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Agricultural and Forestry Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake : Tsunami, Radioactive, and Reputational Damages.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monma, Toshiyuki.
Other Authors: Goto, Itsuo., Hayashi, Takahisa., Tachiya, Hidekiyo., Ohsawa, Kanju.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan, 2015.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Tokyo University of Agriculture's Philosophy and the East Japan Assistance Project
  • Introduction
  • Outline of the Project
  • Foreword I
  • Foreword II
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Part I: The Road to Reconstruction from the Tsunami and Radioactive Contamination: Two and a Half Years On
  • Chapter 1: Dealing with Disasters of Unprecedented Magnitude: The Local Government's Tribulations and the Road to Reconstruction
  • 1.1 Siege Conditions (March 24, 2011)
  • 1.2 Mayoral Address to City Government Employees (March 22, 2011)
  • 1.3 Soma's Reconstruction Plan (June 12, 2011)
  • 1.4 Haragama Morning Market (August 18, 2011)
  • 1.5 Assistance from Tokyo University of Agriculture (March 11, 2013)
  • 1.6 The Wada Strawberry Farm Agricultural Corporation (March 11, 2013)
  • Chapter 2: Tokyo University of Agriculture East Japan Assistance Project Assisting with Reconstruction: Guiding Principles, Planning, and Propagation of Benefits
  • 2.1 The Launch of the East Japan Assistance Project
  • 2.1.1 Initiatives to Support Disaster Zones and Students Affected by the Disasters
  • 2.1.2 Our Desire to Help the Regions That Had Sustained Tsunami Damage and Radioactive Contamination, and the Launch of the Project
  • 2.2 The East Japan Assistance Project Gets Under Way
  • 2.2.1 Why Soma Was Chosen for the Project
  • 2.2.2 The First Comprehensive Surveys and the Initial Shock
  • 2.2.2.1 Research Collaboration with Fukushima Prefecture
  • 2.2.2.2 Soma's Challenges and the University's Initiatives
  • 2.2.2.3 Shock During Our On-Site Surveys
  • 2.2.3 Project Structure
  • 2.3 Start of Initiatives and Initial Research Outcomes
  • 2.3.1 Student Volunteers
  • 2.3.2 Farming Team
  • 2.3.2.1 Investigating the Extent of Agricultural Damage and the Preconditions for Resumption of Farming.
  • 2.3.2.2 Agricultural Recovery Association Activities: Characteristics and Challenges
  • Purpose of the Research and Survey Method
  • Overview of Survey Results
  • 2.3.3 Soil Fertilization Team
  • 2.3.3.1 Recovering the Strawberry Greenhouses
  • 2.3.3.2 Method Used to Recover Tsunami-Damaged Paddy Fields
  • 2.3.3.3 Method Used to Recover Farmland Contaminated by Radioactivity
  • 2.3.4 Forest Recovery Team
  • 2.4 Success at the First Local Briefing Session Boosts Recovery Initiatives
  • 2.4.1 The Importance of Local Briefing Sessions
  • 2.4.1.1 Anxiety and Success at the Local Briefing Session
  • 2.5 Fiscal 2012 Recovery Assistance Initiatives
  • 2.5.1 Successful Rice Harvest from Seriously Tsunami-­Damaged Paddy Fields
  • 2.5.2 Farming Assistance for Newly Established Agricultural Corporations
  • 2.5.3 Developing a Monitoring System to Aid Recovery Following Radioactive Contamination
  • 2.5.4 Identifying and Counteracting Reputational Damage
  • 2.5.5 Investigating Methods for Inhibiting Absorption of Radionuclide
  • 2.5.6 Forest Reconstruction Initiatives
  • 2.5.7 The Fiscal 2012 Local Briefing Sessions
  • 2.6 Course of Action in Fiscal 2013
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Characteristics of the Agricultural and Forestry Industries in the Soma Area and Damage Sustained as a Result of the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • 3.1 Characteristics of the Agricultural and Forestry Industries in the Soma Area Before the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • 3.1.1 Characteristics of the Soma Area
  • 3.1.2 Characteristics of the Agricultural and Forestry Industries in the Soma Area
  • 3.1.3 Changes in Farming and Forestry Entities and Output
  • 3.2 Damage to the Soma Area's Agricultural and Forestry Industries as a Result of the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • 3.2.1 Loss of Life and Agricultural Damage Caused by the Tsunami.
  • 3.2.2 Contamination from Radionuclides in the City of Soma and Its Effects on Agriculture and Forestry
  • 3.2.3 Effects on Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Products
  • Bibliography
  • Part II: Reconstruction from Tsunami Damage
  • Chapter 4: Reconstruction Support for the Farmland Struck by Tsunami
  • 4.1 Conditions Observed in Soma's Post-tsunami Farmland and Basic Aims of Reconstruction Initiatives
  • 4.1.1 Reconstruction Support Starting May 2011
  • 4.1.2 Classification of Post-tsunami Farmlands Based on the First Field Survey
  • 4.1.3 Properties of Tsunami Sediment Accumulated on the Surface of Tsunami-Hit Farmlands
  • 4.2 Reconstruction Support Policy for Post-tsunami Farmlands
  • 4.2.1 Mix Soil Layers Without Removing Tsunami Sediment
  • 4.2.2 Use Converter Slag as Lime Material to Remove Salt
  • 4.3 Reconstruction Support for Restart of Strawberry Cultivation
  • 4.3.1 Just in Time
  • 4.3.2 There Is No Better Salt-Remover than Rain
  • 4.3.3 A Discriminating Approach to Restart of Strawberry Cultivation by Soil
  • 4.4 Rejuvenating Green Manure: Also Used in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture
  • 4.5 Taking on the Challenge of Planting "Soma Revival Rice"
  • 4.5.1 Weeds in Salt-Damaged Paddies Convince the Farmers
  • 4.5.2 Soil Acidification Within the Expected Range
  • 4.5.3 Fields of Golden Rice Plants After a 2-Year Hiatus
  • 4.5.4 The Highest Safety Standards for "Soma Revival Rice"
  • 4.6 The Soma Project Expands Use of the Soma Method
  • 4.6.1 The Project Launches
  • 4.6.2 The Project Gets Under Way
  • Chapter 5: Tsunami Damage to Farming Operations and the New Generation of Farmers and Farm Management
  • 5.1 Damage to Key Farmers' Operations, Farmers' Inclination to Resume Farming, and Factors Inhibiting Resumption of Farming
  • 5.1.1 Assessment of Damage to Farming Operations, and Survey Targeting Resumption of Farming.
  • 5.1.2 Inclination to Farm in Future and Associated Factors
  • 5.2 Activities of Regional Agricultural Recovery Associations: Characteristics and Evaluation
  • 5.2.1 Scheme to Subsidize Resumption of Farming Activities and Regional Agricultural Recovery Associations
  • 5.2.2 Survey on Recovery Association Activities in Soma City and Issues Faced
  • 5.2.3 Recovery Associations and Their Activities According to Level of Tsunami Damage
  • 5.2.3.1 Classifying Tsunami Damage Level
  • 5.2.3.2 Features of Recovery Association Activities by Tsunami Damage Level
  • 5.2.4 The Recovery Assistance Project: Challenges and Optimal Implementation Method
  • 5.3 Impetus for the Formation of Agricultural Corporations and Process of Incorporation
  • 5.3.1 Background of Agricultural Corporations in Soma
  • 5.3.2 Features of the Three Agricultural Corporations
  • 5.3.2.1 Iitoyo Farm LLC
  • 5.3.2.2 Iwanoko Farm LLC
  • 5.3.2.3 Agrifood Iibuchi LLC
  • 5.4 Local Farmers' Expectations and Demands of the Agricultural Corporations
  • 5.4.1 Survey Background and Method for Iitoyo Farm
  • 5.4.2 Farming Before and After the Disasters and Changes in the Farmers' Inclination to Farm
  • 5.4.3 Management of the Iitoyo Farm by the Region's Farmers
  • 5.4.4 Agricultural Corporations in the Disaster Zones: Potential and Expectations
  • 5.5 The Strawberry Farm Corporation: Characteristics of Activities and Future Strategy
  • 5.5.1 Overview of the Wada District's Strawberry-Producing Area
  • 5.5.2 Events Leading to the Establishment of the Corporation
  • 5.5.3 Overview of Events Leading to Construction of the Greenhouses and Their Management
  • 5.5.4 Discussion of Incorporation Initiative in the Wada District
  • 5.6 Recovery Based on Agricultural Corporations: Future Direction and Issues
  • 5.6.1 Agriculture in Tsunami-Stricken Areas of Soma and Its Features.
  • 5.6.2 Recovery Based on Incorporation: Future Direction and Strategy
  • 5.6.3 Agricultural Recovery Based on Incorporation: Issues
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Presenting a Model for the Revival of Rural Communities in Japan's Disaster Zones
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Agricultural Revival and Workshops in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture
  • 6.2.1 Agricultural Revival Workshops
  • 6.2.2 Overview of Results of Agricultural Workshops
  • 6.3 Topographic Analysis and Community Development Using an MMS (Mobile Mapping System)
  • 6.3.1 What Is MMS?
  • 6.3.2 Details of Survey Process
  • 6.3.3 Survey Results (Changes in Ground Topography)
  • 6.4 Summary
  • Chapter 7: Contributing to Restoration of Tidal Flats in Miyagi Prefecture's Moune Bay Following the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
  • 7.1 The Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on the Sanriku Coast
  • 7.2 Moune Bay and the NPO Mori wa Umi no Koibito
  • 7.3 The Role of the Tokyo University of Agriculture Team
  • 7.4 Asari Clams
  • 7.5 Other Benthos
  • 7.6 Development of Monitoring Techniques
  • 7.7 Future Challenges and Actions
  • Part III: Reconstruction from Radioactive Contamination
  • Chapter 8: Initiatives by the Soil Fertilization Team to Develop Agricultural Technologies for Paddy Fields with Radioactive Contamination
  • 8.1 Countermeasure for the Amelioration of Paddy Fields with Radioactive Contamination Jointly with Minamisoma Farmers
  • 8.1.1 Radioactive Concentration of Paddy Field on Which a Test Planting of Rice Was Carried Out
  • 8.1.2 Application of Zeolite, Layer Mixing, and Soil Reversion
  • 8.1.3 Test Planting of Rice
  • 8.1.3.1 Application of Zeolite and Potassium Fertilizer to Inhibit Absorption of Radiocesium
  • 8.1.3.2 Radioactive Concentration of Rice (Brown Rice and Straw).
  • 8.1.3.3 Investigating the Mechanism of Zeolite from the Yield and Taste Rating of Brown Rice.

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