scholarly journals Issues in disaster prevention measures and responses as seen in the Great East Japan Earthquake

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-256
Author(s):  
Naoki Furumoto
Keyword(s):  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Prevention Measures

Using Data and Statistics to Explain Investment Effectiveness on Flood Protection

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1238-1243
Author(s):  
Kenichi Tsukahara ◽  
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Noriyasu Kachi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
National Level ◽  
Flood Protection ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Cost

Losses and damages caused by natural disasters have negatively impacted poverty alleviation and human development and undermine the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, disaster issues were not included in MDG targets set up in 2000. A new development agenda, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), was approved in the UN General Assembly in September 2015. In the SDGs, disaster issues are included in many targets such as target 11.5. To appropriately set targets and prepare monitoring measures for disaster-related issues, quantitatively measurable indicators of impacts of disaster risk reduction on economic growth and poverty alleviation should be prepared. In addition, to promote disaster prevention measures, we need to convince policy makers that such measures are highly essential for a country’s development and are cost-effective. Although the cost-effectiveness of single disaster prevention projects has been studied, aggregate effectiveness of these projects at a national level has not been presented. This study proposes a simple method to explain the cost-effectiveness of flood protection investment in Japan post World War II by using national aggregate data.

The School Education to Improve the Disaster Response Capacity : A Case of “Kamaishi Miracle”

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 845-856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshitaka Katada ◽  
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Masanobu Kanai ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Response ◽  
School Education ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Prevention Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Response Capacity ◽  
Future Education

Many people died in the Great East Japan Earthquake. However, children in Kamaishi City survived by taking advantage of what they learned from disaster prevention education. It was called the “Kamaishi Miracle,” and the story spread around the world. In this study, the disaster prevention education that made possible the appropriate evacuation of the children is examined and future education possibilities are discussed. First, it should be pointed out that most disaster prevention education conducted before the earthquake took the form of “threatening disaster prevention education” or “knowledge-oriented disaster prevention education.” To solve the deficiencies in these programs, “attitude-oriented disaster prevention education” with a focus on children’s independence is proposed. In addition, three educational guidelines regarding evacuation from tsunamis are discussed. We also study the current status of disaster prevention education in Japan after the earthquake and show that when it puts an emphasis on life and community it have far-reaching effect.

The Evaluation Research about Building Comprehensive Capabilities of Disaster Prevention

2013 ◽  
Vol 405-408 ◽  
pp. 2316-2319
Author(s):  
Xiao Yu Bi ◽  
Jing Yan Zhang ◽  
Jia Wang
Keyword(s):  
Index System ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Evaluation Index ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

Building is the focus of the city's comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation. The comprehensive disaster prevention ability of the construction directly affects the safety of the people, the city and even the society as a whole. According to Civil Construction Reliability Evaluation Criteria and the Standard of Dangerous BuildingAppraisal, the evaluation index system is establisshed in this paper, which is including structure, facilities and personnel ,to evaluate the comprehensive disaster prevention ability of the construction. Also the fuzzyevaluation method is put forward to solve the complexity of the evaluation objects and the difficult quantitative of the evaluation index directly .The research results help owners and the government managers to fully understand the usage of the building, and formulate the specific prevention measures .It also provides a reference basis for the maintenance and reinforcement of building.

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