Reading Disaster Response in International Comparative Perspectives — Japan, China and New Zealand
Speaker: Junko OTANI(Regional Director, East Asian Center for Academic Initiatives (OU Shanghai Office) &
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Japan )
Time: 12:30 p.m., Friday, 17 October, 2014
Venue: Room 12 Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK
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The Christchurch earthquake occurred on 22 February 2011, which was 17 days before the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami disaster. Japanese media reported news from Christchurch everyday as there were 28 Japanese students victims at the English Language School due to the collapse of Canterbury Television (CTV) building. Soon the media reports stopped and focused on Tohoku news. The Canterbury earthquake was not only 22 February 2011 earthquake but it has been a series of earthquakes of four major ones from 4 September 2010, 22 February, 13 June and 23 December 2011, with 12,000 aftershocks. The earthquakes rocked the city of Christchurch and surrounding districts in Canterbury. This seminar presentation will look into post-earthquake recovery process in Christchurch with comparative perspectives of Japanese experiences: 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake and 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake as well as Chinese experiences: 2008 and 2013 Wenchuan Earthquakes.
ALL INTERESTED ARE WELCOME
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