Japanese disasters database (2021)

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doi:10.25666/DATAUBFC-2021-06-25

Data creators : Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249), Emmanuel Garnier ^[1] ^[2]

[1] : Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (Université de Franche-Comté)

[2] : Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers - Terre, Homme, Environnement, Temps, Astronomie (UAR 3245) (Université de Franche-Comté)

Description :

Based on the study of newspaper articles from the Japanese English-language newspaper ‘The Japan Times’, the database contains all the catastrophic events (tsunamis, earthquakes, typhoons, etc.) recorded since the creation of the newspaper in the 1860s. until the 1970s.

Disciplines :

nuclear science & technology (engineering science), anthropology (humanities), asian studies (humanities), communication (humanities), history (humanities), environmental sciences (sciences of the universe), geology (sciences of the universe), geosciences, multidisciplinary (sciences of the universe), meteorology & atmospheric sciences (sciences of the universe), oceanography (sciences of the universe)

Keywords :

climate, history, Japan, natural disaster, risk

Access details :

To access the data, please contact the scientific data manager.

General metadata

Data acquisition date : from Sep 2020 to Sep 2021

Data acquisition methods :

Reference data :
The method is based on a systematic search of issues of The Japan Times newspaper since the 1860s. Secondly, the data collected is integrated into the database in the form of an analysis of the article in English.

Update periodicity : no update

Language : English (eng)

Formats : application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Audience : University: master, Research, Stakeholder, Policy maker

Coverages

Spatial coverage :

Japon: latitude between 45° 31' 22" N and 30° 59' 39" N, longitude between 129° 20' 27" E and 145° 49' 3" E

Time coverage :

milieu XIXe siècle-XXe siècle: between 1860 and 1970

Publications :

Misuri, Alessio; Cruz, Ana Maria; Park, Hyejeong; Garnier, Emmanuel; Ohtsu, Nobuhito; Hokugo, Akihiko; Fujita, Isamu; Aoki, Shin-ichi; Cozzani, Valerio, “Flood triggered oil spills: Lessons from the Natech accident in Saga prefecture in August 2019”, Proceedings of the Natural Disaster Science Symposium, n°57, 2020, pp. 34-45. (http://hdl.handle.net/2433/254338)

Collection :

Histoire des catastrophes

Publisher : Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249)

Project and funders :

Base de données des catastrophes japonaises
- Convention mobilité sortante 2019 (Region Bourgogne Franche-Comté)
- PICS SECURES (CNRS)
- Université de Kyoto (Another international)

Additional information :

Image : stèles du temple bouddhiste de Bukkoji à Nagashima (Japon) commémorant les tsunamis de 1707
et de 1854 (projets PICS CNRS SECURES-Région BFC)