Japan’s Disaster Governance How was the 3.11 Crisis Managed? /

• Main Authors: Suzuki, Itoko (Author), Kaneko, Yuko (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Public Administration, Governance and Globalization ; 4
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Political science.; Public administration.; Economics.; Public Administration.; Political Science.; Business and Management, general.

Natural disasters are often multifaceted and cause severe damage. Disasters initiated locally can become national and even global crises. Today’s world urgently needs a new body of knowledge and techniques for the mitigation of and response to disaster. Central to such a body of knowledge are disast...

Table of Contents:

• Contents
• Introduction
• Brief overview of the Tohoku 3.11 Mega Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima NPS Disasters
• Government institutions available at time of the 3.11disaster for the emergency management
• How the 3.11 emergency responses for the gigantic natural disasters were actually organized?
• Managing Fukushima NPS accidents: in particular focus on government crisis communication
• Road to Recovery and Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake
• Conclusion.