Geography HEDC Kobe Case Study

Overall summary

Short term responses - Increase in seismic instruments to record the Earth's movements, people were evacuated, energy rations provided, rescue teams searched for survivors for 10 days|||||Japan is used to earthquakes, so a lot of resources have already gone into that, Infrastructure (water, gas, telephone services and electricity) were fully functional by July, In 1 yr, port of Kobe 80% was functional