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Prof. Dr. Shigeo Murota

Professor of Disaster Mitigation & Crisis Governance · Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies · Kobe Gakuin University

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Academic focus & active research

Prof. Dr. Shigeo Murota is a prominent Japanese disaster management scholar advising municipal disaster task forces on urban earthquake evacuation and resilience planning.

Disaster Risk Management Earthquake Evacuation Modeling Community Resilience Crisis Communications

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Institution: Kobe Gakuin University
Department / Faculty: Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies
Primary Field: Disaster Risk Management
Campus Location: Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

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