Green Belts and Coastal Risk Management

For more than four centuries Japan has been developing forested green belts to mitigate coastal hazards such as sandstorms, salty winds, high tides, and tsunamis. Although Japan's green belts were severely damaged by the March 11 tsunami, they...

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Main Authors:	Shaw, Rajib, Noguchi, Yusuke, Ishiwatari, Mikio
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AFFORESTATION AGRICULTURAL LANDS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE BAMBOO BEACH BIODIVERSITY COASTAL AREAS COASTAL FOREST COASTAL FORESTS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CULTIVATION DAMAGES DISASTER DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISKS DISASTERS EARTHQUAKE EVACUATION FARMERS FLOODED FLOODS FOREST FOREST AGENCY FOREST LAW FORESTRY FORESTRY AGENCY FORESTS GREEN BELT LAND USE LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL CONDITIONS MANGROVES MEDICINAL PLANTS MOUNDS NATURAL HAZARDS PINE PINE FORESTS PINES PLANT PLANTING PUBLIC AWARENESS RESERVED FORESTS RISK REDUCTION SAFETY SALT WATER SHIPS SPECIES STORMS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TREE TREE SPECIES TREES TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS URBANIZATION WILDLIFE WOOD WOODS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/18024142/green-belts-coastal-risk-management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16156

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spelling	okr-10986-161562021-04-23T14:03:27Z Green Belts and Coastal Risk Management Shaw, Rajib Noguchi, Yusuke Ishiwatari, Mikio AFFORESTATION AGRICULTURAL LANDS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE BAMBOO BEACH BIODIVERSITY COASTAL AREAS COASTAL FOREST COASTAL FORESTS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CULTIVATION DAMAGES DISASTER DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISKS DISASTERS EARTHQUAKE EVACUATION FARMERS FLOODED FLOODS FOREST FOREST AGENCY FOREST LAW FORESTRY FORESTRY AGENCY FORESTS GREEN BELT LAND USE LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL CONDITIONS MANGROVES MEDICINAL PLANTS MOUNDS NATURAL HAZARDS PINE PINE FORESTS PINES PLANT PLANTING PUBLIC AWARENESS RESERVED FORESTS RISK REDUCTION SAFETY SALT WATER SHIPS SPECIES STORMS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TREE TREE SPECIES TREES TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS URBANIZATION WILDLIFE WOOD WOODS For more than four centuries Japan has been developing forested green belts to mitigate coastal hazards such as sandstorms, salty winds, high tides, and tsunamis. Although Japan's green belts were severely damaged by the March 11 tsunami, they did reduce the impact of waves, and protected houses by capturing floating debris. Local governments are planning to reconstruct the green belts as a countermeasure against tsunamis. While local communities have traditionally taken charge of maintaining green belts, their role has been weakened because of changes in society brought about by economic development and urbanization. The people who lived on the dunes along the coast had suffered from sandstorms and tidal disasters that damaged their agricultural products and the pine forests protected their fields. Masamune allowed the people to sell wood from branches that were trimmed or had fallen to cover the expense of maintaining the green belt. The green belt became less important after the rapid economic growth of the 1970s, as other more effective Disaster Risk Management (DRM) measures were developed, and electricity and gas replaced wood as energy sources for people. The community's role in managing the green belt diminished, and governments took over its maintenance. 2013-10-15T21:15:43Z 2013-10-15T21:15:43Z 2012-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/18024142/green-belts-coastal-risk-management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16156 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Japan
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topic	AFFORESTATION AGRICULTURAL LANDS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE BAMBOO BEACH BIODIVERSITY COASTAL AREAS COASTAL FOREST COASTAL FORESTS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CULTIVATION DAMAGES DISASTER DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISKS DISASTERS EARTHQUAKE EVACUATION FARMERS FLOODED FLOODS FOREST FOREST AGENCY FOREST LAW FORESTRY FORESTRY AGENCY FORESTS GREEN BELT LAND USE LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL CONDITIONS MANGROVES MEDICINAL PLANTS MOUNDS NATURAL HAZARDS PINE PINE FORESTS PINES PLANT PLANTING PUBLIC AWARENESS RESERVED FORESTS RISK REDUCTION SAFETY SALT WATER SHIPS SPECIES STORMS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TREE TREE SPECIES TREES TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS URBANIZATION WILDLIFE WOOD WOODS
spellingShingle	AFFORESTATION AGRICULTURAL LANDS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE BAMBOO BEACH BIODIVERSITY COASTAL AREAS COASTAL FOREST COASTAL FORESTS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CULTIVATION DAMAGES DISASTER DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISKS DISASTERS EARTHQUAKE EVACUATION FARMERS FLOODED FLOODS FOREST FOREST AGENCY FOREST LAW FORESTRY FORESTRY AGENCY FORESTS GREEN BELT LAND USE LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL CONDITIONS MANGROVES MEDICINAL PLANTS MOUNDS NATURAL HAZARDS PINE PINE FORESTS PINES PLANT PLANTING PUBLIC AWARENESS RESERVED FORESTS RISK REDUCTION SAFETY SALT WATER SHIPS SPECIES STORMS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TREE TREE SPECIES TREES TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS URBANIZATION WILDLIFE WOOD WOODS Shaw, Rajib Noguchi, Yusuke Ishiwatari, Mikio Green Belts and Coastal Risk Management
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description	For more than four centuries Japan has been developing forested green belts to mitigate coastal hazards such as sandstorms, salty winds, high tides, and tsunamis. Although Japan's green belts were severely damaged by the March 11 tsunami, they did reduce the impact of waves, and protected houses by capturing floating debris. Local governments are planning to reconstruct the green belts as a countermeasure against tsunamis. While local communities have traditionally taken charge of maintaining green belts, their role has been weakened because of changes in society brought about by economic development and urbanization. The people who lived on the dunes along the coast had suffered from sandstorms and tidal disasters that damaged their agricultural products and the pine forests protected their fields. Masamune allowed the people to sell wood from branches that were trimmed or had fallen to cover the expense of maintaining the green belt. The green belt became less important after the rapid economic growth of the 1970s, as other more effective Disaster Risk Management (DRM) measures were developed, and electricity and gas replaced wood as energy sources for people. The community's role in managing the green belt diminished, and governments took over its maintenance.
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author	Shaw, Rajib Noguchi, Yusuke Ishiwatari, Mikio
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title	Green Belts and Coastal Risk Management
title_short	Green Belts and Coastal Risk Management
title_full	Green Belts and Coastal Risk Management
title_fullStr	Green Belts and Coastal Risk Management
title_full_unstemmed	Green Belts and Coastal Risk Management
title_sort	green belts and coastal risk management
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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