Japan and Natural Disasters : Prevention and Risk Management.

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Hazards, Risks and Disasters -- 1. From Hazard to Disaster -- 1.1. Hazard, vulnerability and risk -- 1.2. Disaster -- 2. Earth and Fire -- 2.1. Earthquakes -- 2.1.1. Japan, principal seismic country -- 2.1.2. The effects of earthquakes -- 2.2. Volcanoes -- 2.2.1. Japan, principal volcanic country -- 2.2.2. Volcanic risks -- 2.2.3. The benefits of volcanoes -- 3. Air and Water -- 3.1. Strong winds -- 3.1.1. Typhoons, spring winds and tornados -- 3.1.2. Risks related to wind -- 3.1.3. The benefits of wind -- 3.2. Rainfall and snowfall -- 3.2.1. Intense rains and flood risk -- 3.2.2. Snow -- 3.3. Heat waves -- 3.3.1. The heat island phenomenon -- 3.3.2. Damage related to heat -- Part 2. Risk Management -- 4. Disaster Prevention -- 4.1. Concepts related to disaster prevention -- 4.2. Laws, plans and budgets -- 4.3. Business continuity plans -- 5. Risk Mitigation -- 5.1. Hazard-proof buildings and residences -- 5.1.1. In modern Japan -- 5.1.2. The present day -- 5.2. Securing critical infrastructure -- 5.2.1. A predominantly overhead electrical grid -- 5.2.2. The gas distribution network -- 5.2.3. A water distribution system that is difficult to replace -- 5.2.4. Securing shinkansen high-speed lines -- 5.3. The battle against fires -- 5.3.1. A variable risk -- 5.3.2. Tokyo: a giant tinderbox -- 5.3.3. Taking into account the risk of factory fires -- 5.4. The fight against flooding -- 5.4.1. The fight against coastal flooding -- 5.4.2. The fight against flood rains -- 5.5. The fight against mass movements -- 5.6. The fight against heat islands -- 5.7. The safety of nuclear power plants -- 5.7.1. Establishing new regulations -- 5.7.2. Confronting volcanic eruptions -- 5.7.3. Facing earthquake shocks and tsunamis.

5.7.4. Facing heavy rains -- 6. Disaster Preparedness -- 6.1. Prevention maps and signage -- 6.2. Protection measures and storage -- 6.3. Training, exercises and commemorations -- 6.3.1. School education on disaster prevention -- 6.3.2. Education on disaster prevention for everyone -- 6.3.3. Commemorations -- 6.4. Risk awareness -- 6.4.1. Among Japanese people -- 6.4.2. Among foreigners -- 7. Prediction, Monitoring, Warning and Preventive Evacuation -- 7.1. Long-term forecasting -- 7.1.1. Forecasting earthquakes: an impossible dream? -- 7.1.2. Eruptions: limited forecasting -- 7.1.3. The long-term forecasting of meteorological phenomena -- 7.2. Monitoring and short-term forecasting -- 7.2.1. Meteorological monitoring and forecasting -- 7.2.2. Monitoring waterways -- 7.2.3. Monitoring mass movements -- 7.2.4. The detection of seismic and tsunami waves -- 7.2.5. Monitoring volcanic activity -- 7.3. Warnings -- 7.3.1. Earthquake warnings -- 7.3.2. Tsunami warnings -- 7.3.3. Warning in case of volcanic eruption -- 7.3.4. Warnings in case of meteorological phenomena -- 7.3.5. The new emergency warning system -- 7.4. Preventive evacuation -- 7.4.1. Before a violent earthquake -- 7.4.2. Hesitation to evacuate after a violent earthquake in anticipation of tsunami or a fire -- 7.4.3. In case of risk of intense rainfall: to evacuate or not to evacuate? -- 7.4.4. Evacuating in the face of volcanic dangers -- 7.4.5. People requiring special attention -- 7.4.6. Relocation -- Part 3. Disaster Management -- 8. Crisis Management -- 8.1. Mobilization of the authorities -- 8.1.1. Crisis management centers -- 8.1.2. Mobilization of rescue teams -- 8.1.3. Management of dead bodies -- 8.2. Mobilization of residents -- 8.2.1. Neighborhood communities and local associations -- 8.2.2. The actions of volunteers -- 8.3. The circulation of information -- 8.3.1. Social networks.

8.3.2. Rumors -- 8.3.3. Media coverage -- 8.4. Evacuation -- 8.4.1. The initial period in the evacuation centers -- 8.4.2. Mental health -- 8.4.3. Temporary care of non-residents -- 9. Restoration and Reconstruction -- 9.1. Rebuilding the lives of disaster victims -- 9.1.1. Life in evacuation centers -- 9.1.2. Security in devastated areas -- 9.1.3. Settlement in temporary housing -- 9.1.4. Prolonged stays in temporary housing -- 9.1.5. Financial tools for reconstructing the lives of disaster victims -- 9.1.6. Moral and psychological support -- 9.2. Restoration and reconstruction of infrastructure -- 9.2.1. Responsibilities and financing -- 9.2.2. Waste management -- 9.2.3. Restoration of vital infrastructure -- 9.2.4. Restoration of public institutions: the example of schools -- 9.2.5. Restoration of businesses -- 9.2.6. Managing reconstruction costs -- 9.3. Demographic and economic development -- 9.4. Political consequences -- 9.5. Memory -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Natural Disasters from 1950 to 2016 -- References -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Earth Systems − Environmental Sciences -- EULA.

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