Open AccessRealization of Resilient Society with Information Technology Revolution
Author(s) -
K. Iwatsuki,
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.p0622
Subject(s) - viewpoints , information revolution , civilization , natural disaster , information society , industrial revolution , agricultural revolution , key (lock) , sustainable development , information technology , natural (archaeology) , sociology , architectural engineering , environmental ethics , engineering , computer security , political science , computer science , agriculture , law , history , art , philosophy , physics , archaeology , meteorology , visual arts
In this paper, we describe the key concept for realizing “Resilient Society” which would enable sustainable development by enhancing the capacity of resistance and restoration of society against natural disaster. Going on three revolutions, the Agricultural Revolution, the Industrial Revolution and the Information Technology Revolution - that have triggered significant paradigm shifts in the society, we survey the innovations having changed civilization from the viewpoints of energy and information, and consider the impacts of innovations in society from some examples. We point out that the key concept to realizing the Resilient Society resistant to natural disaster is “distributed autonomous cooperation.”