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.

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...