Defines resilience from the point of view of regional assets in a broad sense and in relation to the concept of sustainability and vulnerability
Employs an interdisciplinary approach of economics, public administration, risk and disaster management, development studies, and landscape architecture
Provides up-to-date case studies as well as a framework of policy design and evaluation methodology for practical policy making to build resiliency

Defines resilience in terms of regional assets in a broad sense and in relation to the concepts of sustainability and vulnerability Pursues an interdisciplinary approach combining economics, public administration, risk and disaster management, development studies, and landscape architecture Provides up-to-date case studies as well as a framework of policy design and evaluation methodology for practical policymaking to build resiliency

Autorentext
Chisato Asahi, Division of Urban Policy, Tokyo Metropolitan University

Inhalt

Part 1: From Vulnerable to Resilient: a Framework for Regional Context.- Sustainability and Vulnerability: Well-Being in the Geo-, Eco- and Socio-Environment.- Building Resilience for Vulnerability.- Part 2: Case Study and Issues.- Sustainable Activities for Rural Development.- Small Activities to Transmit Environmental and Cultural Resources: The Case of the Takasegawa River in Kyoto.- Management of depopulated areas viewed as concept of GES-environment: The case of Kumogahata in Kyoto.- Resident's Awareness about Inheritance of Greenery in Gardens.- Part 3: Design and Policy for a Resilient Regional System.- Types of Social Enterprises and Various Social Problems.- Overviews of waste management policies in Japan.- Methods of Environmental Risk Management for Land Contamination Problems:Suggestions for Japan.- The Role of Parks in the Inheritance of Regional Memories of Disasters.- Measuring the Public Supply of Private Hedges for Disaster Prevention.- Part 4:Evaluation of Regional Vulnerability and Resilience.- Environmental Valuation Considering Dual Aspects of an Urban Waterside Area.- Economic evaluation of risk premium of social overhead capital in consideration of the decision-making process under risk.- A Study of Nishihara Village's Disaster Response in the Kumamoto Earthquake and the Disaster Victims' Perception of Life Recovery and Assessment of Health.- Smart Cities for Recovery and Reconstruction in the Aftermath of a Disaster.