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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298378903321

Titolo

Community practices for disaster risk reduction in Japan / / edited by Rajib Shaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

4-431-54246-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices, , 2196-4106

Disciplina

658.477

Soggetti

Natural disasters

Sustainable development

Natural Hazards

Sustainable Development

Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 1995 showed the importance of community involvement in disaster response as well as recovery. With several examples from different parts of Japan, the book elaborates on the importance of community-based risk reduction and the innovations required for sustaining some of the community approaches. The book has 13 chapters and is divided into three parts: (1) Evolution of community-based risk reduction in Japan; (2) Community-based risk-reduction issues; and (3) Case studies.   The primary target groups for this book are students and researchers in the fields of environment, disaster risk reduction, and climate change studies. The book provides them with a good idea of the current research trends in the field and furnishes basic knowledge about these vital topics. Another target group comprises practitioners and policy makers, who will be able to apply the knowledge collected here to policy and decision-making.