Disaster Risk Reduction Capacity Assessment: Reflecting on the Japanese Experience

Abstract: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is an increasingly important issue on the global agenda with great effort being made through policy and science to minimize disasters ' impacts on humans and the environment. The paper discusses some components of capacity assessment that are relevant to strengthening DRR capacity and reference is made to the Great East Japan Earthquake (earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident) on the lessons learned, particularly from the Fukushima nuclear disaster