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The significance of local government in disaster management for international migrants: the case of Minoh City, Osaka Prefecture.
Kobayashi, Yasuko Hassall.
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  • Kobayashi YH; College of Global Liberal Arts, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.
Disasters ; 48 Suppl 1: e12636, 2024 Jul.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38864590
ABSTRACT
Disaster research predominantly focuses on citizens, not on migrants. This tilted spotlight needs to be readjusted, since many advanced countries around the world have become immigration countries, and safeguarding the lives of migrants at times of disaster has become an important and immediate policy issue. Hence, this research concentrates on disaster management to protect the lives of migrants in a disaster-prone and de facto immigration country. The particular country and event in question are Japan and the northern Osaka earthquake of June 2018. More than 100 migrants who lived near the earthquake's epicentre rushed to an evacuation shelter managed by the local municipal government of Minoh City, Osaka Prefecture. While non-governmental organisations attract more attention, this paper centres on a local government and demonstrates the key role that it can play in both bridging and building networks across different communities, and thus in safeguarding the lives of migrants at times of disaster.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Migrantes / Planejamento em Desastres / Terremotos / Governo Local Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Migrantes / Planejamento em Desastres / Terremotos / Governo Local Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article