2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Research of the Structural Change of Urban Communities after the Great Disaster
Project/Area Number |
11610184
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
社会学(含社会福祉関係)
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Research Institution | Yamaguchi University |
Principal Investigator |
YOKOTA Naotoshi Faculty of Humanity, Yamaguchi University, Assistant Professor, 人文学部, 助教授 (10240194)
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Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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Keywords | Disaster / The Great Hanshin-Awaji Quake / The Reconstruction Phase / Community / Inner city / Community Action Program |
Research Abstract |
In this research, I have tried to analyze the organized reaction to great disaster on community level, and the structurally changing processes of urban communities after disaster, mainly with a focus on the Great Hanshin-Awaji Quake. Main findings are as follows. (1) In some communities where many residents had participated in various organized action programs before disaster, altruistic action of residents helped to reduce disaster damage to themselves in post-impact emergency period and following restoration. Crisis management of community can be successful when it is organized well before disaster. (2) Right after disaster, many aged leaders in damaged communities evacuated to safer areas. So, neighborhood associations stopped their functioning. In the restoration phase, many middle-aged new leaders emerged in damaged communities, and they, who had been vital members of some voluntary associations, tried to take the place of aged. In the reconstruction phase, new community-based associations have been gradually organized. In these associations, residents have argued and tried to agree about community reconstruction programs after disaster. In spite of such efforts, most of all action programs to reconstruct communities have been largely reduced in the prolonged reconstruction processes.
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