简介:Earthquakeengineeringresearchanddevelopmenthavereceivedmuchattentionsincethefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury.Thisvaluableresearchpresentedahugestepforwardinunderstandingearthquakehazardmitigation,whichresultedinappreciablereductionoftheeffectsofpastearthquakes.Nevertheless,the2011Tohokuearthquakeandthesubsequenttsunamiresultedinmajordamage.Thispaperpresentsthetimelineofearthquakemitigationandrecovery,asseenbytheauthors.Possibleresearchdirectionswheretheauthorsthinkthatmanyopenquestionsstillremainareidentified.Theseareprimarilybasedontheimportantlessonslearnedfromthe2011Tohokuearthquake.