Community practices for disaster risk reduction in Japan / Rajib Shaw, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shaw, Rajib, editor.

Series:

Disaster risk reduction 2196-4106

Disaster Risk Reduction, 2196-4106

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management--Japan.

Emergency management.

Japan.

Risk management.

Physical Description:

ix, 239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo : Springer, 2014.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

9784431542452

4431542450

OCLC:

861213009