This book focuses on building regional resilience by
comprehensively improving regional assets. Regional vulnerability
depends on the availability of regional assets for the population,
as well as the population's ability to access those assets. Such
assets include the environment, population size, community, and
human capital, as well as traditional physical infrastructure.
Identifying and improving these regional assets, which provide
resource flows to help cope with regional disruptions-natural
disasters, economic crises, or demographic changes- serves to
mitigate vulnerability and build resiliency. The book pursues an
interdisciplinary approach to investigating regional resilience,
bringing together welfare and environmental economics, public
administration, risk and disaster management, policy studies,
development studies, and landscape architecture. Up-to-date case
studies are provided, including recovery from the Great East Japan
Earthquake in Japan, regional development for depopulation areas,
and urban policy for smart cities. These studies reflect and share
the latest findings on key issues, policymaking and implementation
processes, and implications for evaluation methodologies-all of
which are indispensable to the building of resilient regions. This
book is highly recommended for researchers and practitioners
seeking a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to regional and urban
development. It provides a valuable reference guide to building
resiliency and mitigating vulnerability, both of which are
imperative to achieving sustainable regions.
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