Disaster Risk Communication

1. Front Matter

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2. Pitfall of Disaster Information

   • Katsuya Yamori

   Pages 1-15

3. New Approaches Toward Tsunami Risk Preparedness in Japan

   • Yingying Sun

   Pages 17-38

4. Using Computer Simulation for Effective Tsunami Risk Communication

   • Michinori Hatayama, Fuko Nakai

   Pages 39-50

5. Gaming Approach to Disaster Risk Communication: Development and Application of the “Crossroad Game”

   • Fuhsing Lee, Katsuya Yamori

   Pages 51-64

6. Collaborative Community Weather Information

   • Kensuke Takenouchi

   Pages 65-81

7. Disaster Education Based on Legitimate Peripheral Participation Theory

   • Takuya Iwahori

   Pages 83-103

8. Do Developed Countries Learn DRR from Developing Countries?

   • Hideyuki Shiroshita

   Pages 105-120

9. Imminent Warning Communication: Earthquake Early Warning and Short-Term Forecasting in Japan and the US

   • James D. Goltz, Evelyn Roeloffs

   Pages 121-153

This book provides a unique blend of integrated disaster risk communication research conducted by authors with diverse backgrounds, including social psychology, sociology, civil engineering, informatics, and meteorology. It reports on the latest advances in collaborative and participatory action research on community-based disaster management from the frontline in Japan, Nepal, China and the USA. In addition, it employs and integrate a broad range of methodologies, including mathematical analyses, computer simulations, questionnaire surveys, gaming approaches, and participatory observation. Each chapter deals with disaster risk communication initiatives to address various hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and landslides, which are uniquely integrated from a social psychological perspective.

• Disaster risk communication
• Action research
• Social psychology
• Community-based disaster management
• Natural hazard risk communication
• Earthquake risk communication
• Tsunami risk communication
• Flood risk communication
• Landslide risk communication
• Computer risk simulation
• Gaming approach
• Local weather information
• meteorology

• Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan

  Katsuya Yamori

Katsuya Yamori obtained his PhD in Social Psychology from Osaka University, Japan. He worked as an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Research, Nara University for 12 years (1992–2003) before serving at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University. Currently he is working as a Professor at the DPRI, Kyoto University. He is also a Senior Researcher at the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institute, Kobe, and a Visiting Professor at Shizuoka University, Kwansei Gakuin University, Hyogo Prefectural University, and Kobe Gakuin University. His fields of interest include disaster risk communication, disaster reduction education, and disaster information studies. He is also involved in several disaster management committees at the national and local level in Japan.

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