DocumentCode :
30743
Title :
What is the role of universities in disaster response, recovery, and rehabilitation? Focusing on our disaster victim identification project
Author :
Aoki, Toyohiro ; Ito, Kei
Author_Institution :
Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Volume :
52
Issue :
3
fYear :
2014
fDate :
Mar-14
Firstpage :
30
Lastpage :
37
Abstract :
A university provides diverse knowledge and expertise that can be mobilized readily in response to community needs in the event of a disaster. Due to its comprehensive capability, a university can contribute significantly in all phases of disaster cycles: pre-disaster preparedness, disaster response, and disaster recovery. It is this comprehensive strength that makes universities such an important part of our society, even in a disaster situation. This article summarizes Tohoku University´s strength displayed in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. As a case study of response-phase contributions, this article also focuses on the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) project, in which authors have been involved for nearly three years.
Keywords :
disasters; earthquakes; educational institutions; emergency management; tsunami; DVI project; Great East Japan Earthquake; Great East Japan Tsunami; Tohoku University strength; comprehensive capability; disaster cycles; disaster recovery; disaster rehabilitation; disaster response; disaster victim identification project; predisaster preparedness; response-phase contribution; Buildings; Communities; Disasters; Earthquakes; Educational institutions; Emergency services; Mobile robots; Tsunami;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0163-6804
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MCOM.2014.6766081
Filename :
6766081
Link To Document :
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