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Managing the Great East Japan Earthquake Emergency with Emphasis on Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Communication: Best and Worst Practices

Asian Review of Public Administration

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Title Managing the Great East Japan Earthquake Emergency with Emphasis on Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Communication: Best and Worst Practices
 
Creator Suzuki, Itoko; Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
Kaneko, Yuko; University of Yamagata
 
Subject crisis communication, public administration, disaster management
emergency response, nuclear crisis, crisis communication, disaster management
 
Description This article reviews the triple emergency management of the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster which occurred on 11 March 2011, registering a Moment Magnitude of 9.0, combined with gigantic tsunamis and the immediately ensuing Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. While the damages caused are still under investigation, and many related issues are still uncovered or unresolved, this case review attempts to share an analysis of the management of the initial emergency response as undertaken by the government, with special emphasis on the communication problems experienced in the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Among other things, the causes and effects of the so-called “safety myth” are described. The case review, which was based primarily on information made available to citizens in Japan, tries to distinguish better or worse practices in the emergency management experience, in order to learn lessons learned and draw challenges in handling future disasters.
 
Publisher Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA)
 
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Date 2016-03-27
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

literature review, qualitative analysis, quantitative descriptive analysis
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journals.sfu.ca/arpa/index.php/arpa/article/view/36
 
Source Asian Review of Public Administration; Vol 24, No 1-2 (2013): Public Consultation, Civic Engagement and Disaster Management; 50-63
2094-408X
2094-408X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.sfu.ca/arpa/index.php/arpa/article/view/36/34
 
Coverage Japan
2011, 21st century

 
Rights Copyright (c) 2016 Itoko Suzuki, Yuko Kaneko
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0