Title Japan's disaster governance : how was the 3.11 crisis managed? / Itoko Suzuki, Yuko Kaneko

Published New York : Springer, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (118 pages) Series Public Administration, Governance and Globalization ; v. 4 Public administration, governance and globalization. Contents Brief Overview of the Tohoku 3.11 Mega Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fukushima NPS Disasters -- Government institutions available at time of 3.11 disaster for emergency management -- How the 3.11 emergency responses for the gigantic natural disasters were actually organized -- Managing Fukushima NPS accidents: in particular focus on government crisis communication -- Road to recovery and reconstruction after the Great East Japan earthquake Summary Natural disasters are often multifaceted and cause severe damage. Disasters initiated locally can become national and even global crises. Today's world urgently needs a new body of knowledge and techniques for the mitigation of and response to disaster. Central to such a body of knowledge are disaster preparedness, emergency and crisis management systems of government, of which capacity building is becoming an increasingly important element in public administration, management and governance Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record In Springer eBooks Subject Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai Emergency management -- Japan Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011. Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011. Earthquakes. Disasters -- history Socioeconomic Factors Tsunamis Earthquakes History, 21st Century Radioactive Hazard Release Rescue Work -- organization & administration earthquakes. HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan. Droit. Sciences sociales. Sciences humaines. Earthquakes Emergency management Erdbeben Tsunami Reaktorunfall Katastrophenmanagement Japan Japan Japan -- Tōhoku Region Fukushima Form Electronic book Author Kaneko, Yuko ISBN 9781461461517 1461461510 1461461502 9781461461500 9781299197381 1299197388

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