Environmental management and disaster preparedness: lessons learnt from the Tokage typhoon (typhoon 23 of 2004) in Japan

This UNEP report is a collaborative effort of the UNEP Disaster Management Branch in Nairobi, Kenya and the UNEP International Environmental Technology Center in Osaka, Japan. It was developed in cooperation with the UNEP-OCHA Joint Unit in Geneva, Switzerland. It forms part of a series that will be developed on the interlinkages between environmental management and disaster preparedness. The overall lesson emerging from this study is clear – a number of good environmental management measures are in place in Japan, as in many countries, but these have to be studied in greater detail, in light of the needs of disaster management. It is imperative that environmental knowledge is integrated into the prediction, prevention, risk reduction, assessment and response policies.