I made attention to “crowd funding and micro investment” to support affected SMEs, after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and analyzed its system and the situation of the enterprise. It is useful to give encouragement (mentally) as well as to alleviate economic burden (economically). Participation by citizens and social contribution by the private company are also emphasized.

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Flooding has become a serious issue in rapidly urbanizing countries. It is widely recognized that flood damages in urban areas can be decreased by taking an integrated risk management approach. This approach, however, has not been realized easily in major cities in Asia. The purpose of this paper is to examine the crucial issues in adopting the integrated approach to developing countries. It reviews Japanese experience and lessons of managing urban flood risks, and compares these lessons with situations in developing countries. It was found that establishing coordination mechanisms among a wide range of sectors is a crucial challenge. Furthermore, the paper proposes practical methods of promoting the integrated approach for urban flood risk management in developing countries.

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This paper models the inter-organizational network in operation during emergency response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (GEJET) 2011, by using Social Network Analysis (SNA). Furthermore, it observes partnership innovation and analyzes in its significance inside the network. Lessons learned from the disaster emphasize the importance of partnership in emergency response as a strong basis for creative recovery.

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This study applies a human security perspective in analyzing the consequences of the 2010/11 Canterbury (New Zealand) earthquakes and the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. It explores different factors that shape the vulnerability and resilience of individuals to natural hazards. We hypothesize that individuals differ in their vulnerability to- and capacity to recover from- disasters resulting from their demographic, social and economic characteristics. We take a closer look at how these disasters have affected the lives of a group of Filipino migrants and how they are able to cope with and recover from these calamitous experiences. Our analysis indicates that during natural disasters social competence (awareness, attitude, knowledge, communication skills) and social networks are very important mechanisms for coping and building resilience.

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A concept of a communicative survey is reexamined with the works by Habermas and planning theorists in 1980’s and 90’s. Author focuses on roles of planners in the survey process, and states their role is to derive practitioners’ unintended consequences, to have a reflective dialogue based on it, and to lead to a next step of community building. A case of distant refugees is attached to verify it.

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