Mutual waterworks support system based on Japanese earthquake disaster experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-277
Author(s):  
F. Nishu ◽  
T. Miura ◽  
T. Tsushima ◽  
N. Kunishima
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Support System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Nankai Trough ◽  
Mutual Support ◽  
Earthquake Disaster ◽  
Disaster Experience ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

Abstract Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world, as well as experiencing other natural disasters arising from its geography, physiography and weather. The country has frequently experienced major disasters and it has been pointed out that it could be struck by large-scale earthquakes in the future, in areas such as the Nankai trough and Chishima trenches, and directly below Tokyo. Against this backdrop, the Japan Water Works Association (JWWA) has used its organizational strength to develop a mutual support system for recovery from disasters. In this paper the mutual support system's mechanism is described with an explanation of how JWWA developed it through its activities in recent disasters like the Great East Japan and Kumamoto earthquakes, in 2011 and 2016 respectively.

scholarly journals Development of a Radar Reflector Kit for Older Adults to Use to Signal Their Location and Needs in a Large-Scale Earthquake Disaster

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 1883
Author(s):  
Yuma Morisaki ◽  
Makoto Fujiu ◽  
Ryoichi Furuta ◽  
Junichi Takayama
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Synthetic Aperture Radar ◽  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Earthquake Disaster ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The World ◽  
Vulnerable People

In Japan, older adults account for the highest proportion of the population of any country in the world. When large-scale earthquake disasters strike, large numbers of casualties are known to particularly occur among seniors. Many are physically or mentally vulnerable and require assistance during the different phases of disaster response, including rescue, evacuation, and living in an evacuation center. However, the growing number of older adults has made it difficult, after a disaster, to quickly gather information on their locations and assess their needs. The authors are developing a proposal to enable vulnerable people to signal their location and needs in the aftermath of a disaster to response teams by deploying radar reflectors that can be detected in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery. The purpose of this study was to develop a radar reflector kit that seniors could easily assemble in order to make this proposal feasible in practice. Three versions of the reflector were tested for detectability, and a sample of older adults was asked to assemble the kits and provide feedback regarding problems they encountered and regarding their interest in using the reflectors in the event of a large-scale disaster.

scholarly journals Good and bad luck of a computer project

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgii Gennadyevich Malinetskii
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
Norbert Wiener ◽  
Joint Actions ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Current Point ◽  
Social Project

A computer project in the world and in Russia is now usually viewed as an economic, technological or military one. At the same time, it is a global social project. From the theory of the humanitarian and technological revolution, it follows that at the current point of bifurcation, its results can determine the path of humanity to the future. I show that the results of this project reflect the readiness of civilizations for socio-technological change. The COVID-19 pandemic turned out to be a test for social imperatives and had a huge impact on computer reality in the formation of a new sociality. Book by K. Schwab, T. Mallerert “COVID-19: The great reset” represents a variant of such sociality. The analysis presented in this work shows the unacceptability of the proposed changes for the world of Russia. A study of large-scale computer projects in Russia and Belarus shows the need to bring them to a new sociocultural level, much higher than the current one. The unsuccessful experience of mass e-education in the Union State confirmed the imperative of Norbert Wiener: “Render unto man the things which are man’s and unto the computer the things which are the computer’s”. This should, apparently, be a reasonable line of behavior in organizing joint actions of people and machines.

scholarly journals On the Side of Predictable

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (43) ◽  
pp. 3-67
Author(s):  
Maja Petrović-Šteger ◽  
Felix Ringel ◽  
Ivan Rajković ◽  
Tea Škokić ◽  
Sanja Potkonjak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Position Paper ◽  
Participatory Methods ◽  
Social Worlds ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
The People ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

In order to be able to contextualize and understand social worlds, anthropologists pay close attention. We observe how individuals and communities relate to each other and to their ideas. We study the intimate and subjective, as well as the large-scale cosmologies by which people make themselves and the world. Our participatory methods and reflective analysis document the complex, intricate, patterned, and also random aspects of people’s reasoning and actions. These activities, on anthropology’s part, supposedly offer not only critical descriptions of the present (on its historical trajectories), but possible intimations of a society’s future. Anthropological analysis, in other words, not only describes but also anticipates. This position paper focuses on the notions of anticipation, predictability, and possibility in anthropology. It asks what methodological and theoretical assumptions are built into our ways of making predictions about our field sites. It invites the reader to consider the effects certain anticipatory practices have for the people and phenomena we study as well as for the discipline. Centrally, the paper proposes different ways of attending to visions that anticipate the future. By reflecting on my ethnographic and analytical journeys in Serbia, I attempt to explain why I currently make so much of questions of predictability and possibility in both the field and the discipline. My desire is to open up a discussion on the value of cultivating attention to what seems to emerge on the side of predictable.

Overview of the World Bosai Forum Public Cultural Event: “Pre-WBF Festival – Learning from the Disaster, Bridging to the Future: Held in Partnership with the Science Agora”

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1234-1246
Author(s):  
Natsuko Chubachi ◽  
◽  
Yuichi Ono ◽  
Kiyoshi Ito ◽  
Fumihiko Imamura
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Public Event ◽  
Cultural Event ◽  
Disaster Experience ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
First World

This study overviews “the Pre-WBF Festival – Learning from the disaster, bridging to the future: held in partnership with the Science Agora” (the Pre-WBF Festival), and recounts its achievements. This was a cultural, admission-free public event, held as the opening event of the first “World Bosai Forum/International Disaster Risk Conference in Sendai” (WBF). The Pre-WBF Festival was planned primarily by academics with a view towards “passing on experiences of the Great East Japan Earthquake,” “bridging the divide between academia and society,” “success of the WBF,” and so on. Parties involved in media provided advice on onstage presentations and public relations activity. The event, which had 662 participants from inside and outside of Japan, was a success. An analysis of the results of a questionnaire demonstrates that the participants understood the intentions of the event and reacted very favorably. Although participation of younger generations remains an issue, the Pre-WBF Festival is thought to be an effective method to connect academia and citizens. In addition, if such an event is held regularly, it can successfully pass on disaster experience in the future.

scholarly journals The World after COVID-19: the Necessity of Transition to a New Development Paradigm

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-273
Author(s):  
V. M. Bondarenko
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
New Development ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Synchronous Development ◽  
Global World ◽  
Development Paradigm

This article is a continuation of a large-scale research devoted to the identification of patterns of human community development, which has been conducted by the author for many decades.Purpose: is to study the possible transformation of the world after the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of the need to switch to a new, crisis-free development paradigm, which is a logical continuation of the previous author's works.Methods: the study is based on the application of a complex of general scientific methods, including analysis, generalization, comparison, etc., and is based on an interdisciplinary approach. The results and conclusions of the work are based on the use of the author's methodological tools, which were formed within the framework of the general research direction.Results: the article analyzes the current state of the global world in the absence of effective ways out of the deepest crisis that has long gripped almost the entire world and has been multiplied by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study of the fundamental works of foreign scientists has shown that their main thesis is that the future of the world lies in the transition to a new development paradigm (NDP), but to fully understand it, it is necessary to develop a new scientific paradigm (NSP). Based on the use of the author's development of the NSP, it is demonstrated that the future of the world depends on the choice of a development model. The author has proved the necessity and possibility of transition to a new development paradigm based on the synchronous development and implementation of a single development strategy for the global world and each country separately.Conclusions and Relevance: after the COVID-19 pandemic, the world will change only if there is a transition to a new crisis-free paradigm for the development of the human system. The NSP developed by the author can become the tool that allows you to give a complete understanding of the NDP, and see what the world can and should be like after the coronavirus pandemic. 

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF 5G/IMT-2020 NETWORKS IN RUSSIA, CHINA, USA AND EUROPE

T-Comm ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 20-32
Author(s):  
Behrooz Daneshmand ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Fourth Generation ◽  
Traffic Demand ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Definition Of

This article raises the question of the prospects for the development of 5G networks in Russia, China, the United States and Europe. Currently, there are four distinct generations of cellular communication in the world and in Russia. The development of each subsequent generation of communication as technical and economic capabilities improved and the spread of dominant standards occurred approximately every 10 years. The research community and industry in general agree that in the future it is impossible to meet future mobile traffic demand and application requirements simply by evolving the current fourth generation architecture. Instead, there is a need for a significant overhaul of the mobile network system: such an effort is commonly referred to as the future fifth generation (5G) architecture, and large-scale initiatives have been launched around the world to address this issue. The research community has already invested a very significant effort in identifying new individual technologies. The fact that all new offerings are labeled 5G has created a lot of confusion about what 5G really is. The purpose of this article is to shed light on the current state of the definition of 5G architecture and trends in the required technologies in Russia, the United States, China and Europe. Key contributions are: (1) analyze the 5G requirements defined by various global initiatives, highlighting the similarities and differences in 5G network development in Russia, China, the United States and Europe; (2) discuss current technology trends showing that there is broad consensus on the key factors driving 5G development in these countries; (3) strive to understand the new concepts that need to be developed with assistive technology to meet the desired requirements.

scholarly journals The asymmetric impact of natural disasters on China's bilateral trade

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2273-2281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Meng ◽  
S. Yang ◽  
P. Shi ◽  
C. C. Jeager
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Tohoku Earthquake ◽  
Trading Partner ◽  
The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Globalization and technological revolutions are making the world more interconnected. International trade is an important approach linking the world. Since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan shocked the global supply chain, more attention has been paid to the global impact of large-scale disasters. China is the second largest trader in the world and faces frequent natural disasters. Therefore, this study proposes a gravity model for China's bilateral trade tailored to national circumstances and estimates the impact of natural disasters in China and trading partner countries on Chinese imports and exports. We analyzed Chinese and trading partner statistical data from 1980 to 2012. Study results show the following: (1) China's natural disasters have a positive impact on exports but have no significant impact on imports; (2) trading partner countries' natural disasters reduce Chinese imports and exports; (3) both development level and land area of the partners are important in determining the intensity of natural disaster impacts on China's bilateral trade. The above findings suggest that the impact of natural disasters on trade is asymmetric and significantly affected by other factors, which demand further study.

scholarly journals The asymmetric impact of natural disasters on China's bilateral trade

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 2003-2023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Meng ◽  
P. Shi ◽  
S. Yang ◽  
C. C. Jeager
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Tohoku Earthquake ◽  
Trading Partner ◽  
The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Globalization and technological revolutions are making the world more interconnected. International trade is one of the major approaches linking the world. Since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan shocked the global supply chain, more attention has been paid to the global impact of large-scale disasters. China is the second largest trader in the world and faces the most frequent natural disasters. Therefore, this study proposes a gravity model for China's bilateral trade tailored to national circumstances, and estimates the impact of natural disasters in China and trading partner countries on Chinese imports and exports. We analyzed Chinese and trading partner statistical data from 1980 to 2012. Study results show that: (1) China's natural disasters have a positive impact on imports, but have no significant impact on exports, (2) trading partner countries' natural disasters reduce Chinese imports and exports, (3) both development level and land area of the partners are important in determining the intensity of natural disaster impacts on China's bilateral trade. The above findings suggest that the impact of natural disasters on trade is asymmetric and significantly affected by other factors, which demand further study.

The computational accelerator physics conference series: From its origins to the present day

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (36) ◽  
pp. 1942025
Author(s):  
Robert D. Ryne
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Peak Performance ◽  
Accelerator Physics ◽  
Conference Series ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

The first conference in what would become the International Computational Accelerator Physics (ICAP) series was held in 1988. At that time the most powerful computer in the world was a Cray YMP with 8 processors and a peak performance of 2 gigaflops. Today the fastest computer in the world has more than 2 million cores and a theoretical peak performance of nearly 200 petaflops. Compared to 1988, performance has increased by a factor of 100 million, accompanied by huge advances in memory, networking, big data management and analytics. By the time of the next ICAP in 2021 we will be at the dawn of the Exascale era. In this talk I will describe the advances in Computational Accelerator Physics that brought us to this point and describe trends in regard to large-scale accelerator simulation in the future.

scholarly journals Modern urban and architectural solutions as an answer for the progressive aging of society

2021 ◽  
pp. 4-16
Author(s):  
Dominika Poluk
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Safe Environment ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Aging Societies

Modern urban and architectural solutions as an answer for the progressive aging of society The phenomenon of aging societies all over the world is getting significantly bigger in size. This stage of life will affect each of us to a lesser or greater extent, which is why it is so important to undertake large-scale actions that will enable active, peaceful and, above all, safe and dignified experience of old age. Investing in older social groups is, in fact, an action beyond generations, ensuring current younger generations with decent living conditions and a safe environment in the future. This article aims to analyze the forms of housing for older people in the world, taking into account their problems and needs. The most important aspects of the issue, which guided the execution of the assumptions, will be identified. These aspects should be taken into account when creating new senior architectural and urban solutions.

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