Living with Tsunami: Extreme Water Resilient Rural Landscapes

Living with Tsunami: Extreme Water Resilient Rural Landscapes

We are pleased to inform you that the IFLA Working Group on Agriculture and Landscape will organize the following webinar. This webinar will explore the major issues/obstacles of the reconstruction or planning processes, observed after the devastating tsunami disasters in Japan and Indonesia. The panelists will discuss how we should utilize the lessons learned for future landscape planning and sustainable rural development in Tonga and other disaster-prone areas.

Speakers:

Dr. Misato Uehara (Associate Professor, Research Center for Social Systems, Shinshu University, Japan)

Ms. Dewi Rezalini Anwar (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Agriculture, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia)

Mr. Kiyohito Tamotsu (Director, LOSFEE co., Ltd.)

Panelists:

Dr. Colleen Mercer Clarke (Chair, IFLA Committee on Professional Practice and Policy)

Mr. Carlos Jankilevich (Chair, IFLA Working Group on Agriculture and Landscape)

Dr. Salma Samaha (Chair, IFLA Education and Academic Affairs)

Program:

Opening remarks (Mr. Carlos Jankilevich)
Experience and lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (Dr. Misato Uehara)
Experience and lessons learned from the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami in Indonesia (Ms. Dewi Rezalini Anwar)
Current status of the tsunami disaster in the Kingdom of Tonga (Mr. Kiyohito Tamotsu)
Discussions with the panelists

Online Platform to Share the Experiences of the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011:

The following online platform was developed by Shinshu University with the financial support from the Japan Prize Foundation. Picture shows and lecture videos are provided for free of charge. Please have a look!

Living with disasters: How did Shinchi Town recover from the damages of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in 2011?

https://living-with-disaster-misato-uehara-s-school.teachable.com/p/livening-with-disaster/

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