Land Use Management in Disaster Risk Reduction: Practice and Cases from a Global Perspective

✍ Scribed by Michiko Banba, Rajib Shaw (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Japan
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 469
• Series: Disaster Risk Reduction
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides a wide range of studies on methods of assessing natural disaster risks and reducing those risks in the context of land use. A major benefit of the book is that it presents extensive research and practices from interdisciplinary perspectives through case studies of land use management against various natural disasters. The natural hazards include earthquakes, tsunami, floods, and other disasters, with case studies ranging from urban areas to areas with natural environments such as mountains, coasts, and river systems. By quantitative and qualitative analysis, this work illustrates how interactions between natural and human environments create natural disasters, and how disaster risks can be managed or reduced through methods related to land use.

This book also covers a variety of challenges in land use management with sample cases from Asia as well as the United States and Europe. The main purpose is to provide greater insight into studies of natural disaster risks from the perspective of land use and the possibility of non-engineering methods to reduce those risks. This goal can be achieved through management of land use against various natural hazards in diverse environments.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Land Use Management in Disaster Risk Reduction: An Overview....Pages 3-12
Land Use Management and Risk Communication....Pages 13-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Experiences of Japan in Post-Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake....Pages 21-30
The Reconstruction of Bhuj: Reflecting on the Planning Process....Pages 31-61
Land Use Management Along Fault Line: Experiences of New Zealand....Pages 63-77
Experience from the United States: Post-Katrina and Sandy....Pages 79-106
Integrated Land Use Planning in New Zealand and Canterbury Earthquakes....Pages 107-135
The Rapid Development of Settlements in Flood-Prone Areas in Peri-Urban Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: Monitoring and Spatial Analysis Using VHR Satellite Imageries....Pages 137-148
Integration of Disaster Risk Reduction into Land Use Planning: Experience of Bangladesh....Pages 149-175
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Flood Disasters and Land Use Planning in Swat Valley, Eastern Hindu Kush....Pages 179-195
Guinsaugon, Leyte Landslide: Experience and Lessons in Land Use Policy....Pages 197-214
Japan’s Experiences of Catastrophic Mountain Disasters in Wakayama....Pages 215-235
Uttarakhand Disaster and Land Use Policy Changes....Pages 237-252
Climate Change and Its Impacts on Land Use/Cover Change and Food Security in Nepal....Pages 253-269
Post-Morakot Land Use Implications for Taiwan....Pages 271-293
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
The Indian Ocean Tsunami and Land Use Changes in Indonesia....Pages 297-310
Land Use and Land Cover Change Analysis Using Multi-date Multispectral Satellite Data: An Integrated Study of South Chennai in Tamil Nadu State, India....Pages 311-323
The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Lessons for Land Use....Pages 325-351
Land Use Change Implications on Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province in Vietnam....Pages 353-380
Land Use Change in Southwestern Coastal Bangladesh: Consequence to Food and Water Supply....Pages 381-401
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
Flood Disaster Mitigation Measures Through Land Use Management in the UK and France....Pages 405-448
River Basin and Land Use Lessons from Japan: Influences of Changes of Industrial Structure on Land Use of Nagara Basin and Flood Risk Control....Pages 449-462
River Basin and Land Use Lessons from Bangkok, Thailand....Pages 463-473

✦ Subjects

Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns);Natural Hazards