Fuji Technology Press

The Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami on March 11, 2011, caused unprecedented damage mainly in northeast Japan. This paper introduces the characteristics of the tsunami and resultant damage.

The paper finds that group subsidy and debt reduction had important roles in the recovery of business activities and demonstrates the importance of a panel survey in understanding and guiding policies for the resilience of the regional economy.

This document examines how scenario planning approach is effective for pre-disaster planning, through a case study of Kushimoto Japan.

Tthis paper explores how lessons from recent megaquake- and tsunami-related experiences of risk-based planning and relocation in coastal areas of Japan and Chile could inform anticipatory action in coastal Washington State.

This study examined life in disaster reconstruction public housing and clarified how residents’ impressions of reconstruction relate to their sense of recovery and internal satisfaction.

Six and a half years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, recovery and reconstruction have been steadily progressing in terms of infrastructure and town development. However, there are still many problems to be tackled in some areas.

The Emergency Job Creation (EJC) program in which unemployed people are hired for recovery works funded by the government was introduced after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. This paper evaluates how the EJC program targeted those most in need.

The author suggested Tokyo Metropolitan Government to prepare the pre-disaster recovery and reconstruction from the next Tokyo Earthquake. It is important to prepare the reconstruction plan making and reconstruction procedure of projects.