TY - CHAP
T1 - Enhancing local responses through disaster resilience in schools and communities in Japan
AU - Shaw, Rajib
AU - Matsuura, Shohei
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Schools play an important role in Japan by becoming evacuation centers after disasters. Depending on the nature of disaster, the school can be occupied for several days to several months. Therefore, schools play a crucial role in disaster risk reduction and can contribute to very strong bonding with the local communities. This chapter describes the experiences of six cities with the roles of schools during disasters. Kamaishi, Kesennuma, and Natori, three cities affected by the tsunami, have shown the important role that schools played in the time of disaster. Although some schools were destroyed in these three cities, people spent significant time in other schools as evacuees. Pre-disaster preparedness of schools and communities helped a lot in this regard. Taking the experiences from the East Japan disaster, Saijo, Owase, and Oobu cities in West Japan demonstrated their preparedness for future disaster. The chapter also shows that school-centered disaster preparedness before the disaster leads to an effective role during the disaster and also facilitates postdisaster recovery with schools as the center.
AB - Schools play an important role in Japan by becoming evacuation centers after disasters. Depending on the nature of disaster, the school can be occupied for several days to several months. Therefore, schools play a crucial role in disaster risk reduction and can contribute to very strong bonding with the local communities. This chapter describes the experiences of six cities with the roles of schools during disasters. Kamaishi, Kesennuma, and Natori, three cities affected by the tsunami, have shown the important role that schools played in the time of disaster. Although some schools were destroyed in these three cities, people spent significant time in other schools as evacuees. Pre-disaster preparedness of schools and communities helped a lot in this regard. Taking the experiences from the East Japan disaster, Saijo, Owase, and Oobu cities in West Japan demonstrated their preparedness for future disaster. The chapter also shows that school-centered disaster preparedness before the disaster leads to an effective role during the disaster and also facilitates postdisaster recovery with schools as the center.
KW - Disaster preparedness
KW - East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
KW - Local response
KW - School centered recovery
KW - School community linkages
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U2 - 10.1108/S2040-7262(2013)0000014015
DO - 10.1108/S2040-7262(2013)0000014015
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84901437600
SN - 9781781908204
T3 - Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management
SP - 207
EP - 230
BT - Risks and Conflicts
PB - Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
ER -