Tokyo Bousai is an emergency guide which was issued to households in Tokyo in 2015 to help them prepare for the likelihood of a large earthquake.The whole thing can be downloaded, and is also available in English, as there are a significant number of overseas residents in the city, who speak English as a first language. The guide includes a full set of illustrated guidance and checklists, and a manga style comic visualising a large earthquake. It also includes maps, planning cards and other elements.
Bousai is Japanese for "disaster preparedness".
The whole thing is printed in bright yellow covers, so you can't miss it when it's on the shelf...
Check out the Disaster Preparedness Map too...
I've been using this with Year 10 this year to explore primary and secondary effects and the importance of individual responses as well as the larger scale migitation which cities need. The issuing of Bousai is a city-wide response to the earthquake threat facing the city...
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