Communication in Tokyo, immediately after the Great Kwantô Earthquake of 1923

A missionary doctor in the Tokyo earthquake disaster of 1923.

Social, not physical, infrastructure: the critical role of civil society after the 1923 Tokyo earthquake.

Despite the tremendous destruction wrought by catastrophes, social science holds few quantitative assessments of explanations for the rate of recovery. This article illuminates four factors-damage, population density, human capital, and economic capital-that are thought to explain the variation in the pace of population recovery following disaster; it also explores the popular but relatively un...

Communication Problems After the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011

OBJECTIVES After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the resource utilization of and the problems encountered with communication devices were examined. METHODS A questionnaire survey was submitted to disaster medical assistance teams (DMATs) that were at the primary sites of destruction after the earthquake. RESULTS We collected data from 196 teams. During the first 4 days after the earth...

focus on communication in iranian high school language classes: a study of the role of teaching materials in changing the focus onto communication in language classes

چکیده ارتباط در کلاس به عوامل زیادی از جمله معلمان، دانش آموزان، برنامه های درسی و از همه مهم تر، مواد آموزشی وابسته است. در تدریس ارتباطی زبان که تاکید زیادی بر توانش ارتباطی دارد، کتاب درسی به عنوان عامل موثر بر پویایی کلاس محسوب میگردد که درس ها را از طریق فراهم آوردن متن ارتباط کلاسی و هم چنین نوع تمرین زبانی که دانش آموزان در طول فعالیت های کلاسی به آن مشغول اند، کنترل می کند. این حقیقت ک...

Observations Made during and Immediately after the Earthquake

K oyna Earthquake of December 11, I967: Report of the Expert Committee on Electrical and Mechanical Equipment. UNESCO, No. 1489/BMS.RD/SCE, Paris , September, 1969, 52 pp. Hydroelectr ic power generators are common in seismic regions th roughou t the world and the i r abi l i ty to w i th s t and ea r thquakes is i m p o r t a n t to public welfare. There is very l i t t le informat ion in the ...