Japan

This manual describes in brief the background, purpose, production and distribution of Flood Hazard Maps, as well as their verified effectiveness and current usage in Japan. Realistic questions on the evacuation of local residents in the event of flood

Since the 1995 great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake, Japan has been plagued by several natural disasters, including eruptions, torrential rains and more earthquakes, which all have emphasized the need to compile hazard maps as a part of disaster prevention

This brochure reports the activities of UNCRD, especially School Earthquake Safety Initiative (SESI), Housing Earthquake Safety Initiative (HESI) and Sustainability in Community-Based Disaster Management (CBDM) by Hyogo office.

The cornerstone of legislation on disaster risk reduction is the Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act,
enacted in 1961, which set out the basis for measures to reduce disaster risk in Japan. There are also
organizations involved in disaster risk reduction

This publication provides 35 good practices and lessons learned as concrete examples of how to make children safer in their classrooms and educate them about disasters.

This study introduces some examples of the current good practices on public private partnership for disaster risk reduction in Japan.

Following the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action at WCDR 2005, disaster reduction is given further attention in

An edited collection of concise, hard-hitting essays by a group of international experts and scholars that address the politics and policy of environmental change and sustainable development in East and Southeast Asia. The book pays particular attention

This report is a compilation of case studies and grapples with the crucial question of merging disaster management education into the broader agenda of education for sustainable development.