Coping with Regional Vulnerability

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

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.

• Arsenic Contaminated Water
• Ecological Sanitation
• Evaluation of Regional Vulnerability
• Regional Analysis
• Risk Management
• Vulnerability

• School of Sociology, Bukkyo University, Kyoto, Japan

  Kiyoko Hagihara

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

  Chisato Asahi

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