Earthquake Children - Building Resilience From the Ruins of Tokyo

Earthquake Children is the first book to examine the origins of modern Japan's infrastructure of resilience. Janet Borland vividly demonstrates that Japan's contemporary culture of disaster preparedness-and its people's ability to respond calmly in times of emergency-are the results of learned and practiced behaviors inspired by earlier tragedies.

About the author

Janet Borland is Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Hong Kong.

Summary

Earthquake Children is the first book to examine the origins of modern Japan’s infrastructure of resilience. Janet Borland vividly demonstrates that Japan’s contemporary culture of disaster preparedness—and its people’s ability to respond calmly in times of emergency—are the results of learned and practiced behaviors inspired by earlier tragedies.

Product details

• Authors: Janet Borland
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780674247833
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24783-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Mankind; Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Social impact of disasters, Asian History, Social Issues (Children's/Ya), City and town planning: architectural aspects, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)