The Japanese educational system as an international model for urban resilience
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Global cities in the context of accelerated urbanization have to deal with more diverse risk factors than ever before, which highlights the need for a faster and more creative response capacity. Although it is necessary to strengthen technical systems, since they are surrounded by human systems, individual resilience will help to strengthen the community. The educational system is key to developing the human factor in a world where various systems in global cities are increasingly interconnected, which in turn increases risks. Japan is fostering a culture of disaster risk reduction in both the formal, non-formal, and informal education sectors, in which creativity and autonomy are key competencies. Tokyo is the highest populated metropolitan area globally, and its educational system is the international model for education in disaster risk reduction. Urban areas around the world face similar challenges and experience similar needs. This article addresses the challenges that the human factor faces in large cities and the possibilities of increasing resilience in both individuals and communities through Disaster Resilience Education (DRE), taking the Japanese educational system as a model.
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Japan's sustained institutional commitment incorporates disaster-related knowledge and skills across curriculum areas, school activities, and broader community-based learning contexts, fostering a culture of preparedness beyond formal education.
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- Authors
- Gavari-Starkie, E., Casado-Claro, M.-F., & Navarro-González, I.
- Affiliations
- Departmento de Historia de la Educación y Educación Comparada, UNED, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Universidad Europea de Madrid (ES)
- Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Navarro-González, Inmaculada
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2021-05-28
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 5794
- ISSN
- 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8198459
- OpenAlex
- W3165357037
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 3
- FWCI
- 4.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
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- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UNED repository (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- ABACUS. Repositorio de Producción Científica (Universidad Europea) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Convocatoria Proyectos de Cooperación Universitaria para el Desarrollo para la consecución de los ODS)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Disaster Management and Resilience
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies
- Social Sciences › Communication › Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Keywords
- urban resilience, disaster risk reduction, global cities, urbanization, personal resilience, community resilience, Tokyo, non-formal and informal education
- MeSH terms
- Cities, Disaster Planning, Disasters, Humans, Japan, Tokyo
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