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CHILE, A NATURAL LABORATORY FOR DISASTER RESILIENCEFelipe Rivera | Thinking Chile: Sharing Ideas in Edinburgh | 23-Feb-2018THE STRATEGY THE INSTITUTEEXTREME EVENTS RECURRENCE IN CHILE…1Santa Lucía December 2017 2 Santa Olga January 20173Concepción February 2010 4 Talcahuano February 2010CREDEN 2016…IS JUST A PART OF OUR HISTORYOECD 2012In 2015, Chile spent around MM$300 USD only in emergencyresponseANNUAL AVERAGE BETWEEN 1980 - 2011DISASTER LOSSES IN G20+ other selected countriesFROM A CRAZY GEOGRAPHYTO AN OPPORTUNITYCHILE’S NATURAL LABSAguilera & Larrain, 2018AstronomyExtremophilesEarthquakes and volcanoesAmerican settlementRenewable energiesBiodiversityOceanographyMega-citiesMediterranean climatePolar/Subantartic sciencesCREDEN: THE CHILEAN R&D+ISTRATEGIC ROADMAP FOR DISASTER RESILIENCEINITIAL SCOPE OF THE ROADMAP“A disaster resilient nation is that who embraces a culture of resilience, understood as the capacity—of  a system, person, community or country exposed to a natural threat—to anticipate, resist, absorb, adapt and recover from its effects in a timely and effective manner, to preserve, restore and improve its structures, basic functions, and identity” (CREDEN 2016)FOUR MAJOR GOALS FOR THE STRATEGY1Resilience Improve the resilience of the country to natural disasters3 Risk &Response Assess the performance and evaluate the risk of the built, social, and natural environment in a systemic way 4PhysicalProcesses& ExposureDeepen the understanding of the physical phenomena behind natural disasters and the exposure of the built, social, and natural environments2 Innovation for DevelopmentTransform the problem of natural disasters into an sustainable innovative advantage for scientific and technological development of the countryCREDEN’s R&D+I STRATEGYDOCUMENTOENABLING  CONDITIONSData and Information IntegrationR&D+i Institution:ITReNDAdvanced Human CapitalInfrastructure for Scientific Discovery and InnovationOutreach & DisseminationTHE DISASTER RESILIENCE R&D+I INSTITUTE1Objective & focus 2Intelligent articulationCapacities for R&D+iTransfer and dialogue with societyValue propositionSolving the structural collective coordination failures in the disaster resilience R&D+i ecosystem E.g.: coordination between the actors of the systemacademia, industry, public sector, and civil societyIMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGYTotal cost: $914.2 million USD(~$46 million USD/year in 20 y)BUDGETThe weighted average Benefit/Cost ratio for Chile is 2.32Estimated annual savings: ~$105 million USDIMPACTTHE CHALLENGE OF DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE, A PRIORITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYITReND as a facilitator of R&D+i, effectively articulating the actors of the ecosystemA national network of R&D+ifor disaster resilienceRESILIENCE AS A NEW INDUSTRYITReND installing critical capacities to develop a new industryReaching everyone, creating a disaster resilience national culture

Chile, a natural laboratory for disaster resilience

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