Disaster Management Plans
Following its devastating experience with recent disasters, Japan has been strengthening or drawing up new disaster management plans at the national and local levels. The Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) revealed a number of weaknesses in planning for complex and extraordinary disasters. Central and local governments have been revising their plans to reflect what they learned from the GEJE. Japan's disaster management system addresses all phases of disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness, and emergency response, as well as recovery and rehabilitation. It specifies the roles and responsibilities of national and local governments, and enlists the cooperation of relevant stakeholders in both the public and private sectors. Following the GEJE, assessments have been made of the capacity of existing disaster risk management (DRM) planning systems to prepare for and react to large-scale disasters. This report gives findings; lessons; and recommendations for developing countries. Revisions have been proposed, based on the lessons learned on March 11.
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012-09
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| Subjects: | CONTINGENCY PLANS, DISASTER, DISASTER EMERGENCY, DISASTER MANAGEMENT, DISASTER PREVENTION, DISASTER REDUCTION, DISASTER RISK, DISASTERS, EARLY WARNING, EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS, EARTHQUAKE, EARTHQUAKES, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, EVACUATION, EVACUATIONS, FIRE, FIRE FIGHTING, FLOOD, GAS, IMPACT EVENTS, LAND USE, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, MUNICIPALITIES, NATURAL DISASTERS, PUBLIC UTILITIES, RADIATION, RECONSTRUCTION, RELIEF, RELIEF ACTIVITIES, RESCUE, RISK REDUCTION, SAFETY, TSUNAMI, TSUNAMIS, TYPHOON, TYPHOONS, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/18023985/disaster-management-plans https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16150 |
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| Summary: | Following its devastating experience
with recent disasters, Japan has been strengthening or
drawing up new disaster management plans at the national and
local levels. The Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE)
revealed a number of weaknesses in planning for complex and
extraordinary disasters. Central and local governments have
been revising their plans to reflect what they learned from
the GEJE. Japan's disaster management system addresses
all phases of disaster prevention, mitigation and
preparedness, and emergency response, as well as recovery
and rehabilitation. It specifies the roles and
responsibilities of national and local governments, and
enlists the cooperation of relevant stakeholders in both the
public and private sectors. Following the GEJE, assessments
have been made of the capacity of existing disaster risk
management (DRM) planning systems to prepare for and react
to large-scale disasters. This report gives findings;
lessons; and recommendations for developing countries.
Revisions have been proposed, based on the lessons learned
on March 11. |
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