Name: Rethinking Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation in a Time of Change
ISBN: 978-3-319-50171-0

Editors:

Wanglin Yan⁰,
Will Galloway¹

Wanglin Yan
1. Fac Envr Info Stud/Grad Schl Media & Gov, Keio University Fac Envr Info Stud/Grad Schl Media & Gov, Fujisawa, Japan
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Will Galloway
1. Grad School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Grad School of Media and Governance, Fujisawa, Japan
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Presents numerous articles revealing the Japanese perspective on resilience and the 2011 disaster
Includes a multidisciplinary collection which gives a broad understanding of resilience in practice
Provides a snapshot of current practice which underlines the gap between theory and practice with examples of real challenges faced in building resilience
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xv

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Introduction
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. Understanding Change Through the Lens of Resilience
  
  Wanglin Yan, Will Galloway
  
  Pages 3-20
Recognizing Vulnerability
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 21-22
  
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2. Japan After March 11th 2011: Between Swift Reconstruction and Sustainable Restructuring
  
  Christian Dimmer
  
  Pages 23-40
3. Climate Change Vulnerability of Olive Oil Groves in Dry Areas of Tunisia: Case Study in the Governorate of Médenine
  
  Mohamed Ouessar
  
  Pages 41-52
4. The Vehicle Transportation Problem in the Megacity São Paulo (Brazil)
  
  Renato Cesar Sato, Luciana Ferreira da Silva
  
  Pages 53-63
5. Disasters and Their Impacts on Air Quality in the Human Living Environment
  
  Yoshika Sekine, Naohide Shinohara
  
  Pages 65-71
6. Vulnerability of Pastoral Social-Ecological Systems in Mongolia
  
  T. Chuluun, M. Altanbagana, Dennis Ojima, R. Tsolmon, B. Suvdantsetseg
  
  Pages 73-88
Awareness and Preparedness for Change
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 89-90
  
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2. The Importance of Information Availability for Climate Change Preparedness in the Cultural Heritage Sector: A Comparison Between the UK and Japan
  
  Matthew Jones
  
  Pages 91-109
3. Anticipating Environmental Change in Development Planning for the Archipelago of Indonesia
  
  Abimanyu Takdir Alamsyah
  
  Pages 111-126
4. Institutional and Technical Innovation in Pakistan for Resilience to Extreme Climate Events
  
  Pervaiz Amir
  
  Pages 127-139
5. Development of an International Institutional Framework for Climate Adaptation and Practice in Adaptation Planning in Developing Countries
  
  Makoto Kato
  
  Pages 141-153
6. Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation Products and Services by Japanese Companies with Base-of-the-Economic-Pyramid (BoP) Businesses
  
  Tokutaro Hiramoto
  
  Pages 155-163
7. Systems Established for Reconstruction After the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the Current Situation on the Ground
  
  Sosuke Tanaka
  
  Pages 165-171
Tools and Methods for Building Resiliency
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 173-174
  
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2. Developing an ICT-Based Toolbox for Resilient Capacity Building: Challenges, Obstacles and Approaches
  
  Qian Ye, Xiaobing Hu, Zhangang Han
  
  Pages 175-190
3. Development of Tools to Assess Vulnerability to Climate Change in South Asia
  
  Upali Imbulana
  
  Pages 191-197
4. Development Plan as a Tool to Improve the Disaster Resilience of Urban Areas
  
  Ranjith Perera, Dzul Khaimi bin Khailani
  
  Pages 199-221

About this book

This book contributes to the literature on resilience, hazard planning, risk management, environmental policy and design, presenting articles that focus on building resilience through social and technical means. Bringing together contributions from Japanese authors, the book also offers a rare English-language glimpse into current policy and practice in Japan since the 2011 Tohoku disaster. The growth of resilience as a common point of contact for fields as disparate as economics, architecture and population politics reflects a shared concern about our capacity to cope with and adapt to change.

The ability to bounce back from hardship and disaster is essential to all of our futures. Yet, if such ability is to be sustainable, and not rely on a “brute force” response, innovation will need to become a core practice for policymakers and on-the-ground responders alike.

The book offers a valuable reference guide for graduate students, researchers and policy analysts who are looking for a holistic but practical approach to resilience planning.

Keywords

Resilience
Resilience Thinking
Adaptation Theory
Adaptation Practice
Community Resilience
Rapid Change
Creeping Change
Emerging Economies
Shrinking Society
Sustainable Development
Disaster Preparation
Disaster Reconstruction
Managing Uncertainty
Information and Communication
Vulnerability Mapping
Energy Issues
Fukushima
Decentralized Energy
Alternative Urban Planning Practice
climate change

Editors and Affiliations

Fac Envr Info Stud/Grad Schl Media & Gov, Keio University Fac Envr Info Stud/Grad Schl Media & Gov, Fujisawa, Japan

Wanglin Yan
Grad School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Grad School of Media and Governance, Fujisawa, Japan

Will Galloway

About the editors

Professor Wanglin Yan graduated from Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1982. He received his Master’s degree in 1989 and his PhD in 1992 from the University of Tokyo’s Department of Civil Engineering. He is a specialist in Geographic Information System and Science and contributed to the design and re-construction plan for Sichuan, China after the city was struck by a massive earthquake in 2008. His recent research interests are in assessing the resiliency of ecosystems and human society, and devising and implementing adaptation plans in developed and developing countries.

Will Galloway graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Environmental Design in 1996 and a Master of Architecture in 2001. He received his PhD in Environmental Studies from the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Frontier Sciences in 2008. He is a specialist in the compact city theory of urban planning and is a practicing architect. After working in the UK, Canada, and Japan he founded frontofficetokyo, a design office. He co-founded the Tokyo Chapter of Open Architecture Collaborative (previously Architecture For Humanity), a nonprofit organization focused on resilience and disaster reconstruction efforts around the world. His recent research interests include the multi-disciplinary integration of architecture, urban forms and energy production, as well as strategies for adaptation and resiliency building both before and after disasters.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Rethinking Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation in a Time of Change
Editors: Wanglin Yan, Will Galloway
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50171-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50169-7Published: 30 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84334-6Published: 21 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50171-0Published: 21 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 396
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 80 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Sciences

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Front Matter

Recognizing Vulnerability

Front Matter

Awareness and Preparedness for Change

Front Matter

Tools and Methods for Building Resiliency

Front Matter

About this book

Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

Fac Envr Info Stud/Grad Schl Media & Gov, Keio University Fac Envr Info Stud/Grad Schl Media & Gov, Fujisawa, Japan

Grad School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Grad School of Media and Governance, Fujisawa, Japan

About the editors

Bibliographic Information

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