ABSTRACT
Contents Chapter Goals ........................................................................................................................... 34 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 34
Great East Japan Earthquake: A Three Pronged DisasterTwo Natural and One Manmade .......................................................................................... 34 Major Initial Damage ............................................................................................................35
Description of the Case ............................................................................................................. 36 Research Theme and Basic Framework of Analyses ............................................................... 36 Building Nuclear Power Stations in Disaster-Prone Countries Such as Japan ........................ 37 Organizations Involved in the 3.11 Disaster ......................................................................... 37 Sequence of Initial Events ..................................................................................................... 38
Analysis of Management of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster ..................................................... 38 Manmade Disaster Caused by Lack of Preparedness and Not Learning from the Past ........... 38 Manmade Disaster Caused by Ineffective Organizational and Management Procedures and Requiring Radical Reforms for Recovery ..................................41 Failure to Disclose Crisis Information to the Public ...............................................................41
