Japan

Technical note of PWRI no. 4127:

This documents reports on the activities and achievements of a a one-year Master’s programme aiming to foster solution-oriented practitioners with solid theoretical and engineering bases who can serve for planning and

This paper provides a list of 'policy prescriptions' for eleven of the world's most influential nations to bring to the table of the UN climate negotiations in Cancun, Mexico from 29 November to 10 December, 2010. It reminds the governments and the UN of

This paper introduces initiatives being undertaken by the Research Center for Disaster Risk Management of NILIM to develop technology designed to mitigate the damage caused by natural disasters. It (i) recalls the main disasters occurred in Japan in 2009

This illustrated reference for school facilities planners and designers shows examples of seismic retrofitting of junior and senior high school buildings in two prefectures and their performance in earthquakes. Detailed examples of seismic retrofit In

This report presents the results of a workshop focusing on the high seismic risk in the northeast Asia region and offering scientists and engineers from various countries the opportunity to discuss regional approaches to improve collaboration in

This collection of good practices shows how building the capacity of local institutions is key to sustaining disaster risk reduction, and demonstrates the immediate impact of local and national political commitments.

This book addresses the issues raised by cross-border migration following crisis of economic collapse, food shortage, and natural calamities in Northeast Asian countries (including flooding and droughts in the 1990s in North Korea), and assesses how

These conference proceedings include the presentations given at the Fourth international symposium on wind effects on buildings and urban environment that was held in Tokyo, 4-6 March 2009. This symposium covered all major disasters including strong winds