Lecture Symposium Report
Our visiting lecturers from Beijing, began their talk, by outlining the problems of removal and demolition of dangerous housing in order to facilitate city redesign, whilst considering the degree of concern, and views of inhabitants, yet also bearing in mind anti-terrorism measures associated with the Olympics. SARS is a concern that must also be borne in mind, particularly with regard to the prompt measures that need to be taken in either eventuality occurring.
From the Tokyo point of view, they spoke about manuals for emergency situations, such as those made evident by the Hanshin Earthquake, and described the example that a number of staff, possibly as many as 240, that should live near the Metropolitan Government Office, in order to get there, on foot within 10 minutes of an emergency. It was also explained that a cooperation system toward the total risk management, from prevention, to a vertical administrative and organization system be established.
Symposium Questionnaire
Media Institute 21 has collected 31completed questionnaires out of 80 participants. 80% have grasped the measure for risk management of administration. 30% were interested in the anti-disaster measures for Beijing. 30% participants approved the example of counter measures for Tokyo, and 50% mentioned the problem in the vertical administration system which is a common subject between Beijing and Tokyo.
Other Opinions
- There is a different social system between the two cities.
- How do you cope with, and reconcile, an administration order, and human rights
- How to improve awareness of local residents towards risk management.
- Cooperation with NPO, NGO, and Security Company.
- Informational Measures, and false rumours.
- Ideal city planning whilst also considering risk management.