scholarly journals Interdisciplinary and Industry-Academia Collaboration Research for Enhancing Social Resilience to Natural Disasters in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area –DEKATSU Activity–

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 676-683
Author(s):  
Takashi Furuya ◽  
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Naoshi Hirata
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Earthquake Engineering ◽  
Data Use ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan Area ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Mutual Communication

In 2007, we initiated a 5-year-research project named the “Tokyo Metropolitan Resilience Project.” This project is intended to improve the resilience to natural disasters, particularly earthquakes, in the Tokyo metropolitan area. For this purpose, we have organized multi-disciplinary research including social sciences, natural sciences such as seismology, and civil engineering, with a focus on earthquake engineering. In addition, we facilitate mutual communication between industry and academia. We established the “Data Use and Application Council for Resilience” (Japanese abbreviation: DEKATSU) to organize private and public stakeholders. The DEKATSU council consists of four sectors: industry, government, NPO/NGOs, and academia. The policy promoted to the participating organizations is “When we make organizations resilient, the Tokyo metropolitan area also becomes resilient.” To date, 67 organizational members and 13 personal members have joined, and the targeted idea is becoming accepted but not fully implemented in society.

Special Issue on Crisis Management Following Tokyo Metropolitan Near Field Earthquake Disaster

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 369-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruo Hayashi
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Earthquake Engineering ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan Area ◽  
Disaster Victims ◽  
Sports Science ◽  
Special Project

1. Introduction It is expected that Tokyo Metropolitan area and her vicinity may be jolted by a devastating earthquake with a 70% chance for the next 30 years. If it happens, an unprecedented scale of damage and losses may follow. With the severity of possible consequences due to this earthquake, a special project, entitled as “Special Project for Metropolitan Earthquake DisasterMitigation in Tokyo Metropolitan Area” (2007-2011), is commissioned by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (MEXT), This special project consists of three subprojects; Seismology, Earthquake Engineering, and Crisis Management and Recovery. In this issue of JDR, we will introduce 10 papers produced as a series of the achievements from the subproject on Crisis Management and Recovery. This subproject considers Tokyo Metropolitan Earthquake as a national crisis occurred in the Tokyo metropolitan area. All the available knowledge of disaster researchers should be gathered from nationwide, including both emergency response and long-term recovery to minimize damage and losses. This project examines measures for improving the capacity for the people from disaster management organizations to react to crisis and help rebuilding life recovery of disaster victims. An information-sharing platform will be proposed to comprehensively manage individual disaster response and recovery measures. “Training and exercise systems” will be introduced to empower local capacity to mitigate and recover from disaster by integrating all of the project achievements among stakeholders. The final goal of this project is to make ourselves prepared for help the anticipated 25 million victims at most due to Tokyo Metropolitan earthquake.

scholarly journals Special Issue on the Tokyo Metropolitan Resilience Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 675-675
Author(s):  
Naoshi Hirata
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Cost Estimation ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan Area ◽  
Training Tool ◽  
Hazard And Risk ◽  
The Impact

Natural hazards continue to be an increasing challenge to societies around the world, with many societies being impacted by multiple types of hazard events. To reduce the impact of these hazards, we must not only quantify the hazard and risk associated with multi-hazard events but also understand the uncertainty associated with these events. Resilience can only be improved by considering all these factors. Multi-hazard and risk-modeling approaches are receiving increasing attention globally; however, the challenges of assessing uncertainty in both single- and multi-hazard risks are considerable. Without a clear understanding of the risks and their uncertainties, measures to mitigate these risks and to increase resilience face difficult decisions. In the present Special Issue, we have five papers and one report on the Tokyo Metropolitan Resilience Project: Interdisciplinary and Industry-Academia Collaboration Research for Enhancing Social Resilience to Natural Disasters in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area –DEKATSU Activity–, Multi-Data Integration System to Capture Detailed Strong Ground Motion in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Development of the Training Tool “KUG” for Temporary Lodging Facilities and Companies for Stranded Commuters, Development of Matching Modeling for Human Resource Allocation of Shelter Management by the Set Theory, Time-Cost Estimation for Early Disaster Damage Assessment Methods, Depending on Affected Area, and A Report of the Questionnaire Survey on Awareness of COVID-19 and Shelters.

scholarly journals BROADBAND STRONG MOTION SIMULATION OF THE GREAT 1923 KANTO EARTHQUAKE IN THE TOKYO METROPOLITAN AREA

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (26) ◽  
pp. 447-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinichi MATSUSHIMA ◽  
Motofumi WATANABE ◽  
Kazuo DAN ◽  
Toshiaki SATO ◽  
Jun'ichi MIYAKOSHI
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Strong Motion ◽  
Motion Simulation ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan Area ◽  
Kanto Earthquake ◽  
Strong Motion Simulation

Urbanization of the Tokyo metropolitan area and its thermal condition using LANDSAT MSS and NOAA-6/AVHRR data

1983 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 179-182
Author(s):  
T. Sakai ◽  
K. Seya ◽  
H. Nishikawa ◽  
M. Tsubomatsu ◽  
S. Tanaka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Thermal Condition ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan Area ◽  
Avhrr Data

Urban environmental design of land use in Tokyo metropolitan area

1990 ◽  
Vol 15 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hironori Watanabe ◽  
Hirotoshi Yoda ◽  
Toshio Ojima
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan Area

scholarly journals Characterizing Risk Communication and Awareness for Sustainable Society: The Case of Foreign Residents in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area of Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5786
Author(s):  
Bismark Adu-Gyamfi ◽  
Rajib Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Risk Communication ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Disaster Prevention ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Vulnerable Group ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan Area ◽  
The World

Many disasters occur in Japan, and therefore many initiatives to educate and integrate foreign residents into its society to overcome systematic barriers and enhance disaster preparedness have been implemented. Nevertheless, studies have highlighted foreign residents as a vulnerable group who are at risk of disasters in the country. The country anticipates and prepares for potential mega-disasters in the future; therefore, effective risk communication is vital to creating the required awareness and preparation. Therefore, this study looked at the changing foreigner–Japanese population mix in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area to ascertain its level of diversity and risk communication characteristics. It used secondary and primary data to analyze how heterogeneity among foreigners translates into a different understanding of their awareness. The study reveals that the 23 special wards within the Tokyo Metropolitan area can be compared to other recognized diverse cities in the world, with Shinjuku city, Minato city, Arakawa, and Taito cities being the most heterogeneous cities in Tokyo. Nevertheless, diversity within foreign residents creates diversity in information-gathering preferences, disaster drill participation preferences, and the overall knowledge in disaster prevention. The study suggests the use of these preferences as a tool to promote targeted risk communication mechanisms.

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