05 SIngo Kochi 171002 Kochi

Dear Participants of
4th International Workshop On Sato-Umi

Greetings from Hyogo, Japan
Greetings from Int’l EMECS Ctr

Kobe Earthquake in Jan. 1995

The Hanshin Awaji Earthquake 17.Jan.1995,
5:46am (M7.3)

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Source: Hyogo Prefecture

Information and Telecommunication Room
Stricken by the Earthquake

Officials working at the former Disaster
Management Headquarter

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International EMECS Center
(International Center for Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas)
Chairman of Board of Directors: Toshizo Ido (Governor of Hyogo Pref.)
Permanent Property: 12 million USD

Kobe Port

Seto Inland Sea

International EMECS Center was established in 1994 in Kobe, Japan.

It’s objectives shall be to construct an organized network linking governments,
researchers, private companies, citizens etc. in order to promote academic
exchanges on an international level and conduct research, conferences,
seminars, educational programs for conserving enclosed coastal sea
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environments, re-constructing new ones and promoting sustainable society.

What’s Next : Integrating EMECS

Experience into Disaster-Resilient
Coastal Management
-- Strengthening Bilateral Cooperation
with Indonesia -5-6 October 2017
Jakarta, Indoensia

Shingo KOCHI (Mr.)
Director of
International Center for Environmental Management of
Enclosed Coastal Seas (EMECS)

International EMECS Center
(International Center for Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas)
Chairman of Board of Directors: Toshizo Ido (Governor of Hyogo Pref.)
Permanent Property: 12 million USD

Kobe Port

Seto Inland Sea


International EMECS Center was established in 1994 in Kobe, Japan.

It’s objectives shall be to construct an organized network linking governments,
researchers, private companies, citizens etc. in order to promote academic
exchanges on an international level and conduct research, conferences,
seminars, educational programs for conserving enclosed coastal sea
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environments, re-constructing new ones and promoting sustainable society.

・Natural Disasters
-- Weather-Related Disasters

(Typhoon, Cyclone, Heavy Rain, Flood…)

-- Sudden Disasters

(Earthquake, Volcanoes…)
Earthquakes -- Active Fault-type EQ)
-- Trench-type EQ)


・Manmade Disasters

Earthquake and Tsunami (Mar 11. 2011)

・Natural Disasters
-- Weather-Related Disasters

(Typhoon, Cyclone, Heavy Rain, Flood…)

-- Sudden Disasters

(Earthquake, Volcanoes…)
Earthquakes -- Active Fault-type EQ)
-- Trench-type EQ)

・Manmade Disasters

What We Are NOT Sure About …

A Series of Earthquakes:

late “Edo” Period (1854.11-1855.10)

“Big Catfish Monster”
as an inducing factor, or a myth ?

Could NOT Expected “Unexpected”

Ansei Earthquake and a Tsunami
reached Osaka (Nov 5th, 1854)

Tsunamis from Pacific Ocean (Nov. 1854)

Kobe Earthquake in Jan. 1995

The Hanshin Awaji Earthquake 17.Jan.1995,
5:46am (M7.3)

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Source: Hyogo Prefecture


Map of Japan

Kyoto

Miyagi Pre.

Osaka
Mt. Fuji
Hyogo

Tokyo

Nagasaki City

Okinawa

Brief Introduction of Hyogo
N
KYOTO


HYOGO

KOBE

OSAKA

Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
in 1995

HYOGO

Jan. 17, 1995
M
KOBE

7.3

Fires in urban districts

Damage to office buildings


Collapsed houses

Damage to railroads

Collapse of expressway viaducts

Most sources of ignition are redistributing power by the
electric utility company.

The blazes lasted in couple of days after the Earthquake

Summary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
Hansin Expressway Kobe Route

Date: 5:46 am, 17th of January,1995
Epicenter: Northern Awaji Island
(Southern part of Hyogo)
Scale: 7.3 on Richter Scale
Seismic intensity: 7 on the Japanese Scale

(Highest recorded in history
Called the Southern Hyogo Earthquake
Rokko and Awaji Island Faults

Damages
Dead: 6,434 people;
Missing: 3 people
Financial damage: about $ 100 billion
(about 50% of the Hyogo’s GDP)
Houses destroyed (completely and partially
destroyed): 250,000 (460,000 households)

Nagata Ward, Kobe City

Brief Introduction of Hyogo
N
KYOTO

HYOGO


KOBE

OSAKA

Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
in 1995

HYOGO

Jan. 17, 1995
M
KOBE

7.3

Japan’s Government System
3 Layers of Government
National Government
(Prime Minister is elected by the National Diet)


47 Prefectural Government
(Governor is elected by the residents)
Largest Prefecture: Tokyo 13.6 million
Smallest Prefecture: Tottori 0.6 million
(Population data based on national census in 2016)

1,718 Cities, Towns, Villages Municipal Government
(Mayor is elected by the residents)
(as of 5 Oct 2017)

Hazards Confronting Vulnerable
Communities Cause Disasters
Disasters

Hazard

Vulnerability

(risk assessment)

(societal conditions)

Less Disasters
Disasters

Hazard
(risk assessment)

Vulnerability
(societal conditions)
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・Risk Management
-- Risk Avoidance
-- Risk Reduction
-- Risk Transfer

Japan and Its Surroundings

Countermeasures taken in Japan
Structural measures
Sea walls, breakwater, dike,
storm surge barrier etc.

Non-structural measures
Tsunami early warning system,
Evacuation buildings,
Disaster education,

Seawalls against the tsunami

TEXT BOOK
For protecting both property and
human lives

For protecting human lives

High cost

Low cost

Construction period: Long

Implementation period: Short

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Rebuilding Pre-existing Vulnerabilities

United Nations Disaster Management Training Programme (DMTP)
A Tool for Building Back better

Building Back Better

United Nations Disaster Management Training Programme (DMTP)
A Tool for Building Back better

Community Planning (overall land use planning)

Immediately after the Earthquake
(Nishinomiya City)

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Community Planning (overall land use planning)

After Land Readjustment
(Nishinomiya City)

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Reconstruction Image urban redevelopment project

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Reconstruction Image Streetscape

Kobe City, immediate aftermath

After reconstruction

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・Natural Disasters
-- Weather-Related Disasters

(Typhoon, Cyclone, Heavy Rain, Flood…)

-- Sudden Disasters

(Earthquake, Volcanoes…)
Earthquakes -- Active Fault-type EQ)
-- Trench-type EQ)

・Manmade Disasters

The Holistic Approach to cope with Disasters
-The Japanese Experience (persons)

The number of casualties and the missing caused by natural disasters in Japan

6481

6062

5868
Hanshin-Awaji
(Kobe)
Earthquake

4897

East Japan
EQ and
Tsunami

Approx. 15900

Ise-wan
Typhoon

1945

1950

1959

1970

1980

1990

1995

2000 2013 (year)
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“Building Back Better in Japan”
Major changes of Regulation/Law
Year
1959

Regulation and Law to be revised

Ise-wan Typhoon
⇒Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act (1961)

1978

Miyagi-ken oki Earthquake

1995

⇒Amendment of Building Standards Law (1981)

Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

⇒Minister for Disaster Management (2001)
⇒Act for Supporting Livelihood Recovery of
Victims (1999)
⇒Self-Defense Force to Ministry of Defense

Disaster Countermeasures
Basic Act 1961
Central Disaster Management Council chaired by the Prime
Minister
National Coordinating Body with all relevant Ministers &
Japanese Red Cross, Public Broadcasting, Semi-Public Sectors
Annual Gov’t Official Report on Disaster Countermeasures
The Cabinet must officially report the disaster countermeasures
to the National Diet
Formulation of “National Basic Disaster Management Plan
for Disaster Prevention”
The Disaster Management Operation Plan (Sectoral)
The Local Disaster Management Plan

Designation of “Disaster Prevention Day”
Public Awareness Programs
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The National Government
Financial Services
Agency

Cabinet Office

Cabinet

Cabinet Secretariat

Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications

National Public
Safety Commission

Fire and Disaster
Management Agency

Minister of State for
Disaster Management

Ministry of Justice

Minister of State for Regulatory
Reform, Administrative Reform,
Regional Revitalization and
Regional Government

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Finance

Minister of Economic
and Fiscal Policy

Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology

Minister of Okinawa and
Northern Territories Affairs,
Science and Technology Policy,
Innovation, Gender Equality,
Social Affairs and Food Safety

Ministry of Health,
Labor and Welfare

Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries

Forestry Agency

Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry

Japan Meteorological Agency

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure
and Transport

Japan Coast Guard

Ministry of the Environment

Geographical Survey Institute

Ministry of Defense

National Police
Agency

The Prime Minister is
the Head of the Cabinet and,
is the Chairman of the Central
Disaster Management Council

Organizational Chart of Central Disaster
Management Council.

Case Study: Earthquake and Tsunami in
Eastern Japan, March 11, 2011

Central Disaster Management Council
(March 26, 2013)

Disaster Countermeasures
Basic Act 1961
Central Disaster Management Council chaired by the Prime
Minister
National Coordinating Body with all relevant Ministers &
Japanese Red Cross, Public Broadcasting, Semi-Public Sectors
Annual Gov’t Official Report on Disaster Countermeasures
The Cabinet must officially report the disaster countermeasures
to the National Diet
Formulation of “National Basic Disaster Management Plan
for Disaster Prevention”
The Disaster Management Operation Plan (Sectoral)
The Local Disaster Management Plan

Designation of “Disaster Prevention Day”
Public Awareness Programs

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・Planning ahead--Steps after Disaster Response
-- Evacuation
-- Search and Rescue
-- Disaster Relief
-- Temporary Housing
-- Livelihood
-- Reconstruction
-- Recovery

Japan’s Government System
3 Layers of Government
National Government
(Prime Minister is elected by the National Diet)

47 Prefectural Government
(Governor is elected by the residents)
Largest Prefecture: Tokyo 13.6 million
Smallest Prefecture: Tottori 0.6 million
(Population data based on national census in 2016)

1,718 Cities, Towns, Villages Municipal Government
(Mayor is elected by the residents)
(as of 5 October 2017)

・Search And Rescue Units In Japan

-- Ministry of Defense

-- Japan Coast Guard
-- Police Department
-- Fire Agency

Case Study: Earthquake and Tsunami in
Eastern Japan, March 11, 2011
Ministry of Defense

Ministry of Defense
(former Self-Defense Agency)

Japan Coast Guard

Police Department

Fire Agency

Japan’s Government System
3 Layers of Government
National Government
(Prime Minister is elected by the National Diet)

47 Prefectural Government
(Governor is elected by the residents)
Largest Prefecture: Tokyo 13.6 million
Smallest Prefecture: Tottori 0.6 million
(Population data based on national census in 2016)

1,718 Cities, Towns, Villages Municipal Government
(Mayor is elected by the residents)
(as of 5 October 2017)

Disaster Drill
with New Initiatives

Disaster Drill
with New Initiatives

Evacuation Drill with New Initiatives

Evacuation Drill
(Tsunami Wave Evacuation Tower)

Tsunami Wave Evacuation Tower
For Wheelchair Accessible

New Challenges Produce New Ideas
(Bench in the playground will turn into…)

Countermeasure against Flooding
(Subway and Underground Shopping Mall)

Emergency Food with
New Initiatives

Recent Case: Earthquake and Tsunami in
Eastern Japan, March 11, 2011

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Lessons Learned from 2011 EQ










Earthquake
Tsunami
“Refugees” on return (Tokyo)
Nuclear Power Plant
Interruption of power supply
long-period ground motion
Public Relation, and Risk Communication
Infrastructure
Others
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International EMECS Center
(International Center for Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas)
Chairman of Board of Directors: Toshizo Ido (Governor of Hyogo Pref.)
Permanent Property: 12 million USD

Kobe Port

Seto Inland Sea

International EMECS Center was established in 1994 in Kobe, Japan.

It’s objectives shall be to construct an organized network linking governments,
researchers, private companies, citizens etc. in order to promote academic
exchanges on an international level and conduct research, conferences,
seminars, educational programs for conserving enclosed coastal sea
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environments, re-constructing new ones and promoting sustainable society.

History of EMECS
1971 Governors and Mayors’ Conference on the Environmental Protection
of the Set Inland Sea established
1973 Law on Temporary Measures for the Environmental Preservation of the
Seto Inland Sea established and promulgated
1976 Association for Environmental Conservation of the Seto Inland Sea
established
1987 A group, including Dr. Ian Morris from Maryland visited Japan to study
enclosed seas.
1990 1st EMECS Conference was held in Kobe, Japan
1993 2nd EMECS Conference was held in Baltimore, USA
1994 International EMECS Center was established
1997 3rd EMECS Conference was held in Stockholm, Sweden
----Red Tides

Whirlpool at Naruto Strait
Seto Inland Sea

Itsukushima Shrine

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Enclosed Coastal Seas

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Reclamation

Inflow of pollutants

Baltimore
Washington
D.C.

Mediterranean Sea (Turkey)

The Seto Inland Sea (Japan)

Tianjin

Dalian
Seoul

The Baltic Sea (Sweden)
Shanghai

The Yellow Sea (Photo: NASA)

Chesapeak Bay (USA)

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Enclosed Coastal Seas in the World
North SeaBaltic Sea
Mediterranean Sea

Black Sea

Puget Bay

Chesapeake Bay

Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Gulf of Thailand Bohai Sea Japan Sea
Seto Inland Sea

Suzuki (2013)
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EMECS Conferences
2nd (November 10-13, 1993)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Participants: 1,200 from 42 countries
9th (August 28-31, 2011)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Participants: 287 from 25 countries

1st (August 3-6, 1990)
Kobe, Japan
Participants: 1,200 from 42 countries
5th (November 19-22, 2001)
Kobe / Awaji, Japan
Participants: 1,140 from 40 countries
8th (October 27 - 30, 2008)
Shanghai, China
Participants: 470 from 37 countries

11th (August 21-27, 2016)
4th (November 9-12, 1999)
Antalya, Turkey
Participants: 300 from 50 countries

10th (October 30-November 3, 2013)
Marmaris, Turkey
Participants: 301 from 40 countries

7th (May 9-12, 2006)
Caen, France
Participants: 245 from 25 countries

St. Petersburg, Russia

6th (November 18-21, 2003)
Bangkok, Thailand
Participants: 600 from 23 countries
3rd (August 11-14, 1997)
Stockholm, Sweden
Participants: 1,000 from 80 countries
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11th EMECS Conference
(EMECS11-SeaCoasts XXVI Joint Conference)
Date: 22 August - 27 August 2016
Venue: AZIMUT Hotel Saint-Petersburg, Russia
RSHU, VSEGEI

Theme: Managing Risks to Coastal Regions and
Communities in a Changing World

Contents: 2 Plenary session, 8 oral sessions, 1 poster session
Students & Schools Partnership (SSP) Session
Technical field trip City tour

St. Petersburg

Baltic Sea

The city experienced flood more than
300 times

St. Petersburg Flood Protection Barrier
has completed in 2011.

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ICM & Satoumi Special Session
■ Part 1: Introduction of Special Project in Japan
1. Tetsuo Yanagi (Introduction)
2. Tetsuji Okuda (Theme 1: Seto Inland Sea)
3. Teruhisa Komatsu (Theme 2: Sanriku Coast)
4. Takafumi Yoshida (Theme 3: Japan Sea)
5. Ken’ichi Nakagami (Theme 4: Social & Human Science)

■ Part 2: Case Studies Related to “ICM and Satoumi”
6. Keizo Negi (Japan)
7. Robert M. Summers (USA)
8. David A. Nemazie (Philippines)
9. Suhendar I. Sachoemar (Indonesia)
10. Ruben Kosyan (Russia)

■ General Discussion

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Satoumi Activities by EMECS Center
1998 The Initial Proposal by prof. Tetsuo Yanagi
2005 Workshop on Ecosystem Management organized
by PEMSEA/MOMAF (Masan, Korea)
2006 EMECS7/ECSA40
(Caen, France)

(Satoyama - Satoumi)

2008 EMECS8
(Shanghai, China)
2009 Sato-Umi Workshop
in EAS-Congress (Manila, Philippines)

2011 Satoumi Special Session in EMECS9
(Baltimore, USA)
2013 Satoumi Special Session in EMECS10/
MEDCOAST2013

2014 The 2nd International Workshop on SatoumiGEMPITA SPL-GAPURA (Pekalongan, Indonesia)
2015 The 3rd International Workshop on SatoumiGEMPITA SPL-GAPURA (Jakarta, Indonesia)

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3rd International WS on Satoumi

Poster presentations
•Session: Coastal erosion and dynamical processes in the nearshore zone (15)
•Session: Coastal systems and their dynamics
•(From coast to water and from water to coast) (13)
•Session: Climate change in the changing world.
Coastal adaptation to climate change (6)
•Session: Coastal and marine ecosystem: monitoring and modelling
Sub-S: Approaches to and issues of processes in the coastal areas modelling and
monitoring (10)
Sub-S: Study and monitoring of coastal and marine ecosystems (28)
Sub-S: Ecological sensitivity of coastal areas: anthropogenic loads and natural
disasters (14)
•Session: Sustainable use and development of coastal resources
Sub-S: Effective management and approaches (11)
Sub-S: Construction and exploitation of hydraulic engineering structures and
dredging in the coastal areas (3)
Sub-S: Legal and political issues of enclosed coastal
seas management (1)
•SSP Meeting Poster (15)

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12th EMECS Conference
Thailand

In 4-8 November, 2018

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EMECS 12
Organizer : The International EMECS Center
In Cooperation with :
 The Royal Institute of Thailand
 Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University
 Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya
 Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University
 King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
 Thailand Environment Institute

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Research Project
Environment Research and Technology Development Fund S-13
(Ministry of Environment, JAPAN)

“Development of Coastal Management Method
to Realize the Sustainable Coastal Sea”
Head Researcher: Tetsuo Yanagi
Research period: FY 2014 – FY 2018
(1) Seto Inland Sea, the largest enclosed
coastal sea in Japan
(2) Sanriku Coast, which has a succession
of open inner bays such as Shizugawa
Bay
(3) Coastal areas of the Sea of Japan, an
international enclosed coastal sea
(4) Discussions regarding the societal and
humanities aspects
(5) Integrated numerical models for coastal
sea management will be established.

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Seminars and Workshops
 Organizing or co-organizing EMECS Conferences,
EMECS International Seminars and Workshops etc.
 Building international and interdisciplinary network
 Researching measures to conserve coastal sea
environment and restore new ones.

Satoumi Workshop

EMECS International Seminar

EMECS Conference
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Dissemination of Information
 Collecting data relating to the current status for a
database of enclosed coastal sea environment

 Publishing EMECS newsletter
 Information exchange through website

EMECS Center website

EMECS newsletter

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Educational and Training Activities
 Conducting a training course of Integrated Water Management
for administrative officers in developing countries
 Conducting educational programs for conservation of sea
environments

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Location of Enclosed Coastal Seas

EMECS12

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Again, Looking Backward….

A Series of Earthquakes:
late “Edo” Period (1854.11-1855.10)

“Big Catfish Monster”
as an inducing factor, or a myth ?

Tsunamis from Pacific Ocean (Nov. 1854)

What We Are NOT Sure About …

Earthquake and Tsunami (Mar 11. 2011)

The earthquake and Tsunami
Date and Time:
11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST (5:46 GMT)
Type of earthquake:
Plate-boundary thrust-faulting earthquake
on
or near the Japan Trench
9.3msubduction
zone
Height of Tsunami Tide

epicenter

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Damage from the Earthquake
•Damage was relatively small even though
the magnitude of the quake was over M 9.0
(JMA Intensity was also as big as that of
Hanshin-Big Earthquake.

Ichinoseki Sta, Iwate pref.

“Earthquake Early Warning
System” (Oct. 2007 to date)

“Know before the EQ occurs”,
And the icon is…..

A network of 97 EQ detectors functioned
15 seconds in advance.
27 bullet trains stopped. No casuality.

“Know before the EQ occurs”,
And the icon is…..

“Tsunami Disaster Prevention Day”
was designated (June 2011)

Memorial Days of Disasters in Japan
“Disaster Prevention Day”
Sep. 1959 (Ise-Wan Typhoon)
→1 Sep. 1923 (Tokyo EQ)

“Tsunami Disaster Prevention Day”
11 March,2011 (Japan EQ & Tsunami)
→ 5 Nov. 1854 (Ansei EQ & Tsunami)

Not March 11, but November 5.

Today’s status of “Catfish”
(2017)

Today’s status of “Catfish”
(2017)

Today’s status of “Catfish”
(2017)

Culture of Disaster Prevention,
Culture of Safety

How Can We Make Our People Fear ?
-- Japan National Broadcasting Corp. Changed its
Risk Communication Method on March 2012 --

・Culture of Prevention
・Culture of Safety

-Regional Planning
-Social Infrastructure Works
-Agriculture & Forestry
-Health & Sanitation
-Environment

Civil Protection &
Relief

National
Coordinating Bodies

Meteorology
Hydrology
Seismology
Volcanology
Scientific &
Engineering
Research

Local Gov’ts, Communities, Mass Media, NGOs

People

Geological and Geographical Similarities,
A similar range of Natural Disasters

How We Are Closely Connected
Mentally For Sure,
and Even Physically.

・Natural Disasters
-- Weather-Related Disasters

(Typhoon, Cyclone, Heavy Rain, Flood…)

-- Sudden Disasters

(Earthquake, Volcanoes…)
Earthquakes -- Active Fault-type EQ)
-- Trench-type EQ)

・Manmade Disasters

-Regional Planning
-Social Infrastructure Works
-Agriculture & Forestry
-Health & Sanitation
-Environment

Civil Protection &
Relief

National
Coordinating Bodies

Meteorology
Hydrology
Seismology
Volcanology
Scientific &
Engineering
Research

Local Gov’ts, Communities, Mass Media, NGOs

People

What We Are NOT Sure About …

Toward More Resilient
Countries Against Disasters

Dear all the participants of
The International Workshop on Sato-Umi

Thank you for your attention.
Shingo Kochi (kochi@emecs.or.jp)
・International Center for Environmental Management of
Enclosed Coastal Seas (EMECS)
・Hyogo Prefectural Government Official