Resilient Water Supply and Sanitation Services : The Case of Japan

Natural disasters have increasingly damaged water supply and sanitation (WSS) facilities and infrastructure, leaving entire communities without safe and reliable drinking water and the appropriate disposal of wastewater. These emergency events coul...

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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/946581518158330102/Resilient-water-supply-and-sanitation-services-the-case-of-Japan
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spelling okr-10986-293512021-05-25T09:11:30Z Resilient Water Supply and Sanitation Services : The Case of Japan World Bank DISASTER RESILIENCE WATER SUPPLY WATER AND SANITATION UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE DROUGHT FLOODS DRAINAGE EARTHQUAKE Natural disasters have increasingly damaged water supply and sanitation (WSS) facilities and infrastructure, leaving entire communities without safe and reliable drinking water and the appropriate disposal of wastewater. These emergency events could arise from inundation of facilities, loss of electricity, and exposure and disruption of infrastructures. Less severe impacts can arise from increased siltation of reservoirs and slow-onset events such as droughts, thus having longer-term effects on the resilience and reliability of services. These WSS service failures or interruptions could set off a cascading effect across interconnected infrastructure systems including public health and fire services, which in turn could pose both direct and indirect economic impacts. Japan has built the resilience of its WSS services through an adaptive management approach based on lessons learned from past natural disasters. This experience offers key insights for low- and middle-income countries seeking to sustain and build resilience of WSS services. 2018-02-09T21:23:25Z 2018-02-09T21:23:25Z 2018-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/946581518158330102/Resilient-water-supply-and-sanitation-services-the-case-of-Japan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29351 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study
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topic DISASTER RESILIENCE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER AND SANITATION
UTILITIES
INFRASTRUCTURE
DROUGHT
FLOODS
DRAINAGE
EARTHQUAKE
spellingShingle DISASTER RESILIENCE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER AND SANITATION
UTILITIES
INFRASTRUCTURE
DROUGHT
FLOODS
DRAINAGE
EARTHQUAKE
World Bank
Resilient Water Supply and Sanitation Services : The Case of Japan
description Natural disasters have increasingly damaged water supply and sanitation (WSS) facilities and infrastructure, leaving entire communities without safe and reliable drinking water and the appropriate disposal of wastewater. These emergency events could arise from inundation of facilities, loss of electricity, and exposure and disruption of infrastructures. Less severe impacts can arise from increased siltation of reservoirs and slow-onset events such as droughts, thus having longer-term effects on the resilience and reliability of services. These WSS service failures or interruptions could set off a cascading effect across interconnected infrastructure systems including public health and fire services, which in turn could pose both direct and indirect economic impacts. Japan has built the resilience of its WSS services through an adaptive management approach based on lessons learned from past natural disasters. This experience offers key insights for low- and middle-income countries seeking to sustain and build resilience of WSS services.
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title Resilient Water Supply and Sanitation Services : The Case of Japan
title_short Resilient Water Supply and Sanitation Services : The Case of Japan
title_full Resilient Water Supply and Sanitation Services : The Case of Japan
title_fullStr Resilient Water Supply and Sanitation Services : The Case of Japan
title_full_unstemmed Resilient Water Supply and Sanitation Services : The Case of Japan
title_sort resilient water supply and sanitation services : the case of japan
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/946581518158330102/Resilient-water-supply-and-sanitation-services-the-case-of-Japan
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