Description
Book SynopsisThis book covers the restoration and reconstruction process and activities undertaken in Japan in the first five years since the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami – a period widely considered to be the most intensive reconstruction phase within the 10-year restoration plan drawn up by the Japanese Government.
The respective chapters explore technical, scientific, social and non-scientific (policy-related) aspects, including: reconstruction and restoration policies, infrastructure and designs for tsunami coastal defence, resilient urban areas and affected communities, housing and relocation schemes, disaster mitigation and evacuation measures, reactivation of the economy, revitalization of fisheries and coastal agriculture, and industry and tourism. The book also illustrates some of the achievements and failures in a broad range of projects and initiatives intended to address the above-mentioned issues, making it particularly relevant for experts, decision makers, students and other interested scholars.
Table of ContentsPart I. Planning, Policy and Governance
Chapter 1
Complexities and Difficulties Behind the Implementation of Reconstruction Plans after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
Onoda Yasuaki, Tsukuda Haruka and Suzuki Sachi
Chapter 2
The Problems of Plan-Making: Reconstruction Plans after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Fukuo Akimoto
Chapter 3
Building Back a Better Tohoku from the March 2011 Tsunami —Contradicting Evidence
Shingo Nagamatsu
Chapter 4
Creating Resilience using Spatial Planning: The Case of Miyako City over the First Five Years after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Nadine Mägdefrau
Chapter 5
Lessons Learned in Disaster Debris Management of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Terri R Norton
Part II. Societal and Community Recovery
Chapter 6
Revisiting Tohoku’s Five-Year Recovery: Community Rebuilding Policies, programs and implementation
Kanako Iuchi, Robert Olshansky and Laurie Johnson
Chapter 7
Enhancing Community Resilience through Capacity Development After GEJE: The Case of Sendaishi-chiiki Bousai Leaders (SBLs) in Miyagi PrefectureAiko Sakurai and Takeshi Sato
Chapter 8
Community Design in Recovery Following the March 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami
Hideiki Koizumi and Mariko Tsuji
Chapter 9
Healthy Community Resilience against Disaster
Shinichi Egawa, Aya Murakami and Hiroyuki Sasaki
Part III. Urban Planning, Housing and Development
Chapter 10
Planning Challenges for Housing and Built-Environment Recovery after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Collaborative Planning and Management Go beyond Government-Driven Redevelopment Projects
Tamiyo Kondo
Chapter 11
Housing and Reconstruction Over Five Years after the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Yoshimitsu Shiozaki
Chapter 12
Changes in Land Use after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Related Issues of Urban Form
Michio Ubaura
Chapter 13
Housing Recovery and Displacement from Fukushima: Five Years Post-Nuclear Meltdown Elizabeth Mali
Part IV. The Environment; Research, Damage and Recovery
Chapter 14
Restoration Measures after the 2011 Tohoku-oki Tsunami and Their Impact on Tsunami Research
Catherine Chagué-Goff, Kazuhisa Goto, Daisuke Sugawara, Yuichi Nishimura and Takeshi Komai
Chapter 15
Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Seaweed (Eisenia bicyclis) Habitat at Oshika Peninsula, Miyagi, Japan
Tamaki Hitoshi and Muraoka Daisuke
Chapter 16
Changes in the Coastal Ecotone along the Sanriku Coastline after the GEJE and Tsunami of March 2011
Teruhisa Komatsu, Shuji Sasa, Masahiro Hamana, Shingo Sakamaoto, Genki Terauchi, Ryou Tsujimoto and Tetsuo Yanagi
Chapter 17
Reconstruction and Restoration after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami -Tohoku Ecosystem-Associated Marine Sciences Project Activities
Akihiro Kijima, Kazuhiro Kogure, Hiroshi Kitazato and Katsunori Fujikura
Chapter 18
The Coastal Environment and the Reconstruction Process after GEJE—A Few Notes
V. Santaigo-Fandino and Eric Mas
Part V. Farming and Restoration
Chapter 19
Impact of the 2011 Tohoku-oki Earthquake Tsunami on Cultivated Soil in Miyagi Prefecture, Northeastern Japan: An Overview
Hitoshi Kanno
Chapter 20
The Regional Structure and Farming Resumption in a Tsunami-affected Community -The Case Study of Otomo and Hirota Districts in Rikuzentakata City—Iwate Prefecture
Toshihiro Hattori, Natsuki Shimizu and Akemi Saito
Chapter 21
Tohoku University Rapeseed Project for Restoring Tsunami-Salt-Damaged Farmland:Was the Wisdom of Agricultural Science Utilized for the Restoration?
Nakai Y, Nishio T, Kitashiba H, Nanzyo M, Saito M, Ito T, Omura M and Kanayama Y.
Part VI. Coastal Engineering, Structures and Hazards
Chapter 22
The Yamamoto Coast over Five Years: the Reconstruction of an Embankment with Tsunami-induced Embayment
Vo Cong Hoang, Hitoshi Tanaka, Yuta Mitobe, Keiko Udo and Akira Mano
Chapter 23
Challenges in Reconstruction and Strategies for Prevention and Mitigation of Coastal Disasters Five Years after the GEJE
Yoshimitsu Tajima
Chapter 24
Formation of Breaking Bores in Fukushima Prefecture due to the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami—A Comprehensive Study Five Years after
Sato Shinji and Ohkuma Shohei
Chapter 25
The Role of Tsunami Engineering in Building Resilient Communities and Issues to Be Improved after the GEJE
Fumihiko Imamura, Anawat Suppasri, Shosuke Sato and Kei Yamashita
Part VII. Coastal Modelling and Hazards Prediction
Chapter 26
Evolution of Numerical Modeling as a Tool for Predicting Tsunami-induced Morphological Changes in Coastal Areas: A review Since the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake
Daisuke Sugawara
Chapter 27
Nobuhito Mori, Katsuichiro Goda and Daniel Cox
