A Case Study Training as an Element of Post-1991 Flood Disaster Recovery in Anhui and Jiangsu Provinces' and in Development of the China National Disaster Reduction Plan

Japan’s central government sets strategic disaster reduction goals against mega earthquake disasters such as the Tokai-Tonankai-Nankai, and Tokyo metropolitan area earthquakes. These goals focus on mortality and economic loss, and many other local governments are now working on their own related plans. In order to accomplish national goals of disaster reduction, efforts by local stakeholders to build community resilience are, in fact, indispensable. So it is necessary to develop disaster reduction planning schemes involving both local and national stakeholders in order to comply with national disaster reduction goals. This paper discusses strategic disaster reduction planning with stakeholder involvement. Case studies were done in the Nara and Kyoto prefectural governments.

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Community Participation in Flood Disaster Management in Sumbawa Regency (case study in Songkar Village)

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/20187308004 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 73 ◽

pp. 08004

Author(s):

Wirawan Zakariah Hendra ◽

Kismartini

Keyword(s):

Community Participation ◽

Disaster Management ◽

Disaster Preparedness ◽

Flood Disaster ◽

Disaster Mitigation ◽

National Agency ◽

Flood Prevention ◽

Prevention Activities ◽

National Disaster

Flood is the most common natural disaster happen during rainy season. Based on National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) about flood and drought maps of vulnerable areas in 2009, Songkar Village is affected areas of flooding. Community participation is an effort to build a culture, and ensure sustainable development for all. Community participation in disaster management regulates in the Regulation of the Head of National Disaster Management Agency Number 11 Year 2014 on Community Participation in Disaster Management Implementation. This study is aimed to analyze the participation of the community in flood prevention through Village Disaster Preparedness Team, analyze the factors that support and hamper the community in flood prevention, and formulate the strategies to prevent flood disaster conducted by Village Disaster Preparedness Team. The result was showed that, participation in Songkar Village was high on ducting activities, but conducted prevention activities and flood mitigation was still less effective. The proposed strategy of community participation in flood disaster mitigation is progressive.

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Disaster Reduction Measures Against Inundation in Underground Area and Development of Disaster Prevention Action Plan Using TimeLine

Journal of Disaster Research ◽

10.20965/jdr.2016.p0322 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 322-333

Author(s):

Ichiro Matsuo ◽

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Takanori Kuribayashi ◽

Kunishige Kamura ◽

Keyword(s):

Flood Control ◽

Action Plan ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Current Situation ◽

Flood Disaster ◽

Disaster Prevention ◽

City Manager ◽

Disaster Reduction ◽

Shopping Area

Japan uses underground spaces more widely than in other developed countries. Underground spaces around terminal train stations and areas under station plazas are used in developing public pathways with stores. One such area, managed by a single underground city manager, has a floor area of about 80,000m2. In 1999, the Mikasa River near an underground area in front of Hakata Station flooded the underground area. The importance of antiflood measures for underground area was pointed out after the Hakata disaster and Japan’s Flood Control Act was partly amended, but measures have not been implemented satisfactorily. In this paper, the author reviews the current situation in Japan’s underground areas for flood disaster and based on the awareness surveys of underground managers and users, the researches on systemizing antiflood measures for underground areas and the applications of a disaster prevention action plan (TimeLine) for protecting persons from flooding are shown using an example of the underground shopping area in front of Nagoya Station as a case study.

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