Assignment

Please respond to both of the following questions, starting a separate thread for each original response:

1). What do you feel are some of the major challenges facing Japan in its long term recovery following the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear plant disaster of 2011?

2). If you were the owner / operator of one of the following, what key recovery activities (not response activities) would you have to undertake after a major disaster? What challenges might you face?

• Hospital
• Telecommunications company (wired and wireless)
• Electric company
• Water / wastewater company
• Public transportation (bus, rail, subway)
• Major local bank.