Shortfall of Disaster Health Information for Foreign Residents in Japan
Sakiko Kanbara, Hyeon-ju Lee, Roger Nlandu Ngatu, Sayumi Nojima, Kimiko Nagasawa, Satoru Yamada
“Information Shortfall” risks people in vulnerable positions, such as foreign residents, in times of disaster. Considerable gap always exists between those with access to the latest and detailed information and those without. Especially, this gap is exacerbated by unequal possession of social, cultural, and financial capital. What needs to be done is to identify the initial points of information dissemination and visualize emergency and vital information for all. Furthermore, releasing disaster related and other helpful information for everyday life through existing channels would be the step towards the goal of achieving risk free information flow in society.
