After The Great East Japan Earthquake

Author : Toshiyuki Monma,Itsuo Goto,Takahisa Hayashi,Hidekiyo Tachiya,Kanju Ohsawa
Publisher : Springer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9784431555582

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Agricultural and Forestry Reconstruction After the Great East Japan Earthquake by Toshiyuki Monma,Itsuo Goto,Takahisa Hayashi,Hidekiyo Tachiya,Kanju Ohsawa Pdf

This book summarizes the results of 3 years of agricultural and forestry reconstructive efforts and applied research conducted directly in the affected areas of Fukushima following the Great East Japan Earthquake. It describes fast and effective revival methods and technologies from tsunami and radiation damages, demonstrated through the collaborative efforts of researchers, students, local farmers, forest owners, and municipalities gathered under the Tokyo University of Agriculture East Japan Assistance Project. Consisting of four parts, the first part of the book provides an overview of the damage and measures taken to overcome them by the local municipalities and the Tokyo University of Agriculture. The second part presents data and results of agricultural recovery from the tsunami—for example, monitoring systems, reconstruction models, and convenient, low-cost methods developed for the restoration of tsunami-damaged paddy fields. The third part focuses on recovery from radiation-contaminated farmlands and forests and consequent reputational damages. Included are various primary data obtained from field experiments and surveys, studies on the mechanism of contamination, and the results of radical monitoring, decontamination, and restoration techniques performed at this site. The final part is a collection of reflections of local farmers, forest owners, and students who participated in the project. The academic trials and errors recorded in this book are an invaluable contribution to disaster management and recovery processes. It is written for a wide audience, not limited to researchers and students, but also for government and state officials, municipalities, agricultural cooperative staff members, and farmers.

Author : School of Societal Safety Sciences
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128129654

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The Fukushima and Tohoku Disaster by School of Societal Safety Sciences Pdf

The Fukushima and Tohoku Disaster: A Review of the Five-Year Reconstruction Efforts covers the outcome of the response, five years later, to the disasters associated with the Great East Japan earthquake on March 11, 2011. The 3.11 disaster, as it is referred to in Japan, was a complex accident, the likes of which humans had never faced before. This book evaluates the actions taken during and after the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident, for which the Japanese government and people were not prepared. The book also provides recommendations for preparing and responding to disasters for those working and living in disaster-prone areas, making it a vital resource for disaster managers and government agencies. Includes guidelines for governments, communities and businesses in areas where similar complex disasters are likely to occur Provides information, propositions, suggestions and advice from the people that were involved in making suggestions to the Japanese government Features case studies (both pre- and post-disaster) of three simultaneous disasters: the Great East Japan earthquake, the resulting tsunami, and the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster

Author : Dominic Al-Badri,Gijs Berends
Publisher : Severn House Paperbacks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 8776941140

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After the Great East Japan Earthquake by Dominic Al-Badri,Gijs Berends Pdf

How has Japan responded to the March 2011 disaster? What changes have been made in key domestic policy areas? The triple disaster that struck Japan in March 2011 began with the most powerful earthquake known to have hit Japan and led to tsunami up to 40 meters in height that devastated a wide area and caused thousands of deaths. The ensuing accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant was Japan's worst and only second to Chernobyl in its severity. But has this triple disaster also changed Japan? Has it led to a transformation of the country, a shift in how Japan functions? This book, with fresh perspectives on extraordinary events written by diplomats and policy experts at European embassies to Japan, explores subsequent shifts in Japanese politics and policy-making to see if profound changes have occurred or if instead these are limited. The book addresses those policy areas most likely to be affected by the tragedy - politics, economics, energy, climate, agriculture and food safety - describes how the sector has been affected and considers what the implications are for the future. Book jacket.

Author : Makoto Iokibe
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472054671

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The Era of Great Disasters by Makoto Iokibe Pdf

The Era of Great Disasters examines modern disaster response in Japan, from the changing earthquake preparations and regulations, to immediate emergency procedures from the national, prefectural, and city levels, and finally the evolving efforts of rebuilding and preparing for the next great disaster in the hopes of minimizing their tragic effects. This book focuses on three major earthquakes from Japan’s modern history. The first is the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, which struck the capital region. The second is the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, affecting the area between Kobe and Osaka. The third is the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the magnitude 9.0 quake that struck off the Pacific coast of the Tohoku region, causing a devastating tsunami and nuclear accident. While the events of (and around) each of these earthquakes are unique, Professor Iokibe brings his deep expertise and personal experience to each disaster, unveiling not only the disasters themselves but the humanity underneath. In each case, he gives attention and gratitude to those who labored to save lives and restore the communities affected, from the individuals on the scene to government officials and military personnel and emergency responders, in the hope that we might learn from the past and move forward with greater wisdom, knowledge, and common purpose.

Author : Shigeru Itō,Toshio Ojima
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : 4990345037

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Rebuilding Japan After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami by Shigeru Itō,Toshio Ojima Pdf

Author : Federica Ranghieri,Mikio Ishiwatari
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781464801549

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Learning from Megadisasters by Federica Ranghieri,Mikio Ishiwatari Pdf

While not all natural disasters can be avoided, their impact on a population can be mitigated through effective planning and preparedness. These are the lessons to be learned from Japan's own megadisaster: the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, the fi rst disaster ever recorded that included an earthquake, a tsunami, a nuclear power plant accident, a power supply failure, and a large-scale disruption of supply chains. It is a sad fact that poor communities are often hardest hit and take the longest to recover from disaster. Disaster risk management (DRM) should therefore be taken into account as a major development challenge, and countries must shift from a tradition of response to a culture of prevention and resilience. Learning from Megadisasters: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake consolidates a set of 36 Knowledge Notes, research results of a joint study undertaken by the Government of Japan and the World Bank. These notes highlight key lessons learned in seven DRM thematic clusters—structural measures; nonstructural measures; emergency response; reconstruction planning; hazard and risk information and decision making; the economics of disaster risk, risk management, and risk fi nancing; and recovery and relocation. Aimed at sharing Japanese cutting-edge knowledge with practitioners and decision makers, this book provides valuable guidance to other disaster-prone countries for mainstreaming DRM in their development policies and weathering their own natural disasters.

Author : V. Santiago-Fandiño,Y.A. Kontar,Y. Kaneda
Publisher : Springer
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319102023

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Post-Tsunami Hazard by V. Santiago-Fandiño,Y.A. Kontar,Y. Kaneda Pdf

This monograph focuses on a variety of topics related to reconstruction and restoration in post-tsunami conditions. Aspects such as coastal engineering, early warning systems and technological approaches, urban planning and settlements relocation, socio-economic redevelopment and policy, coastal ecosystems and agricultural redevelopment as well as pollution assessment are included. The reader will benefit from the various case-studies drawn from a number of countries hit by the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean and the Great East Earthquake and Tsunami of March 2011 in Japan. This book will appeal to scientists and scholars, decision makers, students and practitioners interested in post-tsunami reconstruction and restoration processes.

Author : Pradyumna P. Karan,Unryu Suganuma
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813167329

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Japan after 3/11 by Pradyumna P. Karan,Unryu Suganuma Pdf

On March 11, 2011, an underwater earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, Japan, triggered one of the most devastating tsunamis of a generation. The aftermath was overwhelming: communities were reduced to rubble, thousands of people were missing or dead, and relief organizations struggled to reach affected areas to provide aid for survivors and victims of radiation from compromised nuclear reactors. In Japan after 3/11, editors Pradyumna P. Karan and Unryu Suganuma assemble geographers, economists, humanists, and scientists to consider the complex economic, physical, and social impacts of this heartbreaking disaster. Historical geographers place the events of March 2011 in context, while other contributors assess the damage and recommend strategies for the long process of reclamation and rebuilding. The book also includes interviews with victims that explore the social implications of radioactive contamination and invite comparisons to the discrimination faced by survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Balancing the natural and social sciences, this timely volume offers not only a model of interdisciplinary research for scholars but also an invaluable guide to the planning and implementation of reconstruction.

Author : Jotaro Urabe,Tohru Nakashizuka
Publisher : Springer
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431564485

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Ecological Impacts of Tsunamis on Coastal Ecosystems by Jotaro Urabe,Tohru Nakashizuka Pdf

This book focuses on the ecological impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake and resulting tsunamis, a rare and extremely large disturbance event, on various coastal ecosystems in Japan’s Tohoku area, including sub-tidal and tidal animal communities, sand dune plant communities and coastal forests. The studies presented here describe not only how species and populations in these ecosystems were disturbed by the earthquake and tsunamis, but also how the communities have responded to the event and what types of anthropogenic activities will hamper their recovery processes. In the ecological sciences, it is often argued that large disturbances are critical to shaping community structures and biodiversity in local and regional habitats. However, our understanding of these roles remains limited, simply because there have been few opportunities to examine and address the ecological impacts of large disturbance events. The scale of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake makes it one of the largest hazards in the past 1000 years. Thus, this book provides a unique opportunity to advance our understanding of the ecological impacts of large and rare disturbances and the implications of these events in the conservation and management of coastal ecosystems. Following an outline of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the book’s content is divided into two major parts. Part I reports on studies examining the ecological impacts of the tsunamis on sub-tidal and tidal animal communities, while Part II focuses on terrestrial plant communities in Japan’s coastal Tohoku area. This book will benefit all scientists interested in the ecological impacts of large disturbances on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in general, and especially those who are interested in the ecological management of coastal ecosystems and Ecosystem based Disaster Risk Reduction (EcoDRR).

Author : Satoru Hiura,Rinko Ueda,Ume,Mari Okazaki,Keiko Okamoto,Riho Sachimi,Mayu Shinjo,Yuki Suetsugu,Nagamu nanaji,Tachibana Higuchi
Publisher : KADOKAWA
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:04000000A06087800000

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Stories from The Great East Japan Earthquake Stories from 311 by Satoru Hiura,Rinko Ueda,Ume,Mari Okazaki,Keiko Okamoto,Riho Sachimi,Mayu Shinjo,Yuki Suetsugu,Nagamu nanaji,Tachibana Higuchi Pdf

What happened after that day? Manga artists interview victims of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and share their stories through manga. An up-to-date omnibus of 10 manga artists.

Author : Satoru Hiura,Toshinao Aoki,Ume,Kazumi Ohya,Keiko Okamoto,Riho Sachimi,Mayu Shinjo,Nagamu nanaji,Tomoko Ninomiya,Kyo Hatsuki,Naoko Mazda
Publisher : KADOKAWA
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:04000000A06087700000

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Stories from The Great East Japan Earthquake Stories from 311　3 Years Since That Day by Satoru Hiura,Toshinao Aoki,Ume,Kazumi Ohya,Keiko Okamoto,Riho Sachimi,Mayu Shinjo,Nagamu nanaji,Tomoko Ninomiya,Kyo Hatsuki,Naoko Mazda Pdf

3 years after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, popular manga artists go to the heart of it and listen to people's stories of that day and the turbulence that came afterward. The stories they preserve through manga, "Stories of 3.11" will bring tears to your eyes. Royalties will be donated to the restoration project in Tohoku.

Author : Natalia Novikova,Julia Gerster,Manuela G Hartwig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032375469

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Japan's Triple Disaster by Natalia Novikova,Julia Gerster,Manuela G Hartwig Pdf

The authors of this volume discuss questions of disaster and justice from various interdisciplinary vantage points, including public policy, science and technology studies, law, gender, sociology and psychology, social and cultural anthropology, town planning and tourism. The term "natural" disasters is a misnomer; cataclysmic natural events that impact humans can often be anticipated and their consequences should be prevented - the failure to do so is a failure of politics, policy and risk planning. Presenting research on more than a decade after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the chapters highlight not only the manifold challenges in the direct disaster response and policy making but also the difficulties of "just" long-term recovery. Arguing for just distribution, recognition and participation, this volume provides a diversity of perspectives on these issues as experienced after the 2011 disasters through detailed and nuanced analyses presented by early career researchers and senior academics coming from various countries and continents of the world. The insights of this volume galvanise the discussion of disaster governance and highlight the variety of disaster (in)justices and the ways disasters force people to contest and reimagine their relationships with their neighborhoods, countries, families, and friends. A valuable read for scholars and students researching issues related to mass emergencies, justice theory and civil activism.

Author : Alik Ismail-Zadeh,Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi,Andrzej Kijko,Kuniyoshi Takeuchi,Ilya Zaliapin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107033863

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Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications by Alik Ismail-Zadeh,Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi,Andrzej Kijko,Kuniyoshi Takeuchi,Ilya Zaliapin Pdf

A unique interdisciplinary approach to disaster risk research, including global hazards and case-studies, for researchers, graduate students and professionals.

Author : Gary Chock,Ian Nicol Robertson,David L. Kriebel,Mathew Francis,Ioan Nistor (Engineer)
Publisher : ASCE Publications
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0784412499

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Tohoku, Japan, Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011 by Gary Chock,Ian Nicol Robertson,David L. Kriebel,Mathew Francis,Ioan Nistor (Engineer) Pdf

Sponsored by the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE. On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m. local time, the Great East Japan Earthquake with moment magnitude 9.0 generated a tsunami of unprecedented height and spatial extent along the northeast coast of the main island of Honshu. The Japanese government estimated that more than 250,000 buildings either collapsed or partially collapsed predominantly from the tsunami. The tsunami spread destruction inland for several kilometers, inundating an area of 525 square kilometers, or 207 square miles. About a month after the tsunami, ASCE?s Structural Engineering Institute sent a Tsunami Reconnaissance Team to Tohoku, Japan, to investigate and document the performance of buildings and other structures affected by the tsunami. For more than two weeks, the team examined nearly every town and city that suffered significant tsunami damage, focusing on buildings, bridges, and coastal protective structures within the inundation zone along the northeast coast region of Honshu. This report presents the sequence of tsunami warning and evacuation, tsunami flow velocities, and debris loading. The authors describe the performance, types of failure, and scour effects for a variety of structures: buildings, including low-rise and residential structuresrailway and roadway bridgesseawalls and tsunami barriers breakwaterspiers, quays, and wharvesstorage tanks, towers, and cranes. Additional chapters analyze failure modes utilizing detailed field data collection and describe economic impacts and initial recovery efforts. Each chapter is plentifully illustrated with photographs and contains a summary of findings. For structural engineers, the observations and analysis in this report provide critical information for designing buildings, bridges, and other structures that can withstand the effects of tsunami inundation.

Author : Koichi Haga
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781498569040

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The Earth Writes by Koichi Haga Pdf

This book extensively analyzes the literary works of fiction that draw on the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011. This disaster inspired literally hundreds of fictional works in Japan from the time of the events through 2017. This response represents a unique and perhaps unprecedented cultural phenomenon in the world. Since a variety of writers in different genres, and even amateurs, have written and published books inspired by their experiences of the disaster, it is extremely difficult to cover the entire body of Japanese “post-3.11 literature”. Because of the breadth of this literary response, there is a scarcity of research on the subject available. This book offers the first comprehensive review of Japan’s recent post-disaster literary production to the English audience.