Open AccessStrategic Disaster Reduction Planning with Government Stakeholder Collaboration - A Case Study in Nara and Kyoto, Japan
Author(s) -
Norio Maki,
Keiko Tamura,
H. Hayashi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2010.p0543
Subject(s) - stakeholder , resilience (materials science) , metropolitan area , business , government (linguistics) , disaster risk reduction , environmental planning , strategic planning , emergency management , local government , order (exchange) , reduction strategy , environmental resource management , economic growth , public administration , finance , political science , geography , public relations , economics , marketing , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , physics , archaeology , thermodynamics , programming language
Japan’s central government sets strategic disaster reduction goals against mega earthquake disasters such as the Tokai-Tonankai-Nankai, and Tokyo metropolitan area earthquakes. These goals focus on mortality and economic loss, and many other local governments are now working on their own related plans. In order to accomplish national goals of disaster reduction, efforts by local stakeholders to build community resilience are, in fact, indispensable. So it is necessary to develop disaster reduction planning schemes involving both local and national stakeholders in order to comply with national disaster reduction goals. This paper discusses strategic disaster reduction planning with stakeholder involvement. Case studies were done in the Nara and Kyoto prefectural governments.