Crisis And Disaster In Japan And New Zealand

Author : Susan Bouterey,Lawrence E. Marceau
Publisher : Springer
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811302442

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Crisis and Disaster in Japan and New Zealand by Susan Bouterey,Lawrence E. Marceau Pdf

This collection examines a broad spectrum of natural and human-made disasters that have occurred in Japan and New Zealand, including WWII and the atomic bombing of Japan and two recent major earthquake events, the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Christchurch Earthquake, which occurred in 2011. Through these studies, the book provides important insights into the events themselves and their tragic effects, but most significantly a multidisciplinary take on the different cultural responses to disaster, changing memories of disasters over time, the impacts of disaster on different societies, and the challenges post-disaster in reviving communities and traditional cultural practices. Bringing in humanities and social science perspectives to disaster studies, this collection offers a significant contribution to disaster studies.

Author : Mark R. Mullins,Koichi Nakano
Publisher : Springer
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137521323

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Disasters and Social Crisis in Contemporary Japan by Mark R. Mullins,Koichi Nakano Pdf

Japan was shaken by the 'double disaster' of earthquake and sarin gas attack in 1995, and in 2011 it was hit once again by the 'triple disaster' of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown. This international, multi-disciplinary group of scholars examines the state and societal responses to the disasters and social crisis.

Author : Hiroki Takakura
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000871036

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Anthropology and Disaster in Japan by Hiroki Takakura Pdf

This book focuses on the 3.11 disaster in Japan, involving a powerful earthquake and tsunami, from an anthropological perspective. It critically reflects on the challenges of conducting anthropological research when encountering disaster at home and the position of social scientist as sufferer. Emphasizing the role of culture in disaster mitigation, the book offers theoretical consideration of the role of cultural heritage in risk management, in line with recent trends in international policy on disaster risk reduction. Taking an approach “with the people in,” the author explores how culture features in disaster recovery at community level and considers implications for policy. The chapters explore the response and adaptation by local cultural practitioners and performing arts groups as well as farmers and fishers. Japanese farming and fishing are presented as an innovative and dynamic part of the recovery process. The book will be of interest to scholars and policymakers working in disaster studies, Japan studies, and fields including anthropology, geography, sociology, and heritage management.

Author : Simon Butt,Hitoshi Nasu,Luke Nottage
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783642397684

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Asia-Pacific Disaster Management by Simon Butt,Hitoshi Nasu,Luke Nottage Pdf

The book outlines the regulatory environment for disaster prevention and management in broad social, economic and political context. The first half of the book focuses mainly on Japan, especially the ‘3-11’ events: the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Tohoku area on 11 March 2011 and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant radiation leaks. The second half focuses on the USA (the only other Asia-Pacific country to have experienced a serious nuclear emergency), Indonesia, China, New Zealand, Australia and international law. One question explored is whether socio-legal norms play different roles in preventing and managing responses to natural disasters compared to ‘man-made’ disasters. Another is how ‘disaster law’ interacts with society across very diverse societies in the disaster-prone Asia-Pacific region. The book also addresses the increasingly important roles played by international law and regional regimes for cross-border cooperation in disaster prevention and relief, including the functions played by military forces. Erudite, pragmatic, and charged with detailed, substantive knowledge of an astonishing range of contexts and research fields, this timely collection of important essays on the law and society of disaster management stands as an exemplary international academic response to the disasters of 11 March 2011. (Annelise Riles)

Author : Sharon O'Brien,Federico M. Federici
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350240100

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Translating Crises by Sharon O'Brien,Federico M. Federici Pdf

Translating and interpreting in crises is emotionally and cognitively demanding, with crisis communication in intercultural and multilingual disaster settings relying on a multitude of cross-cultural mediators and ever-emerging new technologies. This volume explores the challenges and demands involved in translating crises and the ways in which people, technologies and organisations look for effective, impactful solutions to the communicative problems. Problematising the major issues, but also providing solutions and recommendations, chapters reflect on and evaluate the role of translation and interpreting in crisis settings. Covering a diverse range of situations from across the globe, such as health emergencies, severe weather events, earthquakes, terrorist attacks, conflicts, and mass migration, this volume analyses practices and investigates the effectiveness of current approaches and communication strategies. The book considers perspectives, from interpreting specialists, educators, emergency doctors, healthcare professionals, psychologists, and members of key NGOs, to reflect the complex and multifaceted nature of crisis communication. Placing an emphasis on lessons learnt and innovative solutions, Translating Crises points the way towards more effective multilingual emergency communication in future crises.

Author : Boris Shishkov
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030523060

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Business Modeling and Software Design by Boris Shishkov Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design, BMSD 2020, which took place in Berlin, Germany, in July 2020. BMSD is a leading international forum that brings together researchers and practitioners interested in business modeling and its relation to software design. Particular areas of interest are: Business Processes and Enterprise Engineering; Business Models and Requirements; Business Models and Services; Business Models and Software; Information Systems Architectures and Paradigms; Data Aspects in Business Modeling and Software Development; Blockchain-Based Business Models and Information Systems; IoT and Implications for Enterprise Information Systems. The theme of BMSD 2020 was: Towards Knowledge-Driven Enterprise Information Systems.

Author : Carol Yeh-Yun Lin,Leif Edvinsson,Jeffrey Chen,Tord Beding
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461493082

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National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States by Carol Yeh-Yun Lin,Leif Edvinsson,Jeffrey Chen,Tord Beding Pdf

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many countries out of a financial freefall, most economies have performed beneath pre-recession levels as governments continued to struggle with their finances. Examining the financial crisis from the viewpoint of intangible assets provides a different perspective from traditional economic approaches. National Intellectual Capital (NIC), comprised mainly of human capital, market capital, process capital, renewal capital, and financial capital, is a valuable intangible asset and a key source of national competitive advantage in today’s knowledge economy. The authors—pioneers in the field—present extensive data and a rigorous conceptual framework to analyze the connections between the global financial crisis and NIC development. Covering the period from 2005 to 2010 across 48 countries, the authors establish a positive correlation between NIC and GDP per capita and consider the impact of NIC investment for short-term recovery and long-term risk control and strategy formulation. Each volume in a series of Springer Briefs on NIC and the financial crisis provides in-depth coverage of the impact of the crisis, the aftermath, future prospects, and policy implications for a regional cluster. This volume focuses on Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States of America.

Author : Sebastian Maslow,Christian Wirth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11
Category : History
ISBN : 143848609X

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Crisis Narratives, Institutional Change, and the Transformation of the Japanese State by Sebastian Maslow,Christian Wirth Pdf

Looking at Japan, traces crisis narratives across three decades and ten policy fields, with the aim of disentangling discursively manufactured crises from actual policy failures.

Author : Deborah Corrigan,Cathy Buntting,Alister Jones,John Loughran
Publisher : Springer
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319897615

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Navigating the Changing Landscape of Formal and Informal Science Learning Opportunities by Deborah Corrigan,Cathy Buntting,Alister Jones,John Loughran Pdf

This book presents research involving learning opportunities that are afforded to learners of science when the focus is on linking the formal and informal science education sectors. It uses the metaphor of a "landscape" as it emphasises how the authors see the possible movement within a landscape that is inclusive of formal, informal and free-choice opportunities. The book explores opportunities to change formal school science education via perspectives and achievements from the informal and free-choice science education sector within the wider lifelong, life-wide education landscape. Additionally it explores how science learning that occurs in a more inclusive landscape can demonstrate the potential power of these opportunities to address issues of relevance and engagement that currently plague the learning of science in school settings. Combining specific contexts, case studies and more general examples, the book examines the science learning landscapes by means of the lens of an ecosystem and the case of the Synergies longitudinal research project. It explores the relationships between school and museum, and relates the lessons learned through encounters with a narwhal. It discusses science communication, school-community partnerships, socioscientific issues, outreach education, digital platforms and the notion of a learning ecology.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : UCSD:31822037827052

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Expressing Condolences to the People of New Zealand for the Terrible Loss of Life and Property Suffered as a Result of the Deadly Earthquake that Struck on February 22, 2011 and Expressing Heartfelt Condolences and Support for Assistance to the People of Japan and All Those Affected in the Aftermath of the Deadly Earthquake and Tsunamis of March 11, 2011 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Pdf

Author : Elaine Enarson,Bob Pease
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317390237

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Men, Masculinities and Disaster by Elaine Enarson,Bob Pease Pdf

In the examination of gender as a driving force in disasters, too little attention has been paid to how women’s or men’s disaster experiences relate to the wider context of gender inequality, or how gender-just practice can help prevent disasters or address climate change at a structural level. With a foreword from Kenneth Hewitt, an afterword from Raewyn Connell and contributions from renowned international experts, this book helps address the gap. It explores disasters in diverse environmental, hazard, political and cultural contexts through original research and theoretical reflection, building on the under-utilized orientation of critical men’s studies. This body of thought, not previously applied in disaster contexts, explores how men gain, maintain and use power to assert control over women. Contributing authors examine the gender terrain of disasters 'through men's eyes,' considering how diverse forms of masculinities shape men’s efforts to respond to and recover from disasters and other climate challenges. The book highlights both the high costs paid by many men in disasters and the consequences of dominant masculinity practices for women and marginalized men. It concludes by examining how disaster risk can be reduced through men's diverse efforts to challenge hierarchies around gender, sexuality, disability, age and culture.

Author : Pradyumna P. Karan,Unryu Suganuma
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 54,6 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 : DARA (Development Assistance Research Associates)
Publisher : Springer
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230584617

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Humanitarian Response Index 2008 by DARA (Development Assistance Research Associates) Pdf

The purpose of this annual report is to develop an index of good humanitarian donorship that will measure donors' effectiveness against their commitment to the Principles and Good Practise of Humanitarian Donorship. The index is intended to help the international donor community to better understand its strengths and weaknesses in order to improve the efficiency and quality of its donor activities and initiatives. The index is also expected to raise awareness about the increasingly important role of humanitarian action and associated good practices beyond its current core constituencies. We believe that this report offers significant potential to improve the quality of humanitarian aid, benefiting those most affected by both man-made and natural disasters.

Author : Eric Laws,Bruce Richard Prideaux
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136745928

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Tourism Crises by Eric Laws,Bruce Richard Prideaux Pdf

Don’t wait until it’s too late to learn how to manage a crisis situation The impact of crises on tourism has increased in the last ten years in response to terrorism, war, health emergencies, and natural disasters. Tourism Crises presents the latest research on crisis management with in-depth analysis of tourism flows and the economic well-being of communities at the regional, national, and international levels. This timely book examines a range of conceptual issues, including crisis communication and the safety of employees of the industry, and features case studies of responses to the World Trade Center terrorist attacks, SARS, the 1999 Austrian avalanche disaster, and the epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom. As new crises emerge, it’s essential that the tourism industry be prepared to minimize the impact on both hosts and guests. Tourism Crises identifies key issues that need to be addressed in dealing with future incidents, examining specific cases of management success—and failure—with suggestions for improved responses. Academics, practitioners, and professionals discuss effective methods of maintaining yield during crisis situations, offering analysis, reflection, and new management strategies. Topics addressed in Tourism Crises include: the significance of communication in crisis situations keeping the media informed attracting business after the crisis has passed how alpine areas can respond to the dangers of avalanches the effect of the SARS epidemic on Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan a typology of tourism crisis terms employee work stress in crisis situations quantifying the effects of tourism crises how tourism managers have re-tooled their promotional campaigns after 9/11 and much more Tourism Crises is a must-have for tourism professionals, practitioners, and academics as they develop new agendas for dealing with future crisis situations.

Author : Giulia Tercovich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000517309

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Assessing EU Leadership in Inter-regional Relations by Giulia Tercovich Pdf

This book comparatively analyses the role of the EU in influencing the policies of other regional organisations by assessing its role in leading the institutionalisation of ASEAN disaster management institutions. By exploring the role of actors as drivers of the process that led to the institutionalisation of the ASEAN disaster response mechanism, it unpacks the process and assesses the role of the EU in directly or indirectly leading this process, whilst including the role played by other relevant actors, namely Australia, New Zealand, Japan, USA and the UN. In doing so, the book proposes an original framework going beyond the idea of the EU as a sui generis actor and adds a comparative dimension to the analysis of the EU's influence on regional processes. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of EU External Relations, Security Studies, Regional Studies, disaster management, ASEAN-EU relations, EU actorness, and more broadly to and Asia Studies, international relations and inter-regionalism. Chapter 1 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.taylorfrancis.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.