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Key statistics of Japan 2011 Tsunami
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Magnitude: 9.0 ~ 9.1
Deaths: 20,000
Economic Cost: $235 Billion
Disproportional amount of elderly casualties
2
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What made Japan vulnerable?
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- Japan has worlds highest proportion of elderly people (23% over 65). Elderly are slow or unwilling to be evacuated.
- Fukushima nuclear power plant was on the east coast.
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What was the response from the Japanese government?
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- 100,000 members of the “Japanese Self-Defence Force” were rapidly mobilised.
- Further aid from US, India, China and more to get supplies to areas hindered by bad weather.
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What factors influenced the impacts of the Japan disaster?
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- 66% of deaths over the age of 60 as mobility limited the effectiveness of evacuation.
- Radioactive contamination from damage to Fukushima power plant.
- Damage to infrastructure left elderly without health care.
5
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What was there in place to modify the vulnerability of the Japan disaster?
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K-Net system successfully predicted and warned population.
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How had the 2011 Japan disaster successfully been modified.
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- Earthquake resistant design (87% of Tokyo uses anti-seismic building standards)
- Sea defences (reduced likelihood of evacuation by 30%)
Land use zoning would not work in such a densely populated city like Tokyo
