{"id":613,"date":"2011-04-07T15:54:48","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T10:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=613"},"modified":"2011-04-07T15:59:01","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T10:59:01","slug":"613","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=613","title":{"rendered":"Japan March 11 tsunami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends,<\/p>\n<p>Even as you read this message, Japan continues to grapple with the aftermath of the deadly March 11 tsunami.  Japan&#8217;s susceptibility to earthquakes have been widely discussed ever since. Less discussed has been its unique resilience-building strategy. Relatively mild tsunamis\/ earthquakes hit the island-nation frequently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/japan-tshunami.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-614 colorbox-613\" title=\"japan-tshunami\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/japan-tshunami-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/japan-tshunami-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/japan-tshunami.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With each one, it built upon its intricate disaster risk reduction system comprising of barriers, embankments, dams, early warning systems, satellites, standard building codes and awareness-building. The video Disaster Reduction: Japan&#8217;s Global Contribution attempts an outline.  There is as much to learn from Japan&#8217;s remarkable resilience as its unfortunate plight.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We cannot face disasters merely with ex-post strategies based on relief\/ rehabilitation. Our approach has to be multi-dimensional, integrating disaster-preparedness with mitigation and early warning. And a socio-political understanding of disasters should inform technological measures. The following videos highlight some of these aspects:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7  Bangladesh: Sisters on the Planet<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7  United States: The Katrina Myth<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7  Myths and Realities of Natural Disasters<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7  Nepal:<\/p>\n<p>Getting Ready for the Floods  Warm Regards,  TheWaterChannel Team<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewaterchannel.tv\/ \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.thewaterchannel.tv\/ <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends, Even as you read this message, Japan continues to grapple with the aftermath of the deadly March 11 tsunami. Japan&#8217;s susceptibility to earthquakes have been widely discussed ever since. Less discussed has been its unique resilience-building strategy. Relatively mild tsunamis\/ earthquakes hit the island-nation frequently. With each one, it built upon its intricate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}