Estimation of the workers dismissed or laid-off following the second Kanto earthquake

Estimation of the workers dismissed or laid-off following the second Kanto earthquake

The occurrences of earthquakes cannot be accurately predicted but the resulting damages can be approximated. When an earthquake strikes such as the Kanto earthquake in Tokyo, people's lives are disrupted because of the damages arising from the disaster. People's workplaces are destroyed or...

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Published in:Philippine Journal of Public Administration Vol. XXXVII, no. 4 (Oct. 1993), 395-402
Main Author: Kaji, Hideki
Other Authors: Murakami, Ken'jchi
Resource Type: Article
Language:English
Published: 1993
Subjects:
Earthquakes > Risk assessment
Earthquakes > Tokyo, Japan
Emergency management
Earthquakes > Social aspects
Earthquakes > Economic aspects
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