Earthquake Children : : Building Resilience from the Ruins of Tokyo / / Janet Borland.

"Japan, as recent history has powerfully illustrated, is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries. Today, it is also one of the best prepared and resilient nations to face such sizeable seismic risk. This was not always the case. Earthquake Children is the first book to examine t...

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Superior document:Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, Supplement 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill | Harvard University Asia Center,, [2022]
©2020
Year of Publication:2022
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, Supplement 2021.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 A City at Risk: Young and Vulnerable Tokyo p. 10
  • 2 Hell on Earth p. 40
  • 3 Objects of Sympathy and Specialized Care p. 77
  • 4 Objects of Investigation and Agents of Recovery p. 106
  • 5 Earthquake Teachers p. 136
  • 6 "Wake Up, Japan! Know Yourself, and Know Your Enemy" p. 175
  • 7 Disaster-Resistant Schools and Centers of Community Resilience p. 211.