Learning from Megadisasters : Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Title:
Learning from Megadisasters : Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Author:
Ranghieri, Federica.
ISBN:
9781464801549
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (530 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Forewords -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake -- Part I: Structural Measures -- Chapter 1: Structural Measures Against Tsunamis -- Chapter 2: Building Performance -- Chapter 3: Hydrometeorological Disasters Associated with Tsunamis and Earthquakes -- Chapter 4: Multifunctional Infrastructure -- Chapter 5: Protecting Significant and Sensitive Facilities -- Part II: Nonstructural Measures -- Chapter 6: Community-Based Disaster Risk Management -- Chapter 7: Disaster Management Plans -- Chapter 8: The Education Sector -- Chapter 9: Business Continuity Plans -- Chapter 10: Tsunami and Earthquake Warning Systems -- Chapter 11: Evacuation -- Chapter 12: Urban Planning, Land Use Regulations, and Relocation -- Chapter 13: Green Belts and Coastal Risk Management -- Part III: Emergency Response -- Chapter 14: Mobilizing and Coordinating Expert Teams, Nongovernmental Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations, and Volunteers -- Chapter 15: Emergency Communication -- Chapter 16: Management of Logistics Chain for Emergency Supplies -- Chapter 17: Supporting and Empowering Municipal Functions and Staff -- Chapter 18: Evacuation Center Management -- Chapter 19: Ensuring Sensitivity in Response and Equity in Recovery -- Part IV: Reconstruction Planning -- Chapter 20: Infrastructure Rehabilitation -- Chapter 21: Reconstruction Policy and Planning -- Chapter 22: Transitional Shelter -- Chapter 23: Debris Management -- Chapter 24: Livelihood and Job Creation -- Part V: Hazard and Risk Information and Decision Making -- Chapter 25: Risk Assessment and Hazard Mapping -- Chapter 26: Risk and Damage Information Management -- Chapter 27: Risk Communication -- Part VI: The Economics of Disaster Risk, Risk Management, and Risk Financing.
Chapter 28: Measuring the Cost-Effectiveness of Various Disaster Risk Management Measures -- Chapter 29: Earthquake Risk Insurance -- Chapter 30: Economic Impact -- Chapter 31: Financial and Fiscal Impact -- Chapter 32: Strategies for Managing Low-Probability, High-Impact Events -- Part VII: Recovery and Relocation -- Chapter 33: Relocation in the Tohoku Area -- Chapter 34: Reconstruction in the Tohoku Area -- Chapter 35: Cultural Heritage and Preservation -- Chapter 36: The Recovery Process in Fukushima -- Chapter 37: Spreading the Word: Raising Capacity for Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries -- Index -- Boxes -- Figures -- Maps -- Tables -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
While not all natural disasters can be avoided, their impact on a population can be mitigated through effective planning and preparedness. These are the lessons to be learned from Japan's own megadisaster: the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, the fi rst disaster ever recorded that included an earthquake, a tsunami, a nuclear power plant accident, a power supply failure, and a large-scale disruption of supply chains. It is a sad fact that poor communities are often hardest hit and take the longest to recover from disaster. Disaster risk management (DRM) should therefore be taken into account as a major development challenge, and countries must shift from a tradition of response to a culture of prevention and resilience. Learning from Megadisasters: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake consolidates a set of 36 Knowledge Notes, research results of a joint study undertaken by the Government of Japan and the World Bank. These notes highlight key lessons learned in seven DRM thematic clusters-structural measures; nonstructural measures; emergency response; reconstruction planning; hazard and risk information and decision making; the economics of disaster risk, risk management, and risk fi nancing; and recovery and relocation. Aimed at sharing Japanese cutting-edge knowledge with practitioners and decision makers, this book provides valuable guidance to other disaster-prone countries for mainstreaming DRM in their development policies and weathering their own natural disasters.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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