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decline, shrinking settlements. Hence, completely tackling the current problems
before a disaster is one of the most important countermeasures for recovery from
the disaster.
Acknowledgments The author would like to sincerely thank Prof. Katsuya Hirano and Prof.
Yasuaki Onoda, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, and many
other colleagues, consultants and municipal offi cials for their helpful daily discussions. He would
also like to thank Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) for the fi nancial support in the
framework of “CONCERT-Japan”.
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