A Study of Public Administration about Residence Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16975
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Fukushima University
• Principal Investigator: NISHIDA Nahoko 福島大学, 行政政策学類, 准教授 (10633688)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 東日本大震災 / 住宅政策 / 災害(復興）公営住宅 / 原発事故

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to examine a policy process of residence reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear accident in Fukushima. The author has focused on; a) relationship of national and local governments and b) housing supply system in postwar Japan in this study.
Major findings of the study are as follows; a) continuity appearing between ordinary times and emergency times, b) a concept of “residential” policy is useful for housing, people’s lives back and disaster victim areas. These findings suggest that post-disaster policies on residence are valid consider the linkage with the characteristics of public administration systems in postwar Japan.

Free Research Field

行政学