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More than 50 people from North America, South America, Oceania, Southeast Asia and East Asia participated in the APEC Workshop on Hazard Mapping and Risk and Vulnerability Assessment, held October 19-21, 2010, in Chinese Taipei. The workshop was organized by APEC Technical Assistance and Training Facility (TATF) and Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), in cooperation with the National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chinese Taipei. Funding for the development and presentation of the workshop was provided through USAID and APEC.

Participants were introduced to key concepts of hazard mapping and risk and vulnerability assessment through lectures and discussion, and applied these concepts during individual and group activities. Case studies presented by representatives from Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Peru and Chinese Taipei integrated the ideas outlined during the workshop and provided examples of real-world applications. On the third day, participants explored aspects of data collection, preparation and analysis using ArcGIS software. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology was also part of the final hands-on activity in which groups identified benefits and costs, advantages and disadvantages of two mitigation options outlined in a fictional scenario. The organizers intended for those attending the workshop to gain a better understanding of requirements, constraints, methods and applications of hazard mapping, risk and vulnerability assessments, and supporting technologies.

Workshop materials, including PowerPoint slides, activity worksheets and instruction manuals, are available as PDF files through the links below. You will need Adobe Acrobat (or an alternative software) to open the files. The first file contains this introductory statement, as well as the Workshop agenda, which you may find useful if you are downloading and working through all the lessons.

Introduction	Introduction to the materials presented at the APEC Workshop on Hazard Mapping and Risk and Vulnerability Assessment, and the agenda of presentation subjects and presenters.
Day 1, Session 1	Disaster Risk Assessment and Disaster Risk Reduction presented by Ms. Sharon Mielbrecht, PDC Hazard Mitigation Specialist.
Day 1, Session 2	Understanding and Assessing Disaster Risk presented by Dr. Heather Bell, PDC Science Advisor.
Day 1, Session 3	Describing the Hazard presented by Ms. Sharon Mielbrecht, PDC Hazard Mitigation Specialist. Includes hazard assessment worksheets.
Day 1, Session 4	GeoTechnologies for Hazard Mapping & Risk and Vulnerability Assessment presented by Mr. Stanley Goosby, PDC Chief Scientist.
Day 1, Session 5	Estimating Exposure presented by Mr. Todd Bosse, PDC Senior Geospatial Information Analyst. Includes material from a Data and Mapping Resources training activity.
Case Study 1	Flood and Mud & Debris Flow Hazard Mapping and Implementation presented by Naktae Paitoon, Director of Safety Standard Division, Disaster Prevention Measure Bureau, Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DPPM), Thailand.
Case Study 2	Application of Geomatics in Natural Disaster Risk Management-Case Study: Yenbai City (Vietnam), by Dr. Le Thi Chau Ha, Centre of Geomatics, Water Resources University, Hanoi, Vietnam; presented by Mr. Do Minh Hien, Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources.
Day 2, Session 1	Describing Vulnerability and Capacity presented by Dr. Heather Bell, PDC Science Advisor.
Day 2, Session 2	Estimating Loss, Impact and Risk presented by Dr. Heather Bell, PDC Science Advisor.
Group Activity A	Training activity on Risk and Vulnerability Assessment. Includes fictitious Community Profile and associated worksheets.
Day 2, Session 3	Using Results to Communicate & Address Risk: Mitigation presented by Ms. Sharon Mielbrecht, PDC Hazard Mitigation Specialist.
Day 2, Session 4	Using Results to Communicate & Address Risk: Preparedness and Response-Decision Support and Early Warning Systems presented by Mr. Chris Chiesa, PDC Deputy Executive Director.
Group Activity B	Second training activity on applying risk and vulnerability information (building on Group Activity A, above). Includes fictitious Community Profile and associated worksheets.
Case Study 3	Women Involvement and Participation in Developing Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Preparedness: Findings from APEC Study "Women in Times of Disaster (WITOD) 2008-2009" presented by Mr. Heru Kasidi, Project Overseer, Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection, Indonesia.
Case Study 4	Scenario Design on the Impact of a High-magnitude Earthquake in the City of Lima, Peru, presented by Mr. Alberto Bisbal, Technician Professional, Prevention, National Director of the National Institute of Civil Defense of Peru.
Case Study 5	Linking Natural Hazard Models and Public Policy Making-The Case of Typhoon/Flood Insurance presented by Professor Ching-Cheng Chang, Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei.
Exercises 1-4	Exercise 1: Becoming Familiar with ArcGIS (facilitated by Mr. Bosse), Exercise 2: Data Collection and Preparation (facilitated by Mr. Bosse), Exercise 3: Mapping Hazard and Exposure (facilitated by Mr. Bosse), Exercise 4: Assessing Vulnerability and Risk (facilitated by Dr. Bell).
Exercise 5	Exercise 5: Benefit-Cost Analysis (facilitated by Ms. Mielbrecht).

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