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The document introduces the case study about reconstruction from Great East Japan Earthquake in Ando District, Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture. (Soft Measures, such as Evacuation Drills, etc.)

The document introduces the case study about reconstruction from Great East Japan Earthquake in Kamaishi City, Iwate prefecture. (Development of Disaster Management Bases Integrated in Town Development; and Process of Consensus Building among Residents)

The White Paper on Disaster Management in Japan 2021 provides an overview of current disaster management measures in Japan.

This report discusses how for most major ports in Japan, a business continuity plan (Port-BCP) has been developed to cope with potential functional disorder in port operations caused by natural disasters.

This study aims to confirm whether there was an association between sea visibility and coastal proximity and mental health.

This is a record of the reconstruction from March 2011 to March 2021 after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in Iwate.

This week’s Manchester Briefing (Issue 40) launches the University of Manchester searchable database of international lessons on Recovery and Renewal. The new database offers a searchable function for all of the 575 individual lessons that have been

This report discusses how sharing past disaster experience among the community is an important method of disaster risk reduction. This study distinguishes three groups of residents in disaster-affected areas: the direct experience group, the same