| Session Details | |
| Section | IWG - Interdisciplinary Working Groups |
| Session Title | Reflection of the Compound Disaster at Siaolin Village During Typhoon Morakot, 2009 |
| Main Convener | Dr. Chjeng-Lun Shieh (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Kuniaki Miyamoto (University of Tsukuba, Japan) |
| Session Description | On August 8, 2009, Typhoon Morakot, the deadliest typhoon for Taiwan over the past 50 years, stuck Taiwan and resulted in a stunning catastrophe. During Typhoon Morakot, cumulative rainfall depth which was over 2,500 mm within three days was observed at a rain gauge near Siaolin village. Hundreds of people were killed by the catastrophe which consisted of various disasters including flooding, landslides, debris flows, formation of landslide dams and the subsequent breaches. These disasters occurred in one place at almost the same time and are called compound disasters. Since the climate change is identified through many researches, such extreme climate may occur frequently in the future. Compound disasters, such as the one mentioned above, will occur more frequently than before. Understanding of the compound disasters is the first and a crucial step to develop the disaster prevention strategy and to manage the future disasters. Modeling is a good tool for us to understand the compound disasters and to uncover the causes of the compound disasters, since some data regarding the compound disaster is not easily collected. Before the modeling, investigation of the compound disaster is necessary to help us draw the outline of the compound disaster and collect the available data. Through the investigation and the modeling, the causes of the compound disaster can be figured out. Then the development of more effective disaster prevention strategy and the better management of future compound disasters have a direction. The purpose of this session is to invite scientists and engineers all over the world to propose their researches and findings regarding the compound disasters at Siaolin village. We believe that this session will lead to improvement of disaster prevention technology and will enhance the knowledge of disaster management. The issues of this session include: 1. Investigation of compound disasters. 2. Modeling of the various disasters of compound disasters. 3. Forecasting technology of compound disasters. 4. Disaster management of compound disasters. |