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Building resilient regions / Chisato Asahi, editor.
Van Pelt Library BF698.35.R47 B85 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New frontiers in regional science: Asian perspectives ; v. 35.
- New frontiers in regional science: Asian perspectives ; volume 35
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communities--Japan--History.
- Communities.
- Crisis management--Japan--History.
- Crisis management.
- Disasters--Social aspects--Japan--History.
- Disasters.
- Resilience (Personality trait)--Japan.
- Resilience (Personality trait).
- Disasters--Social aspects.
- Rural conditions.
- History.
- Japan--Rural conditions.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer, [2019]
- Contents:
- Part I. From vulnerable to resilient : a framework for regional context. Sustainability and vulnerability : well-being in the geo-, eco- and socio-environment
- Building resilience for vulnerability
- Part II. Case study and issues. Sustainable activities for rural development
- Small activities to transmit environmental and cultural resources : the case of the Takasegawa River in Kyoto
- Management of depopulated areas viewed as concept of GES environment : the case of Kumogahata in Kyoto
- Resident's awareness about inheritance of greenery in gardens
- Part III. Design and policy for a resilient regional system. Types of social enterprises and various social problems
- Overviews of waste management policies in Japan
- Methods of environmental risk management for land contamination problems : suggestions for Japan
- The role of parks in the inheritance of regional memories of disasters
- Measuring the public supply of private hedges for disaster prevention
- Part IV. Evaluation of regional vulnerability and resilience. Environmental valuation considering dual aspects of an urban waterside area
- Economic evaluation of risk premium of social overhead capital in consideration of the decision-making process under risk
- A study of Nishihara Village's disaster response in the Kumamoto Earthquake and the disaster victims' perception of life recovery and assessment of health
- Smart cities for recovery and reconstruction in the aftermath of a disaster.
- ISBN:
- 9811376182
- 9789811376184
- OCLC:
- 1089894985
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