Community Practices for Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Shaw, Rajib (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Sustainable development.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Sustainable Development.

This book presents key lessons from community-based risk-reduction practices in Japan, a country that is often hit by disasters and that also has shown strong resilience in coping with those disasters. Japan has a strong governance system for disaster risk reduction. However, the Kobe earthquake of...