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Crisis Management as Public Policy in Japan: Development of Local Collaboration in the Aftermath of the March 2011 Triple Disaster
Asian Review of Public Administration
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Crisis Management as Public Policy in Japan: Development of Local Collaboration in the Aftermath of the March 2011 Triple Disaster
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Nakamura, Akira; Japanese Association for the Study of Crisis Management
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crisis management, public policy, public administration, local governance
crisis management, policy, local collaboration, public-private partnership |
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| Description |
On 11 March 2011, Japan experienced one of the worst disasters in recent memory, essentially a triple disaster comprising of an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant crisis. Officially designated as the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), it disclosed several shortcomings in crisis and contingency management by the government in Japan. Local government preparedness, for instance, was too narrow in scope to be effective in the event of catastrophes. Similarly, there was no developed plan for an orchestrated effort among the public sector, private businesses and non-government organizations. According to traditional thinking, local governments alone were to be responsible for addressing and managing disasters. In addition, connecting “Public-Private Partnership” (PPP) is an idea that has not yet been considered. Notwithstanding, public-public horizontal coordination did occur, and the debacle also revealed many instances of inter-governmental partnership among various local governments. This article looks at different patterns of such partnership and collaboration, and concludes that the massive relief operations initiated by these local units substantially helped expedite rehabilitation of the distressed region.
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Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA)
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2016-03-27
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — literature review, qualitative analysis, historical inquiry |
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application/pdf
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http://journals.sfu.ca/arpa/index.php/arpa/article/view/35
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Asian Review of Public Administration; Vol 24, No 1-2 (2013): Public Consultation, Civic Engagement and Disaster Management; 41-49
2094-408X 2094-408X |
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eng
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http://journals.sfu.ca/arpa/index.php/arpa/article/view/35/33
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| Coverage |
Japan
2011, 21st century Local governments |
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| Rights |
Copyright (c) 2016 Akira Nakamura
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 |
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