Pre-event: Socio-Economic Impact Workshop

Socio-Economic Impact Workshop
Development of a global harmonized monitoring system for earthquake risk and vulnerability

I – Socio-economic risks: Understanding the dimensions of earthquake impacts

• Introduction into the GEM Socio-Economic Impact Module: Objectives, milestones, procedures (Joern Birkmann & Niklas Gebert / UNU-EHS)
• The Disaster Deficit Index (DDI) and the Urban Seismic Risk Index (USRi): Risk communication tools for decision-making based on the probabilistic risk assessment (Omar Cardona / Programme on Disaster Risk Management Indicators)
• Moderated Discussion by UNU-EHS

II – User needs for the development of sustainable earthquake risk reduction policies

• Perspective of the insurance industry on earthquake related socio-economic impacts (Spranger / Munich Re)
• Mechanisms for policy relevant approaches towards disaster resilience (David Hopkins / Earthquake Engineering New Zealand)
• Managing the indirect economic and fiscal risks of earthquakes: user needs and data requirements (Rainhard Mechler / IIASA)
• The role of civil protection in earthquake risk management and urban planning (Ileana Boschini / CEPREDENAC)
• Control systems to measure performance and effectiveness of different earthquake risk reduction options (Bijan Khazai / Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction (CEDIM))
• Moderated Discussion (UNU-EHS)