The implications of international rescue and relief operations for domestic regulatory regimes—lessons from the 2011 East Japan Earthquake

Abstract This article attempts to reveal how and why international rescue and relief operations had difficulties, following the 2011 East Japan earthquake, in being smoothly received in a country like Japan with well-prepared domestic natural disaster response mechanisms as well as highly regulated...

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Main Author: Yoshi Kodama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of International Humanitarian Action
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41018-020-00085-1