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7 Sharing Lessons Learned from the Experience of Disaster (Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institute, Established in 2002) HYOGO PREFECTURE Senior researchers: 10; Dedicated researchers: 7 Collection, storage and display of reference materials Operation costs: 50% supported by the national government Research and study by specialists Dispatch of specialists in the event of disasters Development of practical disaster prevention personnel Exhibition 8 Recovery Condition of the Disaster Affected Area Smooth Recovery HYOGO PREFECTURE Population Gross Prefectural Production (GPP) January 1995 1994 Hyogo Pref. 5,526,689 Affected area (3,589,126) about $200 billion (about $ 128 billion) May 2010 Hyogo Pref. 5,595,183 Affected area (3,673,853) 7 Sharing Lessons Learned from the Experience of Disaster (JICA International Disaster Reduction Learning Center, established in 2007) HYOGO PREFECTURE World's first disaster management program under collaboration of Hyogo prefecture and JICA (1)Comprehensive coordination of disaster risk management training course which is held in Hyogo prefecture (2)Implementation of disaster risk management training (3)Disaster risk management research and development of educational materials (4)Networking and utilization of ex-participants (5)Establishment and utilization of data-base for human resource in disaster risk management Establis- hment of human resource network Implementation of training for disaster risk management (JICA training, Others) Disaster Reduction Learning Center (Inaugurated in JICA Hyogo on May 17,2007) Utilize the potential of the Kobe New Eastern City Center Research on disaster risk management 88888 Networking of expartici- pants 9. Addressing Remaining Issues 10-Year Reconstruction Overall Verification and Recommendation Project (January 2005) Recovery Follow up Commissioners Project (March 2010) Remaining Issues • Support for independent living of elderly disaster victims Reviving Community Vitality Preserve the Memory of the Earthquake HYOGO PREFECTURE 2008 about $ 205 billion Efforts Made Creating Elderly independence support plazas and Mobile Health Care Rooms Grouping together activities in a system of comprehensive support for revitalizing urban development, for example measures to promote the use of vacant lots and floor space. Passing on the experiences and lessons of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake: develop a "Disaster Culture"; efforts to use the lessons; 'Never forget 1.17' project. (about $129 billion) Xnumbers above: whole prefecture, numbers in []: disaster-affected area Hyogo Prefectural Government Hyogo 1.17は忘れない Productions January 17 shall never be forgotten HYOGO PREFECTURE 8

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