Black Wave
How Networks and Governance Shaped Japan's 3/11 Disasters
Ranked #86 in Wave
Despite the devastation caused by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and 60-foot tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, some 96% of those living and working in the most disaster-stricken region of Tōhoku made it through. Smaller earthquakes and tsunamis have killed far more people in nearby China and India. What accounts for the exceptionally high survival rate? And why is it that some towns and cities in the Tōhoku region have built back more quickly than others?
Black Wave illuminates two critical factors that had a direct influence on why survival rates varied so much... more
Black Wave illuminates two critical factors that had a direct influence on why survival rates varied so much... more
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