TY  - BOOK
AU  - Takashima,Tetsuo
TI  - Megaquake: how Japan and the world should respond 
SN  - 9781612346656
AV  - HV551 .M443 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Lincoln
PB  - Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press
KW  - Disaster management
KW  - Japan
KW  - Earthquakes
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - Economic assistance
KW  - Technical assistance
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Social control
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Emergency management
KW  - International cooperation
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover --; Contents --; Translator's Foreword --; Introduction --; 1. A Megaquake in Tokyo --; 2. Problems That Will Emerge Following a Megaquake --; 3. Trench-Type Megaquakes --; 4. Tsunamis --; 5. Disaster Prevention and Reduction --; 6. What the Government of Japan Is Doing Now and Should Continue to Do in the Future --; Conclusion --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Index --; A --; B --; C --; D --; E --; F --; G --; H --; I --; J --; K --; L --; M --; N --; O --; P --; R --; S --; T --; U --; W --; Y; 2; b
N2  - In March 2011 a magnitude 9 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of northern Japan, triggering a massive tsunami and damaging a nearby nuclear reactor. Nearly twenty thousand people were killed or went missing, and many areas have yet to rebuild. Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond, by the prolific and award-winning writer Tetsuo Takashima five years before this disaster, appears here for the first time in English. This edition of Megaquake has been updated with additional information, including a new chapter coauthored by Robert D. Eldridge, translator and one of the key Am
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