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Preservation of Disaster Monuments for Tourism and Education in Mount Unzen



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Shin’ichi Sugimoto¹, and Chiharu Hayashi²

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DOI:10.17265/2332-8223/2016.02.003

1. Regional Policy Research Center, Iwate Prefectural University, Iwate, 020-0693, Japan
2. Sanriku Geopark Promotion Committee, Iwate, 027-0072, Japan

The territory of the Shimabara Peninsula could recover steadily from volcanic disasters associated with the eruption at Unzen during 1991-1995. The disasters and the recovery brought various lessons, related to responses to volcanic eruptions and hazards, support system for people impacted by the disasters and the method for socioeconomic recovery.

After the eruption, education facilities to learn volcanic eruptions and disasters, such as the Mount Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall, were prepared, as well as scientific projects to clarify eruption mechanisms were carried out. Under these circumstances, holding two international conferences were invited. The 5th Cities on Volcanoes Conference and the 5^th International UNESCO Conference on Geoparks were held in Shimabara in 2007 and 2012, respectively. Under these circumstances, holding two international conferences were invited.

Unzen volcanoes, disaster monuments, geo-tourism, disaster education.