Research on Reconstruction Policy Using Social Capital in the Great East Japan Earthquake

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K04093
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Gakushuin University
• Principal Investigator: Endo Kaoru 学習院大学, 法学部, 教授 (70252054)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 東日本大震災 / 社会関係資本 / 復興政策

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The reconstruction policy of the Great East Japan Earthquake emphasizes the existence of social networks. The speed of recovery depends greatly on the existence of social networks. The results of the analysis show that not only the current situation in the affected areas, or the situation in the area immediately before the earthquake, but also the long-term regional Thinking about the dynamics may lead to community enhancement in the essential sense of the word. I've come to the conclusion that the recovery of the affected areas is not a matter of a single "disaster" but of the entire modernization of Japan. The recovery of the affected areas is not just a matter of recovering from a single "great earthquake", but also of the modernization of Japan as a whole. It is clear that the question needs to be asked.

Free Research Field

社会学　社会システム論　社会情報学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究から、東日本大震災を、単に物理的な地域破壊と考えるのではなく、社会的ネットワークへの打撃と捉えることの意味を検討したが、その結果、明らかになったのは、震災後の社会ネットワーク再興には、震災直前の社会ネットワーク、さらにそこに至るまでの長期的歴史的ダイナミズムおよび自然環境変化との相互作用を含めて考える必要があることである。この視点により、今後の被災地復興において、地域産業および地域アイデンティティの新たな可能性を見いだすことができた。