East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Evacuation, Communication, Education and Volunteerism

The East Japan earthquake and tsunami is the one of the most devastated disasters, Japan has experienced after the World War II. Due to its scale, diversity and nature, the recovery lessons will be quite extensive and dynamic. The earthquake has damaged significantly the educational facilities in all three hardest hit prefectures: Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima. There are different issues related to post disaster recovery. Evacuation behavior, communication, education and volunteer roles are some of the key elements which need to be emphasized, and the lessons learned can be utilized not only to the recovery of Tohoku region, but for other parts of Japan and the world. The book aims to draw the key lessons on the above four issues, especially from the viewpoint of community participation.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction and overview of East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Chapter 2: Review on Countermeasures against the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Chapter 3: Evacuation Behavior and its implication: Case of Kamaishi
Chapter 4: Coastal Vegetation and its implication to Risk Reduction: Case of Yuriage
Chapter 5: Post disaster communication and role of FM Radio: Case of Natori
Chapter 6: Role of Social Media in Disaster Response and Reduction
Chapter 7: Damages to Education Sector and its Recovery
Chapter 8: Education for Sustainable Development and its Implications to Recovery Process in Kesennuma
Chapter 9: Development of Natural Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Education at school and in the community
Chapter 10: School Damages from Asian Countries and its implication to Tohoku Recovery
Chapter 11: Volunteers and youth role in post disaster scenario
Chapter 12: A soft voluntarism in super-extensive disaster: Case of Noda, Iwate Prefecture
Chapter 13: Towards Long term Recovery