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International Symposium

Culture of Disaster Management in the Context of Housing and Urbanization

1. Date: 18 January 2007

2. Venue:  Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Yomiuri Kobe Hall)

3. Organizers:
- UNCRD
- Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka

4. Full text of proceedings:
English(2.2MB) / Japanese(280KB)

5. Program

13:00-13:15 Opening Session
Welcome Address 1
Kazunobu Onogawa, Director, UNCRD
Welcome Address 2
Toshizo Ido, Governor, Hyogo Prefecture
Opening remarks
Shoichi Oikawa, President, Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka
13:15-13:40 Keynote Address 1

"Urgent Needs towards Making World Housing Safe from Earthquakes - Empowering Communities"

C.V.R. Murty, Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kampur
Chief Editor, World Housing Encyclopedia

13:40-14:05 Keynote Address 2

"Who Can Upgrade the Seismic Safety of Our Houses?"

Shunsuke Otani, Professor
Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University

14:05-14:20 Video Screening

"Bringing Happiness - Disaster Education from Kobe to the World"

Taisuke Matsuzaki
Kobe City Government

14:20-15:20 Case Study Presentations

"Housing and Building Safety Programs"

Antonius Budiono, Director
Directorate of Building and Neighborhood Development
Ministry of Public Works, Government of Indonesia

"Community Initiatives for Disaster Reduction in Kushimoto, Japan: Attempting to Prepare for a Highly-Probable Nankai (South Sea) Earthquake and Tsunami"

Isao Hayashi, Professor
National Museum of Ethnology, Japan

"Education and Training for Safer Housing in Nepal"

Amod Dixit, Executive Director
National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal

"Earthquake Safety for Traditional Housing in Peru"

Javier Pique, Professor
National University of Engineering, Peru
Dean, Board of Engineers of Peru-CD Lima
President, Peruvian Permanent Committee for Seismic Design

15:20-15:30 Presentation by UNCRD

"Housing Earthquake Safety Initiative: Building Culture of Housing Safety"

Bishnu Hari Pandey, Researcher
UNCRD Disaster Management Planning Hyogo Office

15:30-15:50 Coffee Break
15:50-16:55 Presentation for Panel Discussion

"For Culture of Disaster Prevention"

Kenji Okazaki, Professor
National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Panel Discussion

"How to Create Culture of Disaster Prevention among Citizens"

Facilitator:
Shoichi Ando, Coordinator, UNCRD Hyogo Office

Panelists:
Antonius Budiono, Amod Dixit, Isao Hayashi
Kenji Okazaki, Javier Pique

16:55-17:00 Closing Session
Closing Remarks
Toshiaki Kawashima, Director General
Yomiuri Shimbun Kobe