Increasing Social Capital for Disaster Response through Social Networking Services (SNS) in Japanese Local Governments
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This research project was funded by The University of Tokyo, 21st COE Program and a grant (Monbukagakusho) in aid for scientific research B: “Network Governance, Consensus Building and its Management”. The researcher is sponsored by a Johann Wolfgang GoetheUniversity, Frankfurt am Main Doctoral Scholarship. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Tokyo, 21 COE Program or any other organization.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007