Tohoku Recovery: Challenges, Potentials and Future

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Tohoku Recovery: Reflections on Some Key Lessons....Pages 3-12
Role of International NGO in an Unprecedented Disaster in Japan....Pages 13-26
The Situation and Challenges of Recovery of Fishing Industries in Tohoku Region....Pages 27-36
Regional Comparison of Temporary Housing Construction Processes After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami....Pages 37-50
Lessons of Health Sector Recovery on Tohoku Disaster....Pages 51-64
Temples and Shrines as Temporary Shelters That Support Evacuees....Pages 65-78
Sharing Lessons from the Great East Japan and Tsunami with the World....Pages 79-90
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
Recovery After Sanriku Tsunamis in 1896 and 1933, and Transition of Housing Location Before the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami....Pages 93-105
Identifying Elements for School Based Recovery and Disaster Resilient Community Building in Japan....Pages 107-129
Community Recovery in Tsunami-Affected Area: Lessons from Minami-Kesennuma....Pages 131-146
Establishment and Sustainability of Emergency Radio in Tohoku: Implications and Key Lessons....Pages 147-164
Recovery in Fukushima from Integrated Disasters....Pages 165-179
Impacts of East-Japan’s Disaster on Production of a Small-Medium Cardboard Manufacturer in Fukushima....Pages 181-193