Tatano and Gheorghe FUCHS AUSTRIA PARADIGMS OF VULNERABILITY TO MOUNTAIN HAZARDS IN EUROPE REVISITED AUBRECHT AUSTRIA SPATIO-TEMPORAL ASPECTS OF VULNERABILITY: HOW ALL COMES TOGETHER IN IDRM NAKANO ESTIMATION OF FRAGILITY CURVE FOR PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF INDUSTRIAL SECTOR SHIWAKU SCHOOL DISASTER EDUCATION TO UTILIZE EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING TSUCHIYA HIGHWAY NETWORK DISRUPTION LOSSES DUE TO CONGESTION FROM A DISASTER PINELLI UNITED STATES HURRICANE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT: LATEST EXPERIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE FLORIDA PUBLIC HURRICANE LOSS MODEL 12:45-14:00 Lunch break 14:00-15:40 6 th session: Information and early warning systems Chairs: Nachtnebel and Chang Seng BRAVO DE GUENNI VENEZUELA DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY BASED EARLY WARNING SYSTEM IN VARGAS STATE, VENEZUELA KHABAROV AUSTRIA CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CAPACITY OF A LANDSLIDE EWS: ANALYSIS THROUGH NUMERICAL MODELING TAKAGI SUPPORT SYSTEM OF COMMUNITY BASED DISASTER MITIGATION FOR EVACUATING VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND RISK COMMUNICATIONS SAKAKIBARA RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DAILY PRACTICE AND GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE ON EVACUATION NACHTNEBEL AUSTRIA HOW CAN WE QUANTIFY THE BENEFITS FROM EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS? 15:40-16:00 Coffee break 16:00-18:00 7 th session IDRiM Society Meeting 20:00-22:30 Conference dinner in the Rathauskeller (Vienna city hall) Lanner and Lehar Hall, Rathausplatz 1, 1010 Wien

4 Friday 3 rd September 09:00-11:00 8 th session: DRH (Disaster reduction hyperbase application): Its past, present and future Chairs: Okada and Tatano TAKARA DRH ASIA AND ITS POSSIBILITY OF EDUCATIONAL USAGE SHIWAKU WEB DATA BASE SYSTEM APPLICATION TO COLLECT DISASTER REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES: TECH-DRAW HIGASHIHARA USER-BORN FUNCTIONAL GIS DATABASE FOR ESE DISASTER MEDICINE SCHEER DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PRINCIPLES IN AFRICA SOME KEY FINDINGS WITHIN THE DRH INITIATIVE ROSALES COLOMBIA PATTERNS AND TRENDS OF DISASTERS IN LATIN AMERICA: A VISION FROM NATIONAL DATABASES OF LOSSES GHAFORY- ASHTIANY IRAN FUTURES OF DRH IN IDRIM SOCIETY 10 minutes presentation followed by a panel discussion with all participants: how can we proceed for DRH in the future? 11:00-11:20 Coffee break 11:20-12:45 9 th session: Economic impacts Chairs: Hochrainer and Rose HOCHRAINER AUSTRIA UP-SCALING OF IMPACT DEPENDENT LOSS DISTRIBUTIONS: A HYBRID- CONVOLUTION APPROACH KAJITANI DISAGGREGATED DISASTER IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODEL INCORPORATING LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGES AND RECOVERIES TATANO INTERDEPENDENT SECURITY PROBLEM IN GLOBAL CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CHOI A SCGE MODEL FOR ESTIMATING ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PORT DISRUPTION ROSE UNITED STATES ASSESSMENT OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CATASTROPHIC EVENTS: CGE ANALYSIS OF RESOURCE LOSS AND BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF A RDD ATTACK SCENARIO 12:45-14:00 Lunch break In the afternoon two parallel sessions from 14:00-16:45 in Hall A and B Hall A 14:00-15:15 10 th session: Economic impacts and risk financing I Chair: Mechler GHAFORY- ASHTIANY AN URBAN AREA OPTIMIZED BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR EARTHQUAKE MITIGATION PLANNING IN IRAN THE ECONOMIC DYNAMIC OF THE POVERTY TRAP AS MARKOV DECISION KIENER AUSTRIA PROCESS DROUGHTS AND POVERTY TRAPS IN INDIA: MODELLING DISASTER RISK MECHLER AUSTRIA MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE ADAPATION YE DONATION AS A RISK-SHARING INSTRUMENT: PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION 15:15-15:30 Coffee break 15:30-16:45 11 th session. Economic impacts and risk financing II Chair: Linnerooth-Bayer YOKOMATSU TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY ANALYSIS FOR RISK DIVERSIFICATION: STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC MACROECONOMIC APPROACH PFURTSCHELLER AUSTRIA INDIRECT ECONOMIC EFFECTS TRIGGERED BY CATASTROPHIC FLOOD EVENTS IN ALPINE REGIONS LINNEROOTH- BAYER AUSTRIA REGIONAL INSURANCE POOLS FOR ADAPTING TO CLIMATE RISKS NIE CROP INSURANCE RATING UNDER ALTERNATIVE YIELD TREND MODELS DOES INSURANCE HELP TO ESCAPE THE POVERTY TRAP? A RUIN THEORETIC KOVACEVIC AUSTRIA APPROACH

5 Hall B: 14:00-15:15 12 th session: Integrating society in risk management Chairs: Neuhold and Aubrecht NA BHANDARI SPITALAR FUJIMI SLOVENIA 15:15-15:30 Coffee break THE SANDANKAI SYSTEM METHOD FOR PARTICIPATORY DISASTER SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL IMPACTS OF URBAN RITUAL EVENTS WITH REFERENCE TO BUILDING DISASTER RESILIENCE: CASE STUDIES OF NEPAL AND INCREASING THE TRANSPARENCY OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WITH THE METHOD OF SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT EVALUATION OF AMBIGUITY EFFECT OF EARTHQUAKE RETROFIT ON WILLINGNESS TO PAY 15:30-16:45 13 th session: Integrating society in risk management Chairs: Yamori and Hatayama MISRA DWIYANI KAKUMOTO SAKAMOTO SAKAMOTO INDIA ISSUES & CHALLENGES IN IDRIM IMPLEMENTATION: LESSONS FROM THE GCOE MUMBAI PROJECT ADAPTATION OF DISASTER EDUCATION TOOL INTO LOCAL CONTEXT: LESSONS LEARNED PROPOSAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR SAFETY AND COMFORTABLE COMMUNITY LIFE RECOVERY OF DISASTER-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN TURKEY: GENDER-BASED SOCIAL NETWORKS THE STUDY ON REDUCING HEALTH-RISKS CAUSED BY ASBESTOS AFTER DISASTER 17:00-18:30 14 th session: Integrated disaster risk management Chairs: Okada and Amendola OKADA SOCIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR IDRIM CHALLENGE TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION MITRA INDIA INSTITUTIONALISING DISASTER MANAGEMENT THROUGH CBDRM-CASE STUDY FROM INDIA ROVINS INTEGRATED RESEARCH ON DISASTER RISK BENOUAR ALGERIA INTEGRATED DISASTER MANAGEMENT OF THE ALGIERS-BOUMERDES (ALGERIA) EARTHQUAKE OF 21 MAY 2003: A SOCIOLOGICAL ISSUE FANG MULTI-HAZARD RISK ASSESSMENT BY INTEGRATED RISK GOVERNANCE OF PROJECT AMENDOLA AUSTRIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UNDER UNCERTAINTY: A DISCUSSION FROM THE RECENT L AQUILA EARTHQUAKE 18:30-18:45 Closing of the conference 19:00-20:00 Meeting of IDRiM Journal Editorial Board

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