International Recovery Platform

IRP Herald Volume 10 is the knowledge report for the Preparatory Meeting for Resilience Conference on Earthquake, and the ASEM Manila Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management.

This booklet is a collection of lessons learned by Iwate Prefecture in light of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, as well as proposals for disaster risk reduction alongside case studies of the reconstruction in Iwate Prefecture, which experienced great losses of lives and property from the earthquake and the massive tsunami and aftershocks that followed.

This white paper considers preparation for and recovery from major electricity outages, with a focus on customer-side measures. It examines how disaster preparedness and post-disaster recovery may benefit from standards and the design of plans for coordinated activity.