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Community Practices for Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan

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Editors:
  1. Rajib Shaw

    1. International Environment and Disaster Management, Graduate School of Global Environmental, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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  • Constitutes the first book on innovative approaches of community practices of Japan
  • Links academic research and field practices
  • Highlights, in the post-disaster scenario of Japan, the key aspects of community-based risk reduction
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Evolution of Community Based Risk Reduction in Japan

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Approaches

      • Rajib Shaw
      Pages 3-20

    3. Kobe Earthquake: Turning Point of Community-Based Risk Reduction in Japan

      • Rajib Shaw
      Pages 21-31

    4. Typhoon, Flood and Landslide Related Disasters in Japan: Role of Communities

      • Rajib Shaw
      Pages 33-47

  3. Community Based Risk Reduction Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Social Capital in Disaster Recovery in Japan: An Overview

      • Nozomi Hishida, Rajib Shaw
      Pages 51-62

    3. Concepts and Approaches of School Centered Disaster Resilient Communities

      • Shohei Matsuura, Rajib Shaw
      Pages 63-89

    4. Building Disaster Resilient Community Through Healthcare Networking

      • Kenji Isayama, Rajib Shaw
      Pages 91-119

    5. Roles of Community Radio in Disaster Management: Reflections from Japan

      • Jun’ichi Hibino, Rajib Shaw
      Pages 121-132

  4. Case Examples

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Community Development and Disaster Preparedness in a Depopulated Society: Case of Tosashimizu City, Kochi Prefecture

      • Junko Mimaki, Rajib Shaw
      Pages 135-153

    3. Traditional Community-Based Disaster Management in World Heritage Site of Shirakawa Village

      • Chiho Ochiai
      Pages 155-173

    4. Community Practices of Transmitting Daily and Disaster Information in Reihoku Area

      • Kumiko Fujita, Rajib Shaw
      Pages 175-189

    5. Community Resilience After Chuetsu Earthquake in 2004: Extinction or Relocation?

      • Miwa Abe, Rajib Shaw
      Pages 191-208

    6. Issues and Challenges in Temporary Housing in Post-3.11 Kesennuma

      • Yasutaka Ueda, Rajib Shaw
      Pages 209-226

    7. Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change: Community-Based and Scientific-Oriented Fisheries Management of Saroma Lake, Hokkaido

      • Shimpei Iwasaki
      Pages 227-238

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 239-239
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Keywords

About this book

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.

 

Editors and Affiliations

  • International Environment and Disaster Management, Graduate School of Global Environmental, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Rajib Shaw

About the editor

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Community Practices for Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan

  • Editors: Rajib Shaw

  • Series Title: Disaster Risk Reduction

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54246-9

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-54245-2Published: 28 January 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56136-1Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-54246-9Published: 18 January 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2196-4106

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-4114

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 239

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Natural Hazards, Sustainable Development

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