Evolution of Japan's flood control planning and policy in response to climate change risks and social changes

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ID21697341
AuthorsToshio Koike (0009-0005-7787-7868, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM), Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), 1-6, Minamihara, Tsukuba 305-8516, Japan, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume23
IssueS1
Pages77-84
Publication date2021-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWater Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1366-7017 • E-ISSN: 1996-9759
PublisherIWA Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2166/wp.2021.287
OpenAlexW4200246403
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited1

Building a sustainable society by strengthening disaster resilience is a common goal in the world. It is crucial to promote cooperation between the general public and the science community by sharing data, information, knowledge, experiences, and ideas. Japan has routinely been beset by catastrophic floods caused mainly by destructive typhoons and critically active seasonal fronts. With the turn of the 21st century, changes in climate and society required additional realignment into the standardized procedures that had evolved over the previous half-century. Japan's new policy, ‘River Basin Disaster Resilience and Sustainability by All,’ takes comprehensive measures, mainly consisting of flood prevention, exposure reduction, and appropriate evacuation, response and recovery, aiming to strengthen disaster resilience and achieve sustainability through concerted efforts among all stakeholders. The policy can play a key role in the achievement of the common global goal

Business · Climate change · Community resilience · Economics · Emergency management · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Flood control · Flood myth · Geography · Political science · Psychological resilience · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Typhoon · Engineering · Flood Risk Assessment and Management

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