World: From Disaster to Community Development: The Kobe Experience

This book describes the Kobe "Great Hanshin-Awaji" Earthquake and the lessons learned from the Kobe experience.

Part I describes the background of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and its damages.

Part II describes the major problems during the rehabilitation process, and possible solutions.

Part III states the details of the action plan for future community rehabilitation

In Part IV, Future needs of the action plan implementation are described.

The document seeks to disseminate the best practices for the disaster mitigation through training and research.