Role and functions of local communities in earthquake rescue, shelter administration and reconstruction / Nobuhiko Iwasaki.
Material type: TextPublication details: [S.l : s.n.], 2000Description: p. 111-119DDC classification:- 363.34950952 21
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Reprinted from: International journal of Japanese sociology, no. 9 (2000)
Spiral bound
Includes bibliography (p. 118-119)
Major conditions of mitigation during earthquake disasters are quake-proof built-environment, administrative ability for crisis management and mutual aid functions of local communities. This article focuses on local communities that played a role in helping victim residents in the Great Hanshin Earthquake. In Japan chonai-kais are organized in almost all areas as basic associations of local communities. The functions of three levels of community were explored: neighbourhoods, chonai-kais and precincts
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