National Risk Profile for Lao PDR

This project is a technical consultancy to develop a National Risk Profile of Lao PDR.  Laos is considered a disaster “hot-spot” facing multiple hazards that threaten lives, property and economic development. The findings of the National Risk Profile of Lao PDR would create the basis for incorporating appropriate risk-reduction strategies and prioritizing them into the country’s development planning by the government of Laos.

The objectives of this project are:

• To map out all hazard prone areas and respective hazard zones based on historic disaster events

• To identify and assess the exposure of people, property, critical facilities, infrastructure and economic activities to those hazards

• To assess the potential damage state of the identified elements at risk with reference to expected hazard intensities

• To create preliminary national multi-hazard profiles in terms of hazard and sector to identify priorities for National Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies. Risk should be expressed as potential losses (human and financial) rather than relative levels of risk.

For this project, ADPC is working with the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) of the Government of Lao PDR, and the Public Works and Transport Institute (PTI) of Lao PDR.

Reports:
Introductory Workshop Mar 2010
2nd Consultation Meeting Jul 2010
Mar – Jun 2010
Jul – Sept 2010
Hazard Assessment Report, Nov 2010
Exposure, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Nov 2010

This project is funded by the 
United Nations Development Program in Lao (UNDP Lao)

For more information, contact
peeranan@adpc.net
adpc@adpc.net