Community Practices for Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan
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 pa…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-4-431-54246-9
- EAN: 9784431542469
- Produktnummer: 18251624
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 239 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 4'009 KB
- Auflage: 2014
- Abbildungen: 29 schwarz-weiße und 29 farbige Abbildungen, 20 schwarz-weiße Tabellen, Bibliographie
Über den Autor
Rajib Shaw is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University, Japan. He worked closely with the local communities, NGOs, governments and international organization, including United Nations, especially in the Asian countries. He is currently the Chair of the United Nations Asia Regional Task Force for Urban Risk Reduction. His research interests are: community based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education. He has published several books in the field of disaster and environmental management. He is also the Chief Editor of Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster Management.
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