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Megaquake how Japan and the world should respond / Tetsuo Takashima ; translated and edited by Robert D. Eldridge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Takashima, Tetsuo, 1949-
- Standardized Title:
- Kyodai jishin no hi. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technical assistance--Japan.
- Technical assistance.
- Economic assistance--Japan.
- Economic assistance.
- Natural disasters--Japan.
- Natural disasters.
- Earthquakes--Japan.
- Earthquakes.
- Disaster management--Japan.
- Disaster management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In March 2011 a magnitude 9 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of northern Japan, triggering a massive tsunami and damaging a nearby nuclear reactor. Nearly twenty thousand people were killed or went missing, and many areas have yet to rebuild. Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond, by the prolific and award-winning writer Tetsuo Takashima five years before this disaster, appears here for the first time in English. This edition of Megaquake has been updated with additional information, including a new chapter coauthored by Robert D. Eldridge, translator and one of the key Am
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Translator's Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""1. A Megaquake in Tokyo""; ""2. Problems That Will Emerge Following a Megaquake""; ""3. Trench-Type Megaquakes""; ""4. Tsunamis""; ""5. Disaster Prevention and Reduction""; ""6. What the Government of Japan Is Doing Now and Should Continue to Do in the Future""; ""Conclusion""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Y""
- Notes:
- Translation of the author's Kyodai jishin no hi.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61234-665-0
- OCLC:
- 899158569
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