{"id":3179,"date":"2013-06-02T18:52:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T18:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/?p=3179"},"modified":"2016-05-03T11:12:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T18:12:53","slug":"2013-global-assessment-report-on-disaster-risk-reduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/archives\/3179","title":{"rendered":"2013 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk&nbsp;Reduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) comes out every 2-years and is an assessment of global situation on reducing disaster risks and provides a comprehensive overview and analysis on key issues and what governments are doing to prevent disasters. GAR13 is the third edition of the report, entitled From Share Risk to Shared Value: the Business case for Disaster Risk Reduction, and was officially launched in New York by the UN Secretary-General and just before the <a title=\"2013 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction\" href=\"http:\/\/www.preventionweb.net\/globalplatform\/2013\/\">Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction<\/a>. The 2013 report looks at how public regulation and private investment shape disaster risks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3213\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3213\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3213\" alt=\"P1110713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110713.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110713.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1110713-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tangible Earth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Each edition of the GAR focuses on a different theme while providing an indepth analysis on disaster risk reduction around the world, which includes the release of new data and models on DRR. For the <a title=\"GAR13\" href=\"http:\/\/www.preventionweb.net\/english\/hyogo\/gar\/2013\/en\/home\/download.html\">GAR13 edition<\/a>, in addition to the traditional print report, a couple of innovative things were done:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The report has an <a title=\"GfT - GAR for Tangible Earth\" href=\"http:\/\/www.preventionweb.net\/english\/hyogo\/gar\/2013\/en\/home\/gft.html\">&#8216;augmented&#8217; reality version<\/a> &#8211; basically the report interacts with a tablet (i.e. iPad) to provide more real-time and interactive data and graphics<\/li>\n<li>Data and information for the report is being used by the <a title=\"Tangible Earth\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tangible-earth.com\/en\/\">Tangible Earth Project<\/a> &#8211; a physical educational global projected with real-time climate data and information, as well as examples of challenges and solutions to reducing disaster risks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To support the visualization of the reports key themes and messages, I researched and put together over 120 examples of DRR challenges and solutions that was used for the Tangible Earth. I allso developed the above infographic. Given the nature of the report and it&#8217;s focus on the financial industry and economic focus, I wanted the graphic to be simple and &#8216;corporate&#8217; &#8211; meaning lots of white space with numbers and text around the cost-benefits of disaster risk reduction. Also, the iconography (again <a title=\"Silhouettes reveal more than you know\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/silhouettes-reveal-more-than-you-know\/\">the great set provided by UNOCHA<\/a>) was used to interpret hazards and symbology that would resonate with the private sector. You can download a hi-res version of the graphic <a title=\"GAR13 Infographic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/isdr\/8735030756\/in\/set-72157628015380393\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, just out of interest to promote the report, I took a friend&#8217;s video from the printing of the first paper report and made a short trailer. What do you think?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/67135690\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/67135690\">GAR13<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user18597308\">Vincent Fung<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) comes out every 2-years and is an assessment of global situation on reducing disaster risks and provides a comprehensive overview and analysis on key issues and what governments are doing to prevent disasters. 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