Tohoku Recovery

Rajib Shaw is a Professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University, Japan.  He worked closely with the local communities, NGOs, governments and international organization, including United Nations, especially in the Asian countries.  He is currently the Chair of the United Nations Asia Regional Task Force for Urban Risk Reduction, and the President of Asian University Network of Environment and Disaster Management (AUEDM). His research interests are: community based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education.  He has published several books in the field of disaster and environmental management. He is also the Chief Editor of Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster Management.

• Tohoku Recovery: Reflections on Some Key Lessons.- Role of International NGO in an unprecedented disaster in Japan.- The Situation and Challenges of Recovery of Fishing Industries in Tohoku region.- Regional Comparison of Temporary Housing Construction Processes after the 20111 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.- Lessons of Health Sector Recovery on Tohoku disaster.- Temples and Shrines as Contemporary Shelters that Support Evacuees: The Great East Japan Earthquake and Regional Heritage Grounded in the Local Environment.- Sharing lessons from the Great East Japan and Tsunami with the World.- Recovery after Sanriku Tsunamis in 1896 and 1933, and Transition of Housing Location before 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.- Identifying elements for School Based Recovery and Disaster Resilient Community Building in Japan.- Community Recovery in Tsunami-Affected Area: Lessons from Minami-Kesennuma.- Establishment and sustainability of emergency radio in Tohoku: Implications and Key lessons.- Recovery in Fukushima from integrated disasters.- Impacts of East-Japan’s disaster on production of a small-medium cardboard manufacturer in Fukushima