Kanagawa, JAPAN

Phone: +81 466 47 0284
Fax: +81 466 47 0284

Email: ei-core@sfc.keio.ac.jp

The topic of thies year is "From Post-Disaster Reconstruction to the Creation of Resilient Societies".
Disaster is not new to the human experience. Cultures around the world have been, and continue to be, shaped by floods, storms and drought. In that sense there is already a body of knowledge, gathered through hard experience, that suggests ways to adapt to extreme events. At the same time Japan is currently learning new lessons as the nation adapts to emerging conditions brought on by the disasters and by radical changes in the environment. If we are able to negotiate these changes successfully we may be in a position to add to a knowledge base that will become more and more essential as the world works to become resilient in the face of climate change.