Lost in participation: How local knowledge was overlooked in land use planning and risk governance in Tōhoku, Japan

摘要: Abstract This article aims to identify gaps in public participation land use planning improve risk governance, using the case of Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) 2011. Overreliance on technical information and opinion experts is occurring side by along with negligence local knowledge lack effective decision-making, creating a sense overconfidence regarding scientific new infrastructure's abilities withstand future disasters. Using study method GEJE, our research identified three main overall participation. Firstly, lot from previous experiences was not incorporated into plans region even after similar events past. Secondly, there that alerted possible risks for certain areas, but this did impede development areas due processes. Finally, allows many process, some most important decisions, such as sitting nuclear plants had little or any Thus, strengthening closing those could governance resilience localities cope large natural technological disasters future.