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The Great East Japan Earthquake--Learning from Megadisasters : Knowledge Notes, Executive Summary

The Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) was the first disaster ever recorded that included an earthquake, a tsunami, a nuclear power plant accident, a power supply failure, and a large-scale disruption of supply chains. On March 11, 2011 earthquake...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCIDENT ARCHITECTS BABIES BASIC BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BROADCASTING BUILDING CODE BUILDING CODES BUILDING DAMAGE BUILDING LOTS CASUALTIES CASUALTY CITIES CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS DAMAGES DEVASTATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DISASTER DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER AWARENESS DISASTER INFORMATION DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTERS DISSEMINATION EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEM EARLY WARNINGS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE TREMORS EARTHQUAKES ELDERLY EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS EMERGENCY OPERATIONS EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMERGENCY RESPONSES EMERGENCY SUPPLIES EMERGENCY TEAMS EVACUATION EVACUATIONS EVACUEES EXTREME EVENTS FIRES FLOODED FLOODING FOOD DISTRIBUTION FUTURE GENERATIONS GENDER SENSITIVITY GENERATORS GEOLOGICAL STUDIES GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT POLICIES HISTORICAL EVIDENCE HISTORICAL RECORDS HOTELS HUMAN LIFE IMPACT EVENT INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INFORMED DECISIONS INSURANCE INSURANCE INDUSTRY INSURERS INTERNATIONAL RELIEF INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AGENCIES JOB CREATION KNOWLEDGE BASE LAND OWNERSHIP LAND-USE PLANNING LEARNING LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATION LITERATURE LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MATERNAL CARE MEDICINE MENTAL HEALTH NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL PLAN NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NONSTRUCTURAL MEASURES PARADIGM SHIFT PHYSICAL DAMAGE PRACTITIONERS PRIVATE INSURANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF LIFE RADIO RADIO STATIONS RECONSTRUCTION RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS RECOVERY OPERATIONS RELIEF ACTIVITIES RELIEF EFFORT RESCUE RESCUES RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESTAURANTS RISK ASSESSMENT SAFETY SAFETY NETS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOLS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPLY CHAINS SUPPLY NETWORKS TEMPLES TEMPORARY HOUSING TOURISM TOURISM INDUSTRY TRADITION TRANSPORTATION TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS TWINNING URBAN AREAS URBAN PLANNING VICTIMS VULNERABLE GROUPS WARNING SYSTEMS WORLD HISTORY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/17985432/great-east-japan-earthquake-learning-megadisasters http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17107

The Great East Japan Earthquake--Learning from Megadisasters : Knowledge Notes, Executive Summary

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