Abstract On 11 March 2011, an undersea earthquake of magnitude 9.0, the largest ever recorded in Japan, occurred off the Oshika Peninsula on the Pacific coast of the Tohoku region. The hypocentral region extended for 500km in the north–south direction from Iwate Prefecture to Ibaraki Prefecture, and for 200km in east–west direction. The earthquake generated a tsunami with a height of more than 10m and a run-up height of up to 40.0m in certain places, which inflicted devastating damage on the coastal areas of the Tohoku and Kanto regions. In addition to the tsunami, the earthquake caused shaking, liquefaction, subsidence, and the collapse of dams, causing major damage to vast areas in the Tohoku and Kanto regions and disrupting various types of infrastructure, including communication. In light of this unprecedented damage, satellite communications were important from various perspectives while terrestrial communications systems were damaged, and an objective evaluation of the role played by satellite communications is relevant to its future installation, adoption and use as a standalone or backup system. Furthermore, satellite communications can help reduce the extent of damage, particularly damage to communications systems, inflicted by strong earthquakes in the future. Accordingly, we report a preliminary quantitative evaluation of the role of satellite communications in the Great East Japan Earthquake, of the role of satellite communications if it becomes widespread, and of its expected role in future large-scale earthquakes in terms of the economic effect converted into cost.

    Highlights The economic effects of satellite communications were first estimated. The economic effect in Great East Japan Earthquake amounts to 170.8 billion yen. The economic effect in Earthquake directly under Tokyo amounts to 789.9 billion yen. Satellite communications is expected to be adopted toward next large-scale disasters. Satellite communications can contribute to future disaster prevention and mitigation.


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    Titel :

    Economic effect of satellite communications based on the Great East Japan Earthquake


    Beteiligte:
    Toyoshima, Morio (Autor:in) / Takahashi, Takashi (Autor:in) / Miura, Amane (Autor:in) / Fujino, Yoshiyuki (Autor:in) / Akioka, Maki (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 91 ; 251-262


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2013-06-05


    Format / Umfang :

    12 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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