scholarly journals Great East Japan Earthquake damage and local government relief

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Doi ◽  
M. Taniguchi
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Earthquake Damage ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake

Planning Processes for Reconstruction with Citizen Participation After Large-Scale Disasters: A Case Study of Reconstruction Study Meetings in Miyako City After the Great East Japan Earthquake

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 486-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michio Ubaura ◽  
◽  
Sei Akiyama ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Local Study ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Local Residents

Town planning for reconstruction after large-scale disasters that is led exclusively by the local government may be insufficient. However, it is also difficult to effectively incorporate citizen participation into planning because of insufficient government manpower and a lack of time among citizens. The present study surveys and analyzes a process of mutual coordination between a local government and citizens involved in town reconstruction planning after a large-scale disaster in order to understand how citizens’ participation in the early stages of the planning process for town reconstruction should be. A local study meeting in Miyako City is taken as a case example. As a method of incorporating citizen participation, it is found that the local study meeting was simple and effective method in obtaining consensus among local residents, but was not effective and may even have exacerbated disagreement regarding fundamental issues.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Listeners Reaction on the Storytelling of Disaster Response Experience: The Case of Service Continuity at Miyagi Prefectural Office After Experiencing the Great East Japan Earthquake

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-273
Author(s):  
Shosuke Sato ◽  
◽  
Fumihiko Imamura
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Actual Situation ◽  
The Future ◽  
Service Continuity

The influence of the storytelling of disaster response experiences at a disaster-stricken local government on listeners (receivers) has not always been well evaluated and analyzed. In this paper, a project to listen to the storytelling of disaster response experiences at the Miyagi Prefectural Office, which suffered from the Great East Japan Earthquake, is taken as an example, and the empathy and change of knowledge caused by the storytelling and the attention obtained from it are clarified based on questionnaires of 48 listeners. As a result, the following effects are confirmed: many listeners actually feel that they acquired knowledge that would be useful for a disaster response in the future; the story in the interview is connected to reality and the listeners can imagine the situation at that time so that the story influences their feelings; moreover, the story offers the listeners the opportunity to understand an “unexpected actual situation” and “the background and the cause of why such situation developed,” which cannot be found in existing written reports.

Comparative Study of the Post-Tsunami Recovery Plans After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (sp) ◽  
pp. 743-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osamu Murao ◽  
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Tomoyo Hoshi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Recovery Plan ◽  
Recovery Planning ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Government Planning ◽  
Planning Processes

After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, local governments in six prefectures produced their own post-tsunami urban recovery plans. The authors collected 50 recovery plans from the Internet from May 2012 to March 2014 to study their contents and planning processes. This paper focuses on post-tsunami recovery-planning situations, clarifying the following: (1) Features of damaged areas are clarified regarding population and area size. (2) Individual local government planning processes for making recovery plans, including the number of committee members and time period, are demonstrated, (3) Recovery plan contents such as concreteness and strategies for relocating to higher lands are analyzed.

Proposal and Practice of Comprehensive Disaster Mitigation Depending on Communities in Preservation Districts for Traditional Buildings

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 857-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajime Yokouchi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Earthquake Damage ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

We present a methodology for systematizing and implementing comprehensive disaster mitigation based on having communities target the preservation districts of traditional buildings. After discussing the background for this study, we introduce comprehensive disaster mitigation based on communities based on lessons learned from the relationship of stakeholders and earthquake damage sustained by Sakuragawa city’s Makabe traditional building district, in the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake. We then demonstrate the effectiveness of using social networks connected to community tradition and culture as their core, i.e., as a way for implementing our proposed practical comprehensive disaster mitigation in Tochigi city’s Kauemon-cho traditional building district.

Lessons Learned from the Aeromedical Disaster Relief Activities Following the Great East Japan Earthquake

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisashi Matsumoto ◽  
Tomokazu Motomura ◽  
Yoshiaki Hara ◽  
Yukiko Masuda ◽  
Kunihiro Mashiko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Helicopter Emergency Medical Service ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Direct Control ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Publication Type ◽  
And Control

AbstractIntroductionSince 2001, a Japanese national project has developed a helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) system (“doctor-helicopter”) and a central Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) composed of mobile and trained medical teams for rapid deployment during the response phase of a disaster.ProblemIn Japan, the DMAT Research Group has focused on command and control of doctor-helicopters in future disasters. The objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of such planning, as well as the problems encountered in deploying the doctor-helicopter fleet with DMAT members following the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.MethodsThis study was undertaken to examine the effectiveness of aeromedical disaster relief activities following the Great East Japan Earthquake and to evaluate the assembly and operations of 15 doctor-helicopter teams dispatched for patient evacuation with medical support.ResultsFifteen DMATs from across Japan were deployed from March 11th through March 13th to work out of two doctor-helicopter base hospitals. The dispatch center at each base hospital directed its own doctor-helicopter fleet under the command of DMAT headquarters to transport seriously injured or ill patients out of hospitals located in the disaster area. Disaster Medical Assistance Teams transported 149 patients using the doctor-helicopters during the first five days after the earthquake. The experiences and problems encountered point to the need for DMATs to maintain direct control over 1) communication between DMAT headquarters and dispatch centers; 2) information management concerning patient transportation; and 3) operation of the doctor-helicopter fleet during relief activities. As there is no rule of prioritization for doctor-helicopters to refuel ahead of other rotorcraft, many doctor-helicopters had to wait in line to refuel.ConclusionThe “doctor-helicopter fleet” concept was vital to Japan's disaster medical assistance and rescue activities. The smooth and immediate dispatch of the doctor-helicopter fleet must occur under the direct control of the DMAT, independent from local government authority. Such a command and control system for dispatching the doctor-helicopter fleet is strongly recommended, and collaboration with local government authorities concerning refueling priority should be addressed.MatsumotoH,MotomuraT,HaraY,MasudaY,MashikoK,YokotaH,KoidoY.Lessons learned from the aeromedical disaster relief activities during the Great East Japan Earthquake.Prehosp Disaster Med.2013;28(2):1-4.

Post Earthquake Reconstruction Regulation by Local Government

1994 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-223
Author(s):  
James E. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Earthquake Damage ◽  
Loma Prieta Earthquake ◽  
Technical Content ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town ◽  
Earthquake Reconstruction ◽  
The Way

Decisions regarding reconstruction of earthquake damaged buildings are crucial to the effectiveness of a community's recovery and to its future safety. Two California cities are the focus of a comparison of the formulation and results of reconstruction policies and standards following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The Town of Los Gatos and the City of Oakland are very different in size and demography but suffered similar levels of earthquake damage. The technical content of the repair standards and the methods of administration adopted by these two cities provide a contrast in the way local governments handle these issues in the post-earthquake environment. A summary and comparison of the effectiveness of these standards is provided and recommendations are included for efforts to assist and prepare others to establish effective and balanced post-earthquake reconstruction policy.

An Attempt of Extracting and Sharing Lessons Learned from Experiences of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Based on the Viewpoints of Experts on Disaster Science: The “Database of Lessons from March 11, 2011”

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 881-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shosuke Sato ◽  
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Fumihiko Imamura ◽  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Nankai Trough ◽  
Database System ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Web Database ◽  
Earthquake Disaster ◽  
Interview Survey ◽  
Disaster Science

It is important to extract, clarify, and share the lessons learned from disasters to enhance preparedness for and effective responses in a disaster. This paper aims to describe the development of a web database system to share lessons learned by disaster science experts based on experiences of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster. First, an interview survey was conducted with local government officers in areas identified as being at risk during the Nankai Trough Earthquake to identify their needs. Next, we reported on the use of the system for three months after its release based on analyses of access log data.

scholarly journals Improving the seismic resilience of housing in developing countries: time to transform local government building departments

2018 ◽  
Vol 229 ◽  
pp. 03017
Author(s):  
Andrew Charleson ◽  
Karyadi Kusliansjah ◽  
Pele Widjaja
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Earthquake Damage ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Building Industry ◽  
Total Lack ◽  
Seismic Resilience ◽  
Primary Problem

Mitigation should be the key component of DRR in the context of seismic-resistant building construction, and more specifically - housing construction, in developing countries. Although this paper is relevant to many countries some emphasis is given to the situation in Indonesia. Mitigation, the outcome of which is safer buildings, is little more than an idea at present. It is often ignored in favor of easier DRR activities which while commendable, ignore the primary problem – unsafe buildings. After a review of the current situation regarding mitigation of building earthquake damage which highlights an almost total lack of action, the paper reviews recent suggestions to improve what is a very bleak situation. Then some recent drivers for change are explored. They indicate that now is the time to begin making positive changes in local government building departments and the broader building industry. The paper then discusses several examples of where some real progress is being made before concluding with suggestions for ways forward. It is hoped that future papers addressing this topic will be more about reporting on positive, practical actions than offering suggestions.

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