Open AccessDevelopments of Tools to Survive the Disasters – Civil Empowerment of “Zest for Living in Disaster” –
Author(s) -
Shosuke Sato,
Fumihiko Imamura,
Muneki Yasuda,
Motoaki Sugiura,
Rui Nouchi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2016.p0443
Subject(s) - zest , empowerment , resilience (materials science) , disaster risk reduction , emergency management , engineering , forensic engineering , civil engineering , political science , environmental planning , psychology , geography , law , social psychology , physics , thermodynamics
This paper introduces practical efforts to reduce local disasters in the “Project on civil empowerment for ‘zest for life during a disaster’” undertaken by the authors and the three projects that have been developed and implemented thus far: “Pocket Notebook and Handbook for Family’s Disaster Resilience (MINNA-NO-BOSAI TECHO),” “Pocket Notebook and Handbook for Boys and Girls Disaster Resilience (BOKU-NO-WATASHI-NO-BOSAI TECHO),” and “SENDAI CAMP (BOSAI CAMP).” These activities were reported on a public forum in the third UN World Congress on Disaster Reduction, where the importance of involving all citizens in disaster reduction and prevention through projects was recognized in a comprehensive discussion.