Disaster prevention and safety city
A city with advanced disaster prevention capabilities, leveraging its experience of earthquake disasters
Hyogo and Kobe, which experienced the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995, have been working towards "creative reconstruction" by creating a disaster-resistant city where people can live safely. Currently, the area is home to institutions such as the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution and the Asian Disaster Reduction Center, and has also become a hub for disseminating disaster prevention and mitigation information to the world.Hyogo and Kobe are promoting the creation of safe and secure communities and disaster-mitigating urban development, which can reduce the risk of external instability.
Hyogo Prefecture's Disaster Prevention Measures
https://web.pref.hyogo.lg.jp/safe/index.htmlIn addition to information on local disaster prevention plans and disaster prevention bases, the website also contains information on projects to raise disaster prevention awareness.
Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution
http://www.dri.ne.jp/In addition to holding exhibitions and collecting information to pass on the story of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, the museum also serves as a research and dissemination center for disaster prevention information, bringing together international disaster prevention organizations such as the Asian Disaster Reduction Center.
Hyogo Prefectural Disaster Prevention Center
http://www.fire-ac-hyogo.jp/This is the core facility of the wide-area disaster prevention network in Hyogo Prefecture, and also conducts human resource development to enhance the region's disaster prevention capabilities.
International Disaster Prevention Training Center
https://www.jica.go.jp/kansai/drlc/As part of their international cooperation, Hyogo Prefecture and JICA are training human resources involved in disaster prevention in developing countries.