Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Japan's urban planning and infrastructure development after WWII -- 3 Social capital: community responses to natural hazards -- 4 Typhoon nation: lessons of 2004 -- 5 Community as a hub of response: Kumamoto earthquake of 2016 -- 6 Floods and evacuation challenges: Western Japan flood of 2018 -- 7 Beyond sustainability -- 8 Conclusion -- Index