2019 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Building a New Paradigm of Disaster Management for Foreign Residents: a Cross-National Study of Japan, the United States, Australia and Canada
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17K12611
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
WHITNEY JUSTIN 名古屋大学, 法学研究科, 学術研究員 (40402391)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
リンリー マシュー 名古屋大学, 国際機構, 特任教授 (90574997)
Green David 名城大学, 法学部, 准教授 (90706813)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
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| Keywords | disaster preparedness / Japan / social vulnerability / language comprehension / immigrant integration / ethnicity |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Conducted fieldwork in Tokyo, October 2019. Multiple interviews with key stakeholders. This fieldwork consisted of interviews with representatives from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; Tokyo Metropolitan Government; Diversity Japan; the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations; Funabashi City local government; and Kawasaki International Association.
Presented at the December 2019 Japan Association of Migration Studies Conference (移民政策学会 - 長崎大学多文化社会学部) - Reducing the Vulnerability of Foreign-Born Individuals to Disasters: A Comparison of Japanese and Australian Disaster Preparedness Policies and Programs for Ethnically Diverse Communities, Matthew LINLEY (Nagoya University)
Publication accepted: Green, D., M. Linley, J. Whitney & Y. Sano. 2020. "Factors Affecting Household Disaster Preparedness among Foreign Residents in Japan". Social Science Japan Journal. Forthcoming.
Multiple face to face and online meetings among project members for planning and information purposes.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
COVID-19 has impacted progress. It has resulted in the cancellation of 2 international conferences at which we planned to present. We are currently seeking alternate forums for conveying our research, such as additional online journal publications. The COVID-19 situation has also provided an opportunity for our research, given the importance of understanding effective public hazard communication for ethnic minority groups to help ensure safety of the broader population from this pandemic.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
After trialling a number of database types with which to build a repository of policy documents, we believe we have identified a simple and easy to use method, which we will be developing over the next six months.
Given our inability to present at conferences under the current COVID-19 restrictions, we intend to publish short articles in several high-traffic, high impact online journals. We will continue to explore opportunities to present our findings.
We will continue with our ongoing data-capture and interview regime, albeit relying on video-conference, telephone and email.
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| Causes of Carryover |
令和元年10月―11月に行った聞取調査により、新しい情報が得られた。作年度、総務省及び自治体国際化協会は、災害時の外国人支援の充実を目指し、地域国際化協会及び民間団体等も含め、地方公共団体の枠を超えた広域の応援協定推進を始めた。多くの取組が各地域での単独事業として行っていた是迄の事例とは異る。研究成果を纏める為には、更にこの相互支援の枠組みを調査することが必要となる為、研究時間の延長が必要。
使用計画は、新型コロナウイルスには大きく影響されることを予測できるが、4月から10月の間、ZOOMなどによる遠隔会議、ヒアリングなどを計画している。対面会議やヒアリングが可能になり次第実行する予定。元々計画した国際会議での発表の変わり、オンラインジャーナルなど、研究紹介を行う予定。
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Research Products
(2 results)
