Multifunctional Structures

Public facilities and infrastructure can be built in such a way as to reduce disaster risks and serve as disaster risk management facilities. Roads, expressways, and other public facilities helped reduce damage and loss in the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) by providing protection against flooding and by serving as evacuation routes and base stations for emergency operations. Organizations for disaster management and other public sector organizations should coordinate to ensure that their public works are multifunctional whenever possible; and cost-sharing mechanism should be developed to ensure that the financial burden is shared equitably. This report gives findings; lessons; and recommendations for developing countries.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Sagara, Junko
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-09
Subjects:	BRIDGES, DISASTER, DISASTER MANAGEMENT, DISASTER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, DISASTER REDUCTION, DISASTER RISK, DISASTER RISKS, EARTHQUAKE, EARTHQUAKES, EMBANKMENT, EMBANKMENTS, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, EMERGENCY RELIEF, EMERGENCY SUPPORT, EVACUATION, EVACUATION ROUTES, EVACUEES, EXPRESSWAYS, FINANCIAL BURDEN, FLOODED, FLOODING, FLOODS, FUEL, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAYS, LANDSLIDES, MAIN ROAD, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, MUDFLOWS, PARKING, PARKING AREAS, POLICE, PUBLIC WORKS, RAILWAYS, RELIEF MATERIALS, RESCUE, RESCUE TEAM, RESCUE TEAMS, ROADS, ROUTE, SERVICE STATIONS, SHARING, STRUCTURES, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORTATION, TSUNAMI, TSUNAMIS, TYPHOONS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/18023846/multifunctional-structures https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16161
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