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Journal of Disaster Research

ISSN : 1881-2473(Print) / 1883-8030(Online)
Editor-in-chief :Suminao Murakami (Laboratory of Urban Safety Planning) / Katsuki Takiguchi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

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JDR Vol.4 No.2 Apr. 2009

"Evaluation and disaster prevention research for the coming Tokai, Tonankai and Nankai earthquakes": Guest Editor: Yoshiyuki Kaneda; Research Groups for the Next Nankai Trough Mega Thrust Earthquakes, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan (As of Apr. 1 ,2009)

Development Report:: New Research Project for Evaluating Seismic Linkage Around the Nankai Trough —Integration of Observation, Simulation, and Disaster Mitigation—; Yoshiyuki Kaneda, Kazuo Hirahara, and Takashi Furumura, pp. 61-66; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF7003KB)
Paper:: Structural Research on the Nankai Trough Using Reflections and Refractions; Yoshiyuki Kaneda and Shuichi Kodaira, pp. 67-71; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF14122KB)
Paper:: Continuous Long-Term Seafloor Pressure Observation for Detecting Slow-Slip Interplate Events in Miyagi-Oki on the Landward Japan Trench Slope; Ryota Hino, Shiori Ii, Takeshi Iinuma, and Hiromi Fujimoto, pp. 72-82; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF3169KB)
Paper:: Underground Structural Anomalies and Slow Earthquake Activities Around Seismogenic Megathrust Earthquake Zone as Revealed by Inland Seismic Observations; Kazushige Obara and Katsuhiko Shiomi, pp. 83-93; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF20433KB)
Paper:: Principal Component Analysis as a Tool for Materials Characterization of the Plate Boundary — Seismic Activity Application in the Plate Boundary Zone of the Northeastern Japan Arc.; Mitsuhiro Toriumi, pp. 94-98; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF950KB)

Paper:: Toward Advanced Earthquake Cycle Simulation; Kazuro Hirahara, pp. 99-105; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF860KB)
Paper:: Conditions for Consecutive Rupture of Adjacent Asperities; Naoyuki Kato, pp. 106-110; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF3700KB)
Paper:: A Model of Earthquake-Generation Cycle with Scale-Dependent Frictional Property - Preliminary Results and Research Plan for a Project of Evaluation for Coming Tokai, Tonankai, and Nankai Earthquakes; Takane Hori, Shin'ichi Miyazaki, and Noa Mitsui, pp. 111-117; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF66251KB)
Paper:: Integrated Ground Motion and Tsunami Simulation for the 1944 Tonankai Earthquake Using High-Performance Supercomputers; Takashi Furumura and Tatsuhiko Saito, pp. 118-126; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF43293KB)
Paper:: Characteristics and Mitigation Measures for Tsunamis Generated Along the Nankai Trough; Fumihiko Imamura and Kentaro Imai, pp. 127-134; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF4088KB)

Paper:: Prediction of Strong Ground Motion and Building Damage in Urban Areas and Development of a Disaster Mitigation Strategy; Nobuo Fukuwa, Jun Tobita, Masafumi Mori, and Hiroto Takahashi, pp. 135-141; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF6850KB)
Paper:: Response to Possible Earthquake Disasters in the Tokai, Tonankai, and Nankai Areas, and Their Restoration/Reconstruction Strategies; Norio Maki, Hai-Li Chen, and Shingo Suzuki, pp. 142-150; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF4160KB)
Paper:: Newly Proposed Disaster Mitigation and Recovery for the Next Nankai Trough Megathrust Earthquakes; Yoshiyuki Kaneda, Michihiro Ohori, and Takeshi Nakamura, pp. 151-152; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF692KB)

Paper:: Damage to Civil Engineering Structures with an Emphasis on Rock Slope Failures and Tunnel Damage Induced by the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake; Ö.Aydan, M.Hamada, J. Itoh, and K.Okubo, pp. 153-164; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF17721KB)

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