Learning from Megadisasters: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1464801533 ISBN 13: 9781464801532

Publisher: World Bank Publications, 2014

Synopsis

"While not all natural disasters can be avoided, their impact on a population can be mitigated through effective planning and preparedness. These are the lessons to be learned from Japan's own megadisaster: the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, the fi rst disaster ever recorded that included an earthquake, a tsunami, a nuclear power plant accident, a power supply failure, and a large-scale disruption of supply chains. It is a sad fact that poor communities are often hardest hit and take the longest to recover from disaster. Disaster risk management (DRM) should therefore be taken into account as a major development challenge, and countries must shift from a tradition of response to a culture of prevention and resilience. Learning from Megadisasters: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake consolidates a set of 36 Knowledge Notes, research results of a joint study undertaken by the Government of Japan and the World Bank. These notes highlight key lessons learned in seven DRM thematic clusters-structural measures; nonstructural measures; emergency response; reconstruction planning; hazard and risk information and decision making; the economics of disaster risk, risk management, and risk fi nancing; and recovery and relocation. Aimed at sharing Japanese cutting-edge knowledge with practitioners and decision makers, this book provides valuable guidance to other disaster-prone countries for mainstreaming DRM in their development policies and weathering their own natural disasters."

Edition details

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1464801533
• ISBN 13: 9781464801532
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Ranghieri Federica, Ishiwatari Mikio