An integrated framework for disaster risk management is presented to cope with the risk of low-probability high-consequence (LPHC) disasters in urban communities. Since the 2000 Tokai flood in Japan, there has been a shift in the management strategy from disaster prevention with a presumed zero...

This study examines how flood risk perception and home ownership affect residents’ preparedness for floods, focusing specifically on the case of the Tokai flood disaster in Nagoya City, one of Japan’s biggest metropolises, in 2000. The greatest rainfall ever recorded in Nagoya City (566.5...

Recent reform of environmental risk policy in Japan is discussed focusing on hazardous chemicals management. The background and reasons for evolution of a risk-based approach to hazardous chemicals management in Japan is discussed in a policy analytical framework.

Following the rapid economic development of China and the improvement of living standards there, the Chinese people are increasing their demand for improvement of environmental quality. This paper reports the results of a choice experiment approach to evaluating the preferences and willingness...

International benefit transfer from developed countries is often used to evaluate international aid projects due to the lack of primary study in the policy country, particularly when the policy country is a developing one. This paper shows that different countries may have considerable...

The total economic value of a coastal waterfront or coastal zone is important for policymakers and analysts concerned with coastal issues to evaluate policies that affect coastal management. A coastal waterfront as common goods is usually valuated with a measure of willingness to pay (WTP) for...

A paradigm to construct internet of intelligences for risk assessment / C. Huang -- Research on the urban emergency shelter system planning : a case study of Guangzhou, China / G. Zhai, W. Chen, W. Jin and Y. Xie -- Modeling causality of financial investment decisions in R&D on economic yields /...