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Coping with Regional Vulnerability

Preventing and Mitigating Damages from Environmental Disasters

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Editors:
  1. Kiyoko Hagihara

    1. School of Sociology, Bukkyo University, Kyoto, Japan

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  2. Chisato Asahi

    1. Division of Urban Policy, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan

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  • Defines vulnerability in a broad sense from the point of view of a regional perspective as well as the concepts of sustainability, survivability, and well-being
  • Appeals to various interests with an interdisciplinary approach drawing upon economics, civil engineering, regional planning, public health, and risk management
  • Demonstrates that regional varieties of models from rural to urban and from developing to developed countries are important for formulating a practical risk management policy

Part of the book series: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives (NFRSASIPER, volume 4)

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Whether a natural event turns into a disaster depends on the severity of the hazard as well as the condition of the social sphere of its potential victims, i.e., vulnerability. We focus on regional vulnerability considering the fact that regional socioeconomic conditions determine the aspects of the damage and thus the risk management policy. This book provides the theory and methodology to understand and cope with regional vulnerability through an interdisciplinary approach. The fields mainly included in this work are welfare and environmental economics, the planning and management area of civil engineering, and risk management. In particular, we focus on hazard and vulnerability surrounding water issues and provide readers with knowledge of how the regional analysis is incorporated into the vulnerability analysis. Also considered is what risk management should be when the diversified regional background of the vulnerability is taken into account. A feature of this book is that it provides contrastive regional coverage: the vulnerability of a developed country—urban and regional areas of Japan—and that of a developing country, Bangladesh. The contents consist of three parts: (1) Socioeconomic Vulnerability in a Regional Perspective, (2) Evaluation of Regional Vulnerability, and (3) Coping with Regional Vulnerability. This book is highly recommended to researchers who need an up-to-date and interdisciplinary approach to deal with risk management where regional vulnerability plays an important role.

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Overview and Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sustainability and Human Well-Being

      • Kiyoko Hagihara, Chisato Asahi
      Pages 3-19

    3. Water Resources Conflict Management: Social Risk Management

      • Yoshimi Hagihara, Kiyoko Hagihara
      Pages 21-41

  3. Socioeconomic Vulnerability in a Regional Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. The Depopulation Problem

      • Kiyoko Hagihara, Yoshimi Hagihara
      Pages 45-63

    3. Regional Vulnerability of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area to Flood and Earthquake Disasters

      • Sotaro Tsuboi, Chisato Asahi
      Pages 65-83

    4. Regional Vulnerability in Okinawa Prefecture

      • Daisuke Kamiya
      Pages 85-102

    5. Health and Environmental Risks Related to Water Supply and Sanitation in the Socio-environment of Rural Bangladesh

      • Akira Sakai, Kunio Takahashi, Maiko Sakamoto, Yoshimi Hagihara, Kiyoko Hagihara
      Pages 103-118

    6. Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation Awareness in Rural Bangladesh

      • Akira Sakai, Maiko Sakamoto, Kunio Takahashi
      Pages 119-130

  4. Evaluation of Regional Vulnerability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Marginal Willingness to Pay for Public Investment Under Urban Environmental Risk: The Case of Municipal Water Use

      • Kiyoko Hagihara, Chisato Asahi, Yoshimi Hagihara
      Pages 133-150

    3. Economic Valuation for Improving Supply Reliability: Risk Countermeasures for Water Quantity and Quality in Water Supply Systems

      • Chisato Asahi, Kiyoko Hagihara
      Pages 151-171

    4. Evaluation of the Vulnerability of Municipal Water Infrastructure

      • Chisato Asahi, Kiyoko Hagihara
      Pages 173-196

    5. Social Environment Analysis Regarding Arsenic-Contaminated Drinking Water in Bangladesh

      • Yosuke Fukushima, Yoshimi Hagihara, Kiyoko Hagihara
      Pages 197-215

    6. The Vulnerability of Toilet Facilities in the Bangladesh Rural Area and Sanitary Improvement by Introduction of the Eco San Toilet

      • Kunio Takahashi, Akira Sakai, Tofayel Ahmed
      Pages 217-240

  5. Risk Management of Regional Vulnerability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
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    2. A Supply System for Municipal Water with Uncertainties

      • Chisato Asahi, Kiyoko Hagihara
      Pages 243-269

    3. Community Level Planning for Arsenic Contaminated Drinking Water in Bangladesh

      • Sho Shibata, Kiyoko Hagihara, Yoshimi Hagihara, Akira Sakai
      Pages 271-290

    4. Study on Planning Scheme to Improve the Living Environment Through Safe Water Supply and Sanitation in a Rural Village of Bangladesh

      • Akira Sakai, Tofayel Ahmed, Maiko Sakamoto
      Pages 291-306
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Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Sociology, Bukkyo University, Kyoto, Japan

    Kiyoko Hagihara

  • Division of Urban Policy, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan

    Chisato Asahi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Coping with Regional Vulnerability

  • Book Subtitle: Preventing and Mitigating Damages from Environmental Disasters

  • Editors: Kiyoko Hagihara, Chisato Asahi

  • Series Title: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55169-0

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Japan KK 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-55168-3Published: 16 October 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56272-6Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-55169-0Published: 08 October 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2199-5974

  • Series E-ISSN: 2199-5982

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 362

  • Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Social Policy, Environmental Economics

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