Lessons from the Great Hanshin Earthquake

Copyright(C) Hyogo Research Center for Quake Restoraion.
Edited by SHIOZAKI Yoshimitsu, NISHIKAWA Eiichi, DEGUCHI Toshikazu
Translated by WATANABE Reiko
First published in 17 January 2005 by Creates-Kamogawa Publishers
Price：\2,310-
29 x 21 cm , 151 pages
ISBN-13: 978-4902244335

The "Lessons from the Great Hanshin Earthquake" is a translation of selections from "Daishinnsai Hyaku no Kyokun (100 Lessons from the Great Hanshin Earthquake)", written by over 50 scholars, citizens and activists who have been involved in the process of post-disaster reconstruction after the great earthquake.

Many thanks to all the people who supported this project in various ways -- especially to Mr. HIRATA Yasushi, to Ms. ICHIHARA Hidemi, to Mr. MACDONALD Darryl. The preface was translated by Ms. HORITA Yumiko, Ms. Foong Sau Ling and Mr. Timothy Hammer. Also many thanks to Mr. ISHIZAWA Haruhiko from Creates-Kamogawa, the publisher.

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PREFACE

I. DEVASTATING DISASTER DAMAGE -- OUTLINES AND FEATURES

1. A High-Tech Contemporary City: A City with Great Damages in an Earthquake

II. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GROUND AND DAMAGE

2. Residential Districts on the Rokko Mountain Slopes in Danger of Slope Failure

3. Shallow Water Table and Soft Alluvial Clay -- Importance of Research and Announcement

4. Artificial Valley Fills -- Damage of the Artificial Landform

III. DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT

5. Problem in the Emergency Evacuation System

6. Lifeline Damage Reduction

7. Control over Fires in the Inner City

IV. REHABILITATION OF PEOPLE

8. Kodokushi -- Solitary Death

9. Adequacy of Evacuation to Outside Hyogo Prefecture

10. Infrastructure-Oriented Reconstruction

11. Good and Bad Sides of Public Subsidy for Demolition

12. Suits Claiming for Payment of Fire Insurance and Fire Mutual Aid

13. Sharing Daily Life Information

14. Support for Medical Patients and Public Aid for Private Medical Facilities

15. Activities to Preserve the Historical Heritage in the Quake-Hit Area

V. TRANSPORTATION

16. Reconstruction of the Hanshin Expressway -- Destruction of Evidence

17. Anti-Earthquake Measures for the Shinkansen (Bullet Train)

VI. IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT

18. Impact on the Environment and Waste after the Earthquake

19. Geo-Pollution by Tetrachloroethylene

VII. EVACUATION, TEMPORARY HOUSING AND RECONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING

20. Evacuation Center -- Better Small-Sized than Large-Sized

21. Local Communities Destroyed by Temporary Housing Policy

22. How Comfortable was the Temporary Housing?

23. Tragedy Caused by the Bureaucratic Administration

24. Little Choice in Housing Reconstruction Measures

25. Significance of Community

VIII. URBAN PLANNING AND MACHIZUKURI

26. Urban Planning Projects Forcibly Decided

27. Congested Residential Urban District Improvement Project

28. Large-Scale Redevelopment Reconstruction Projects

29. Machizukuri (Community Development) with Genuine Residents' Participation

30. Community-Based Disaster Prevention Planning

31. Community-Led Disaster Risk Management Planning and Practice

IX. HOUSING WITH SAFETY

32. Collapsed Wooden Structure Housing

33. Buildings Should Not Collapse or Burn

34. Condominiums -- Repair Rather than Demolition and Rebuilding

35. High-Rises and Super High-Rises, Inadequate for Dwelling

36. Earthquake-Resistance

X. PUBLIC AID AND FINANCES OF RECONSTRUCTION

37. Actual Damage Much Bigger than the Announced Amount

38. Public Aid for Individuals

39. Heavy Burden of Loans Caused by the Great Hanshin Earthquake

40. Finances of Restoration and Reconstruction

41. The Delay in Distributing 180 Billion yen in Donations

XI. SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES AND MAJOR ENTERPRISES

42. Rebuilding of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

43. Special Procurements Enjoyed Only by Major Enterprises