Resilient policies in Asian cities : adaptation to climate change and natural disasters

Resilient policies in Asian cities : adaptation to climate change and natural disasters / Mitsuru Tanaka, Kenshi Baba, editors.

This book presents a comprehensive framework and indicators that can be used to assess a city's degree of resilience. Based on surveys using bottom-up assessment tools, it proposes the concept, framework and indicators of a resilient policy model (including some participatory approaches). It al...

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Other Authors: Tanaka, Mitsuru (Editor), Baba, Kenshi (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer, [2020]
Subjects:
Emergency management > Japan.
Organizational resilience > Japan.
Emergency management
Organizational resilience
Japan
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Preface; Contents; Part I: Perspectives; Chapter 1: A Framework and Indicators of Resilience; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Methodology; 1.3 Framework of Resilience; 1.3.1 Various Definitions of Resilience; 1.3.2 Various Definitions of Resilient City; 1.3.3 The Risk in the Context of Environmental Policy in Japan; 1.3.4 Definition and Scope of Resilience; 1.3.5 Policy Model, Status Report, and Scenario; 1.4 Indicators of Measuring Resilience; 1.4.1 Administrative Indicators/Civil Indicators; 1.4.2 Urban Indicators; 1.5 Characteristics of This Book's "Resilience"; References
  • Chapter 2: Assessment of City Resilience Using Urban Indicators in Japanese Cities2.1 Importance of Assessing City Resilience Assessed by Public Statistical Information; 2.2 Case Study 1: Assessment of the Recovery Process After a Devastating Earthquake in Kobe, Japan; 2.2.1 Kobe and the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake; 2.2.2 The CASBEE-City Comprehensive City Assessment Tool; 2.2.3 Assessment Results of Recovery Process Utilizing CASBEE-City; 2.3 Case Study 2: Assessing Resilience of Major Cities in Japan; 2.3.1 Urban Indicators for Assessing City Resilience
  • 2.3.2 Resilience Assessment of Major Cities in Japan2.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Civil Indicator: General Public's Cognitive Structure of Policies for Making Resilient Cities; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Methodology; 3.3 Results and Observations; 3.3.1 Perceptions of Risk; 3.3.2 Assessment of Vulnerability; 3.3.3 Evaluation of Anticipated Situations to Be Avoided; 3.3.4 Evaluation of Acceptability of Resilience Measures; 3.3.5 Examining the Cognitive Structure; 3.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Civil Indicator: The Resilience Index of Regional Communities to the Risks of Disasters
  • 4.1 Introduction4.1.1 Background of This Research; 4.1.2 Purpose of This Research; 4.2 Procedure; 4.2.1 Overview of Survey; 4.2.2 Composition of Questionnaire; 4.3 Results; 4.3.1 Commitment of Respondents to Region of Residence; 4.3.2 Expectations of Crisis Events in Daily Life and Understanding of Vulnerabilities in Regional Society; 4.3.3 Evaluation of Disaster Risk in Regional Society; 4.3.4 Overall Indicators for Each Region; 4.4 Conclusion; 4.4.1 Summary and Discussion; 4.4.2 Future Tasks; References
  • Chapter 5: Administrative Indicator: Local Officials' Cognitive Structure of Policies for Making Resilient Cities5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Methodology; 5.3 Results and Observations; 5.3.1 Perceptions of Risk; 5.3.2 Assessment of Vulnerabilities; 5.3.3 Evaluation of Anticipated Situations to Be Avoided; 5.3.4 Evaluation of Preparation and Implementation of Resilience Measures; 5.3.5 Examining the Cognitive Structure; 5.3.6 Exploring Other Cognitive Structures in Each Department
  • 5.3.6.1 Factor Analysis Conducted for Risk Perception, Evaluation of Vulnerabilities and Situations to Be Avoided, and the Number of Resilience Measures Prepared and Implemented.

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