Disaster Education (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management)

179 Pages·2011·1.316 MB·English

by  Rajib Shaw

DISASTER EDUCATION

COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTER RISK
MANAGEMENT VOLUME 7
DISASTER EDUCATION
EDITED BY
RAJIB SHAW
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies,
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
KOICHI SHIWAKU
Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center,
Kobe, Japan
YUKIKO TAKEUCHI
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies,
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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CONTENTS
List of Contributors vii
List of Editors ix
Brief Introduction to the Series xi
Brief Introduction to the Volume xiii
Preface xv
Chapter 1 Disaster Education: An Introduction
Rajib Shaw, Yukiko Takeuchi, Qi Ru Gwee and 1
Koichi Shiwaku
Chapter 2 Disaster Education Policy: Current and Future
Qi Ru Gwee, Rajib Shaw and Yukiko Takeuchi 23
Chapter 3 Roles of School in Disaster Education
Koichi Shiwaku and Glenn Fernandez 45
Chapter 4 Roles of Family and Community in Disaster
Education
Yukiko Takeuchi, Farah Mulyasari and Rajib Shaw 77
Chapter 5 Essentials of Higher Education in Disaster Risk
Reduction: Prospects and Challenges
Rajib Shaw, Fuad Mallick and Yukiko Takeuchi 95
Chapter 6 Innovative Approaches in Disaster Education
Koichi Shiwaku and Glenn Fernandez 115
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Chapter 7 Implementation Tools for Disaster Education
Farah Mulyasari, Yukiko Takeuchi and Rajib Shaw 137
Chapter 8 ‘‘Tsunagaru’’: The Essence of Disaster Education
Rajib Shaw, Yukiko Takeuchi and Koichi Shiwaku 153
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Glenn Fernandez International Environment and Disaster
Management Laboratory, Graduate School of
Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto
University, Kyoto, Japan
Qi Ru Gwee International Environment and Disaster
Management Laboratory, Graduate School of
Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto
University, Kyoto, Japan
Fuad Mallick PostgraduatePrograms in Disaster Management,
BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Farah Mulyasari International Environment and Disaster
Management Laboratory, Graduate School of
Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto
University, Kyoto, Japan
Rajib Shaw International Environment and Disaster
Management Laboratory, Graduate School of
Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto
University, Kyoto, Japan
Koichi Shiwaku Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center
(EDM), National Research Institute for Earth
Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED), Kobe,
Japan
Yukiko Takeuchi International Environment and Disaster
Management Laboratory, Graduate School of
Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto
University, Kyoto, Japan
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LIST OF EDITORS
Rajib Shaw
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto,
Japan
Koichi Shiwaku
EarthquakeDisasterMitigationResearchCenter(EDM)NationalResearch,
Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED), Kobe, Japan
Yukiko Takeuchi
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto,
Japan
EDITORS’ PROFILE
Rajib Shaw is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Global
EnvironmentalStudiesofKyotoUniversity,Japan.Heworkedcloselywith
thelocalcommunities,NGOs,governmentsandinternationalorganization,
including United Nations, especially in the Asian countries. He is currently
the Chair of the United Nations Asia Regional Task Force for Urban
Risk Reduction. His research interests are: community-based disaster risk
management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and
disaster and environmental education.
KoichiShiwakuisaResearchFellowofEarthquakeDisasterMitigation
Research Center (EDM), National Research Institute for Earth Science
and Disaster Prevention (NIED), Japan. He worked closely with the local
community,schoolteachersandstudents,NGOs,governments,universities,
and other related organizations. His main working fields are mainly Asian
countries including disaster-affected areas. His research interests are
community-based disaster management, disaster education, and capacity
building.
Yukiko Takeuchi is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of
Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University, Japan. She has
extensive experiences in risk communication and gender studies in the field
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