Japan: Earthquake - Jan 1995 Updates

This recovery brief provides recovery practitioners with lessons and good practices on financing post-disaster recovery, recovery preparedness and building back better. This consultative edition was...

By Andy McElroy and Yuki Matsuoka KOBE, 20 January 2015 – Of the many milestones on the “Road to Sendai,” the Kobe earthquake stands out. The learning from the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake...

By Andy McElroy and Yuki Matsuoka KOBE, 19 January 2015 – A firm resolve to build a more resilient future in honour of those who lost their lives in the Kobe earthquake 20 years ago was evident amid...

By Yuki Matsuoka KOBE, 16 October 2012 - A panel of eight leading women experts meeting at the birthplace of the Hyogo Framework for Action called on UNISDR Chief, Margareta Wahlström, to exert...

GENEVA, 9 July 2012 - Governor Toshizo Ido runs Japan's Hyogo Prefecture which has become synonymous with disaster risk reduction. Hyogo Prefecture, home to 29 cities, was tragically thrust into the...

A. Purpose of the note The Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), through its National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), has requested further ADB assistance to summarize...

1.THE 10-YEAR RECONSTRUCTION OVERALL VERIFICATION AND RECOMMENDATION PROJECT : SIGNIFICANCE AND SUMMARY 1.THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE10-YEAR RECONSTRUCTION OVERALL VERIFICATION AND RECOMMENDATION PROJECT ...

This book describes the Kobe "Great Hanshin-Awaji" Earthquake and the lessons learned from the Kobe experience. Part I describes the background of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and its damages...

DHA-GENEVA 95/0105 1. UPDATED OFFICIAL DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 2. COMMUTER TRAIN SERVICE TO KOBE BEING RESTORED AND ALL LINES EXPECTED TO RESUME OPERATIONS BY BEGINNING MAY. SHUTTLE BUSES NOW...

DHA-GENEVA 95/0071 1. UPDATED OFFICIAL DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 5,103 DEAD, 9 MISSING, 26,182 INJURED AND 108,888 HOUSES DAMAGED. 2. HYOGO PREFECTURAL GOVT, WHICH COVERS CITY OF KOBE AND...

DHA-GENEVA 95/0068 1. UPDATED OFFICIAL DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 5,087 DEAD, 51 MISSING, 26,165 INJURED AND 84,792 HOUSES DAMAGED. 2. CHUGOKU EXPRESSWAY, ONE OF ARTERY HIGHWAYS CONNECTING EAST...

DHA-GENEVA 95/0043 1. UPDATED OFFICIAL DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 5,060 DEAD, 106 MISSING, 25,810 INJURED AND 63,245 HOUSES DAMAGED. 2. GOVT ISSUED CABINET ORDER TODAY, ENABLING AFFECTED LOCAL...

DHA-GENEVA 95/0042 1. UPDATED OFFICIAL DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 4,988 DEAD, 153 MISSING, 25,644 INJURED AND 57,670 HOUSES DAMAGED. 2. GOVT HAS OPENED LIAISON HEADQUARTERS IN KOBE TO COORDINATE...

DHA-GENEVA 95/0029 1. UPDATED OFFICIAL DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 4,136 DEAD, 711 MISSING, 21,414 INJURED AND 34,195 HOUSES DAMAGED. 2. PRIME MINISTER HAS DESIGNATED ONE CABINET MEMBER TO BE...

DHA-GENEVA 95/0027 1. UPDATED OFFICIAL DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 3,288 DEAD, 869 MISSING, 15,643 INJURED AND 23,813 HOUSES DAMAGED. 2. PRIME MINISTER VISITED AFFECTED AREA TODAY AND GAVE FURTHER...

DHA-GENEVA 95/0026 1. UPDATED OFFICIAL DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 2,460 DEAD, 1,005 MISSING, 13,774 INJURED AND 13,479 HOUSES DAMAGED. 2. GOVT ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORTED BACK TODAY ON THEIR FIRST...

DHA-GENEVA 95/0025 1. UPDATED DAMAGE FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1,590 DEAD, 1,017 MISSING, 6,334 INJURED AND 7,876 HOUSES DAMAGED. 2. GOVT DISPATCHED ASSESSMENT TEAM TODAY TO IDENTIFY FURTHER IMMEDIATE...

DHA-GENEVA 95/0024 1. EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 7.2 ON RICHTER SCALE HIT CITY OF KOBE AND VICINITY AT 5:46 AM 17 JAN LOCAL TIME (20:46 ON 16 JAN GMT). EPICENTER IS APPROX. 50 KMS WEST OF OSAKA. 2...