Inventory of the Japanese disaster research literature in the social and behavioral sciences.

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Yamamoto, Yasumasa

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TextLanguage: ENG Series: Book and monograph series (University of Delaware. Disaster Research Center) ; No 19Publication details: 1984Description: 208pReport number: AcademicSubject: Disaster researchSubject: Disaster responseSubject: EarthquakesSubject: ReviewsSubject: This inventory has two sections. The first section provides three lists: (1) a list of the 62 Japanese social and behavioural science publications on the topic of disasters written through 1981. The items listed constitute the bulk of the empirically based literature produced in Japan; (2) a list of 39 English language writings by Japanese researchers; (3) a list of 16 non-social science but disaster relevant sources which would be of value for anyone planning to do field work on Japanese disasters. English language translations are provided for the Japanese titles which are only a fraction of this kind of literature avaiable. The second section of the inventory provides information and an abstract of the 62 Japanese publications in the first list. For each empirical report the following is presented: title, author(s), publisher and year, type of disaster agent, date of occurrence, location of event, casualties and damage in the situation, date of study and methodology used, and detailed hypotheses and findings

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This inventory has two sections. The first section provides three lists: (1) a list of the 62 Japanese social and behavioural science publications on the topic of disasters written through 1981. The items listed constitute the bulk of the empirically based literature produced in Japan; (2) a list of 39 English language writings by Japanese researchers; (3) a list of 16 non-social science but disaster relevant sources which would be of value for anyone planning to do field work on Japanese disasters. English language translations are provided for the Japanese titles which are only a fraction of this kind of literature avaiable. The second section of the inventory provides information and an abstract of the 62 Japanese publications in the first list. For each empirical report the following is presented: title, author(s), publisher and year, type of disaster agent, date of occurrence, location of event, casualties and damage in the situation, date of study and methodology used, and detailed hypotheses and findings

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