International contributors from academia, research, policy and practice use their experience and knowledge to explore on-going efforts to improve spatial resilience across the globe and predict future trends.

Introduction: Disaster response and spatial planning – key challenges and strategies ~ Stefan Greiving; PART A; I. Japan; Disaster risk management and land use in Japan: In geography vulnerable to water-related disasters ~ Kanako Iuchi; Spatial Planning Control for Housing Recovery after Great East Japan Earthquake ~ Tamiyo Kondo; Reconstruction plans and planning processes after the Great East Japan Earthquake ~ Michio Ubaura; II. Indonesia; Land use politics after Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 ~ Togu Pardede; Coastal resilience in Indonesia: From plan to implementation ~ Surtiari, G.A.K ., Garschagen, M ., Birkmann , J., Setiadi, N ., Manuati, Y; III. USA; Planning for resilience in the New York metro region after Superstorm Sandy ~ Donovan Finn; IV. Slovakia; Spatial planning focusing on risk management in Slovakia ~ Alena Kučeravcová, Jan Dzurdženík; Enhancement of flood management and flood-protection planning in Eastern Slovakia ~ Jozef Šuľak, Jaroslav Tešliar; V. Germany; Flood risk management by spatial planning ~ Stefan Greiving, Nadine Mägdefrau; Major-accident hazards in spatial planning ~ Nadine Mägdefrau; Cross-Analysis of Part A ~ Stefan Greiving, Nadine Mägdefrau, Teresa Sprague; PART B; Planning systems for risk reduction and issues in pre-disaster implementation ~ Kanako Iuchi; Efforts and limitations in spatial transformation after disasters ~ Michio Ubaur; Role of coordination in building spatial resilience after disasters ~ Alena Kučeravcová, Jozef Šuľak, Jaroslav Tešliar, Ján Dzurdženík; Residents’ participation in rebuilding more resilient space ~ Nadine Mägdefrau, Teresa Sprague; Spatial planning and uncertainties associated with future disasters ~ Stefan Greiving; Conclusion: Change-proof cities and regions – an integrated concept for tackling key challenges for spatial development ~ Stefan Greiving, Kanako Iuchi, Jaroslav Tesliar, Michio Ubaura.

"In times of growing awareness on the crucial role of spatial planning in disaster recovery and resilience building this book meets the challenge outstandingly by bringing together prominent contributors from academia, research and policy-making to judge remediation efforts after calamities with an indelible imprint on human history." Sapountzaki Kalliopi, Harokopio University, Greece