Session Information

• Build back better
• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Disaster Awareness

Outline

As the number of diverse and severe disasters increases, it is necessary to build a resilient society that can recover and rebuild flexibly while reducing damage. In the reconstruction efforts following the Great East Japan Earthquake, the slogan “better reconstruction” has been used to call for the recovery of not only the hard infrastructure such as social infrastructure facilities, but also the local economy for the restoration of people's connections, livelihoods, and lives.
In this session, we will look back on the recovery process in the Tohoku region, which is now 14 years on from the disaster, and the experiences and lessons learned, with a focus on the connections we have with our communities, such as our neighbors and the organizations we belong to. We will also discuss the lessons we can learn from the Noto region, which is now heading towards recovery, and the areas in the Nankai Trough earthquake warning zone.