Japan shared with the international community its experiences and thelessons it learnt on disaster risk management and reconstruction, afterthe devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 at avideo-conference in Hanoi on April 18.
Themed,“Learning from Mega Disasters”, the conference attracted scientists,academics and policy makers from various Asian Pacific countriesincluding Japan , China , Brazil , Vietnam , Indonesia , Chileand Iran .
Besides learning from Japan ’sworst-ever disaster, the participants discussed plans to constructdefences to prevent floods, giant waves and suggested ways of managingnatural disasters.
The conference, which wasco-organised by the Vietnam Development Information Centre and theNatural Disaster Management Group for East Asia and the PacificRegion, also focused on Vietnamese issues related to inland flooding anddrainage and the difficulties when collecting data on disasters.
Dr. Mori, a Japanese disaster expert, said that building dykes at anappropriate height, while considering impacts on the environment, can bean effective way of coping with tsunami and limit losses.
Although Vietnam has only a small risk of experiencing a massiveearthquake and tsunami like Japan’s, it is one of the most vulnerablecountries to climate change and sea level rise, which has been shown inthe increase in frequent landslides and floods.
Nguyen Thi Xuan Dung, Vice Director of the Management Board for theUrban Development Project under the Ministry of Construction, said theministry has launched a project to help coastal urban areas adapt toclimate change, minimise the impacts of climate change and buildprotected safe coastal cities.
Japan ’sexperiences also suggested that it is necessary to establish an agencyto manage the building of disaster preventing works, while collectingdata on tides, geology and terrain.
Currently,Vietnam’s coastal urban system covers more than 28 provinces nationwidewith a total coastline length of 3,265km, among which there are sixMekong Delta provinces, which are vulnerable to sea tides.-VNA
Themed,“Learning from Mega Disasters”, the conference attracted scientists,academics and policy makers from various Asian Pacific countriesincluding Japan , China , Brazil , Vietnam , Indonesia , Chileand Iran .
Besides learning from Japan ’sworst-ever disaster, the participants discussed plans to constructdefences to prevent floods, giant waves and suggested ways of managingnatural disasters.
The conference, which wasco-organised by the Vietnam Development Information Centre and theNatural Disaster Management Group for East Asia and the PacificRegion, also focused on Vietnamese issues related to inland flooding anddrainage and the difficulties when collecting data on disasters.
Dr. Mori, a Japanese disaster expert, said that building dykes at anappropriate height, while considering impacts on the environment, can bean effective way of coping with tsunami and limit losses.
Although Vietnam has only a small risk of experiencing a massiveearthquake and tsunami like Japan’s, it is one of the most vulnerablecountries to climate change and sea level rise, which has been shown inthe increase in frequent landslides and floods.
Nguyen Thi Xuan Dung, Vice Director of the Management Board for theUrban Development Project under the Ministry of Construction, said theministry has launched a project to help coastal urban areas adapt toclimate change, minimise the impacts of climate change and buildprotected safe coastal cities.
Japan ’sexperiences also suggested that it is necessary to establish an agencyto manage the building of disaster preventing works, while collectingdata on tides, geology and terrain.
Currently,Vietnam’s coastal urban system covers more than 28 provinces nationwidewith a total coastline length of 3,265km, among which there are sixMekong Delta provinces, which are vulnerable to sea tides.-VNA
