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Expert outlines systems approach to managing disasters

The Systems Approach where problems are viewed as a part of an overall system, rather than focussing on a specific part, can be successfully implemented in managing disasters. This was stated by Prof. Slobodan P. Simonovic of University of Western Ontario, Canada, while delivering a lecture on “Managing Natural Disasters in a Changing Climate: Methods and Tools for a Systems Approach" at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 24 March 2015.

Prof. Slobodan P. Simonovic (left) with Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai.

Prof. Slobodan identified three systems including natural systems, human systems and constructed systems while positioning his approach. Reliability, resilience and robustness of systems is critical in managing disasters, he said, adding that disaster management is the process of managing individuals, organizations, societies and the environment.

He quoted four successful examples of using the systems approach including instances of flood evacuation process, selection of flood management alternatives, water resources disaster management under spatially variable risk, and vulnerability of municipal infrastructure to climate change.

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