Japan

"Double Debt Disaster" examines an increasingly serious and widespread, yet underexamined, phenomenon: obstacles to recovery from catastrophes caused by the concurrence of pre-disaster obligations with post-disaster capital needs and the destruction of collateral assets. No case is more instructive for understanding these problems than the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, which entered history as the costliest disaster prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Compared to evacuation behaviours, behaviours preceding evacuation including milling during tsunamis remain unclear. This study developed an analysis approach that evaluates the similarities in behaviour sequences throughout the evacuation process and

This article, discusses how the global COVID-19 pandemic has challenged different development sectors, including education. In this article, two main analyses are provided: one on the biological hazards of the pandemic in the context of the Sendai

This report presents information on constituents and components of some well-recognized global, regional, and national Disaster Information Management System (DIMS). These components have been studied for their core features and impacts created, from

This article verifies the applicability of an assessment method on flood risk reduction, combining and assessing hazard control measures and exposure reduction measures together. The method develops collated flood risk curves and uses limited data, so it

This report introduces practical tools, approaches and case studies on linking Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS). The content of this publication was developed by the IASC Reference Group for Mental Health

This research explores nursing students' understanding and risk perception of radiation, and the nature of radiation education received. The Japanese have had three experiences of radiation disasters: the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in

The Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 and ensuing tsunami took more than 18.000 lives and wreaked untold damage.

The key takeaways of this edition are:

• The 2011 earthquake exceeded assumptions of Japan's authorities in terms of magnitude and ground