Abstract
Seven years on since The Great East Japan Earthquake, more large-scale disasters such as a fault line running directly under the capital and The Nankai Trough Earthquake are still causes for great concern. In large-scale disasters, the magnitude of damage can be enormous with the collapse of buildings and other types of damage. As a result, administrative areas such as prefectural and municipal governments have to deal with huge amounts of disaster waste generated over a short period of time. Disaster waste management at the time of a large-scale disaster is considered to be an important response in the early stages of recovery and for overall recovery of the affected areas. In order to smoothly coordinate with disaster waste disposal programs, it is necessary to implement the following: guidance and advice for processing systems, securing a system of cooperation that covers a wide area, securing a system to gather information about damages. Local governments, related government agencies, private enterprise groups, and others will all be required to take part in this collaborative effort. This report introduces examples where ICT has been applied for disaster restoration in disaster waste programs over the past three years in the area struck by The Great East Japan Earthquake.
