[H-SC03] Implementing Human Dimensios Research for the Earth' Future

[HSC03-08] The use of maps for disaster prevention - some lessons of the Great East Japan Tsunami Disaster

*氷見山 幸夫¹ (1.北海道教育大学)

キーワード：Great East Japan Tsunami, map, Future Earth, disaster, land use

The increase of large scale disasters is becoming a major threat to our sustainable future, as the Great East Japan Tsunami of 11th March 2011 mercilessly showed. The paper discusses how the damages can be reduced by carefully making, reading and using relevant maps based on the lessons of the Great East Japan Tsunami Disaster.