The Era of Great Disasters - 9780472054671

The Era of Great DisastersJapan and Its Three Major Earthquakes\nAuthor(s): Makoto Iokibe\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472054671, 978-0472054671\nSynopsis\nThe Era of Great Disasters examines modern disaster response in Japan, from the changing earthquake preparations and regulations, to immediate emergency procedures from the national, prefectural, and city levels, and finally the evolving efforts of rebuilding and preparing for the next great disaster in the hopes of minimizing their tragic effects. This book focuses on three major earthquakes from Japans modern history. The first is the 1923 Great Kant? Earthquake, which struck the capital region. The second is the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, affecting the area between Kobe and Osaka. The third is the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the magnitude [url] quake that struck off the Pacific coast of the T?hoku region, c.