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Green Infrastructure in Reconstruction After the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami: A Case Study of Historical Change on Awaji Island in Japan

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The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck the northwestern Pacific Ocean off Japan on 11 March 2011 and the subsequent tsunami wrought massive destruction and reawakened Japan to the importance of green infrastructure.

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Ichinose, T. (2017). Green Infrastructure in Reconstruction After the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami: A Case Study of Historical Change on Awaji Island in Japan. In: Yan, W., Galloway, W. (eds) Rethinking Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation in a Time of Change. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50171-0_17

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