Lessons from International Students’ Reaction to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake:The Case of the School of Engineering at Tohoku University

作     者：Oscar A.Gómez 

作者机构：Graduate School of Global StudiesDoshisha UniversityKyoto 602-0898Japan 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Disaster Risk Science》 (国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第4卷第3期

页      面：137-149页

核心收录：

学科分类：0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 0303[法学-社会学] 0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 070801[理学-固体地球物理学] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0705[理学-地理学] 0837[工学-安全科学与工程] 0706[理学-大气科学] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0704[理学-天文学] 0833[工学-城乡规划学] 

基　　金：The first part of the research was undertaken while I was a Collaborator for Research and Education at the Graduate School of Environmental Studies  Tohoku University  and its conclusion was made possible by the support of the Japan Society for the Promot 

主　　题：disaster mostly Great 

摘      要：The objective of this study is to document the reaction of international students to the 11 March 2011 emergency in order to inform and improve disaster management strategies, both public and institutional. The study is based mainly on a questionnaire survey carried out in August 2011 and follow-up interviews with students and other stakeholders. It describes the background of Tohoku University’s School of Engineering and covers six different stages in the evolution of the emergency:(1) immediate response;(2) taking shelter in Sendai;(3) life in the city during the aftermath;(4) sheltering outside Sendai;(5) coming back;plus(6) an overview of the experience. Major findings include: the process of evacuation and safety confirmation was successful, yet the subsequent phases(2 and 3) went on mostly unmanaged;students relied mostly on secondary sources of information to make decisions, mainly family and friends of the same nationality, most of whom probably were not better informed than the students themselves. Based on the findings, suggestions for future disaster planning are advanced, as well as a discussion on the challenges of information provision during crisis.