Community Practices for Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan

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...

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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,
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Approaches
  • Kobe Earthquake: Turning Point of Community-based Risk Reduction in Japan
  • Typhoon, Flood and Landslide Related Disasters in Japan: Role of Communities
  • Social Capital in Disaster Recovery in Japan: An Overview
  • Concepts and Approaches of School-centered Disaster Resilient Communities
  • Building Disaster Resilient Community through Healthcare Networking
  • Roles of Community Radio in Disaster Management: Reflections from Japan
  • Community Development and Disaster Preparedness in a Depopulated Society: Case of Tosashimizu City, Kochi Prefecture
  • Traditional Community-based Disaster Management in World Heritage Site of Shirakawa Village
  • Community Practices of Transmitting Daily and Disaster Information in Reihoku Area
  • Community Resilience after Chuetsu Earthquake in 2004: Extinction or Relocation?
  • Issues and Challenges of Temporary Housing in Post 3.11 Kesennuma
  • Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change: Community-based and Scientific-oriented Fisheries Management of Saroma Lake, Hokkaido.