Take part in an interactive discussion with one another about:
1) Whether your city has Early Warning Systems in place to reduce climate related risks – be they formal or informal;
2) How the Early Warning System in your cities works in practice – according the four facets listed above;
3) Whether you think that any of the Latin American initiatives might be successfully adapted for implementation in your cities – specifying which in particular, along with the enabling factors or barriers .
Ho Chi Minh city (HCMC) does not have formal EWS. However, the idea of establishing EWS for the city has been proposed.
[For your more information, Vietnam plans to install a Tsunami Early Warning System that will cover the coastal areas, more populated islands, and 13 cities and provinces nationwide (Ho Chi Minh city is not in the list), which are most at risk of being hit by a tsunami and high tidal waves. There will also be a tsunami information network run by the Global Physics Institute; Central Steering Committees; and local disaster management centres, set up by local authorities and residents. The Global Physics Institute will serve as an exclusive monitoring agency responsible for transmitting tsunami warnings, besides supervising and analysing tsunami threats in Vietnam. The Tsunami Early Warning System is expected to be complete by 2016].
Informally the city also has plans, activities for warning of climate induced events though they are still not very effective. In terms of Risk Knowledge, Department of Transportation conducted surveys and warning of landslide risk sites along rivers, canals. In terms of Monitoring and Warnings, Sub-Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environment in the city is in charge with their monitoring stations scattered around the city. In terms of Dissemination and Communication, daily weather forecast on televisions, radios play important role in warning people of storms, hurricane... In terms of Response Capability, rehearsals of risk response in communities, rescue training skills for staff, etc... involve many stakeholders from government agencies such as DONRE, DARD, Fire Service, Health Department, High Command to local communities, Youth Unions. Department of Construction also provided Construction Guideline for building to prevent tornado in high-risk communities in Can Gio district.
I like the ideas of using sms, email, social media and electronic EWS in the Latin America initiatives, which i think can be applied successfully too in Ho Chi Minh city. Actually, the People’s Committee of HCMC has recommended the expansion of the use of mobile phone messages for warning natural disasters nationwide.
2) How the Early Warning System in your cities works in practice – according the four facets listed above;
3) Whether you think that any of the Latin American initiatives might be successfully adapted for implementation in your cities – specifying which in particular, along with the enabling factors or barriers .
Ho Chi Minh city (HCMC) does not have formal EWS. However, the idea of establishing EWS for the city has been proposed.
[For your more information, Vietnam plans to install a Tsunami Early Warning System that will cover the coastal areas, more populated islands, and 13 cities and provinces nationwide (Ho Chi Minh city is not in the list), which are most at risk of being hit by a tsunami and high tidal waves. There will also be a tsunami information network run by the Global Physics Institute; Central Steering Committees; and local disaster management centres, set up by local authorities and residents. The Global Physics Institute will serve as an exclusive monitoring agency responsible for transmitting tsunami warnings, besides supervising and analysing tsunami threats in Vietnam. The Tsunami Early Warning System is expected to be complete by 2016].
Informally the city also has plans, activities for warning of climate induced events though they are still not very effective. In terms of Risk Knowledge, Department of Transportation conducted surveys and warning of landslide risk sites along rivers, canals. In terms of Monitoring and Warnings, Sub-Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environment in the city is in charge with their monitoring stations scattered around the city. In terms of Dissemination and Communication, daily weather forecast on televisions, radios play important role in warning people of storms, hurricane... In terms of Response Capability, rehearsals of risk response in communities, rescue training skills for staff, etc... involve many stakeholders from government agencies such as DONRE, DARD, Fire Service, Health Department, High Command to local communities, Youth Unions. Department of Construction also provided Construction Guideline for building to prevent tornado in high-risk communities in Can Gio district.
I like the ideas of using sms, email, social media and electronic EWS in the Latin America initiatives, which i think can be applied successfully too in Ho Chi Minh city. Actually, the People’s Committee of HCMC has recommended the expansion of the use of mobile phone messages for warning natural disasters nationwide.
- http://www.dtinews.vn/en/news/017004/22065/vietnam-to-build-tsunami-early-warning-system.html
- http://talkvietnam.com/2012/11/mobile-phone-messages-may-be-used-for-disaster-warnings/#.UUSH51f-v1I
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