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Title:

The Tohoku Disasters: Preliminary Findings Concerning the Post Disaster Humanitarian Logistics Response
Cover of The Tohoku Disasters: Preliminary Findings Concerning the Post Disaster Humanitarian Logistics Response

Accession Number:

01366086

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

This paper describes the preliminary findings of the research conducted by the authors on the humanitarian logistic efforts after the cascading disasters that descended on the Tohoku region after the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11th, 2011. Using a combination of in depth interviews with participants in the relief efforts, meta analyses of news accounts, the authors identified a list of preliminary findings, policy implications and suggestions for improvement.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE40(6) ABE40 Paper Review Subcommittee

Monograph Accession #:

01362476

Report/Paper Numbers:

12-1162

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Holguin-Veras, Jose
Taniguchi, Eichii
Ferreira, Frederico
Jaller, Miguel

ORCID 0000-0003-4053-750X

Thompson, Russell G

Pagination:

18p

Publication Date:

2012

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References

Uncontrolled Terms:

Humanitarian logistics

Geographic Terms:

Tohoku Region (Japan)

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Security and Emergencies; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-1162

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2012 5:00PM