Disaster Resilience of Education Systems

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Disaster Risk Reduction and Education System

   • Koichi Shiwaku, Rajib Shaw

   Pages 1-10

3. Governance of the Education Sector and Disaster Risk Reduction

   • Aiko Sakurai

   Pages 11-23

4. Local Governance and School Disaster Education

   • Koichi Shiwaku, Rajib Shaw

   Pages 25-37

5. Disaster Prevention Education in the Japanese School Curricula in Recent Years: Current Status and Future Challenges

   • Tatsuya Fujioka

   Pages 39-52

6. Schools, Teachers, and Training in Risk Reduction After the 2011 Tohoku Disaster

   • Takashi Oda

   Pages 53-71

7. Curriculum of Maiko High School in Kobe

   • Genta Nakano, Seiji Suwa, Koichi Shiwaku, Rajib Shaw

   Pages 73-90

8. Community Linkages and Disaster Risk Reduction Education

   • Koichi Shiwaku, Rajib Shaw

   Pages 91-104

9. School Disaster Resilience Assessment: An Assessment Tool

   • Koichi Shiwaku, Yasutaka Ueda, Yukihiko Oikawa, Rajib Shaw

   Pages 105-130

10. Training Project in Higher Education: Regional Rehabilitation for Safer and More Secure Society in Fukushima Without Nuclear Energy

    • Takayuki Nakamura

    Pages 131-141

11. International Cooperation: ESD and DRR in Japan

    • Yukihiko Oikawa

    Pages 143-180

12. Role of International NGOs in Education Sector Recovery in Japan

    • Aiko Sakurai

    Pages 181-193

13. International Cooperation: Interventions in Enhancing Disaster Education in Turkey

    • Tomoko Shaw, Fumio Kaneko

    Pages 195-211

14. International Cooperation: Grassroots Experience Sharing in Vietnam

    • Yasutaka Ueda, Eriko Matsumoto, Yuko Nakagawa, Rajib Shaw

    Pages 213-229

15. Future Perspectives of Disaster Resilience of Education System in Japan and Abroad

    • Koichi Shiwaku, Rajib Shaw

    Pages 231-241

Education is regarded as a cross-cutting issue for disaster risk reduction (DRR) through reviewing the Sendai Framework for DRR (SFDRR) 2015–2030. Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the education sector is one of the important efforts to enhance resilience in a community. DRR in the education sector not only focuses on provision of disaster education, but also includes securing a safe school environment, developing school disaster management plans, and building the capacity of school teachers and local educational officers. Japan, with its wealth of experience in DRR, has developed a good resilient system in its education sector, which has been tested and revised through experiences of past disasters.

This book reviews the evolution of DRR in the education sector in Japan, including some of the recent developments after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, focusing on DRR governance and practices in national policies, curriculum development and teacher training, community linkage, and international cooperation, to enhance resilience in the education sector.

The primary target groups for this book are students and researchers in the fields of disaster management and DRR studies. Another target group comprises practitioners and policy makers, who will be able to apply the collective knowledge from this work to policy and decision making. The book provides an overview of the current research trends and furnishes basic knowledge on this important topic.

• Community Resilience
• DRR Governance
• Disaster Education
• Disaster Lessons in Japan
• Mainstreaming DRR
• School Education

“Contributors from the private sector, government, and the academy come together to offer a comprehensive look at DRR by examining a collection of 14 case studies. … This work is expressly recommended for scholars and academicians in the fields of disaster management and DRR, as it comprehensively addresses current research in this field. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students; researchers and faculty.” (D. M. Moss, Choice, Vol. 54 (5), January, 2017)

• Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  Koichi Shiwaku

• International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan

  Aiko Sakurai

• Grad Sch of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  Rajib Shaw

Koichi Shiwaku is a researcher in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University, Japan.  He has been working with central and local governments, NGOs, school teachers and students, and local communities in Japan and overseas countries.  His recent works are enhancing school disaster resilience and capacity development of officers of board of education in the area affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. His research interests are disaster education, community based disaster risk management, governance for disaster education, school safety, and capacity development of local government.

Aiko Sakurai is an associate professor in the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University, Japan. She has worked in international educational development in Yemen and Vietnam and started to be involved in a field of disaster education since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Her recent work is developing a school-based disaster education model at post-disaster phase in Asian countries. Her research interests include comprehensive school safety, education recovery from disaster, and school-based disaster management and education. 

Rajib Shaw was 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 Co-chair of the United Nations Asia Science Technology Academia Advisory Group (ASTAAG) 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. 

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