japan

• tectonic setting

  By the ring of fire

  Convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
• People continue to live near the tectonic zones as the entire country is along a fault so it is difficult to live there without being affected by the earthquake.

  As Japan is an AC it has the resources to mitigate and protect the people if an earthquake happens.

  Culturally people have religious ties to the temples/shrines on the volcanoes

  The land near volcanoes is extremely fertile
• Tohoku 2011

  Magnitude 9

  killed 16,000 and injured 6,000 more deaths from the following tsunami

  It destroyed the Fukushima power plant and made it inhabitable

  There was $200 billion in damage and impacted car companies such as Nissan as there were a shortage of oil and products.

  Japanese stock markets lost profit

  Oil barrels set alight

  plant life eradicated due to power plant meltdown. The radioactive material reached all the way to California
• Modifying vulnerability

  Japan's meteorological agency responsible for providing information and warnings of future earthquakes and tsunamis. They have detailed disaster planning which involve a variety of organisations.

  Buildings with an aseismic design which includes cross bracing, shock absorbers and deep foundations. Flexible joints in underground pipes and fire proofing wooden buildings. Land use zoning to see where they can evacuate from.
• Modifying loss

  Range of resources to compensate those impacted from tectonic event.

  disaster prevention day to educate the population in what to do in a tectonic event.