Overcoming Multiple Urban Crises: Lessons from the Reconstruction of Hiroshima

This report examines multiple urban crises and their responses, using Hiroshima as a case study.

Hiroshima, which suffered tremendous damage from the atomic bombing at the end of World War II, faced a number of institutional and financial challenges but recovered to become an international city of peace and a core city in western Japan that attracts many people today.

This report analyzes the recovery process from short-, medium-, and long-term perspectives and draws lessons for other cities facing multiple crises.