From JCIE

Reports & Books of Interest

• An Emerging Fukushima Model? (Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, May 13, 2013)—In this report, Andrew Dewit discusses Japan’s plans to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm near Fukushima in reconstructing the disaster-hit region.

•  Lessons and Recommendations from Japanese Civil Society for the Post 2015 DRR Framework (May 2013)—This document presented at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva, Switzerland, summarizes the recommendations provided by Japanese civil society organizations based on the lessons learned from their humanitarian responses to the triple disaster. 

• Private Sector Strengths Applied: Good Practices in Disaster Risk Reduction from Japan (2013)—Fourteen case studies on the corporate responses to the Tohoku disaster are included in this document presented by the UNISDR Hyogo Office and Kokusai Kogyo to highlight the potential role of the private sector in the disaster risk reduction.