2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Changing collaborative networks builded for supporting evacuees' everyday lives in the restoration and reconstruction phase after the Great East Japan Earthquake

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Project/Area Number	18K02029
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 08010:Sociology-related
Research Institution	Yamaguchi University
Principal Investigator	YOKOTA NAOTOSHI 山口大学, 人文学部, 教授 (10240194)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	山下亜紀子九州大学, 人間環境学研究院, 准教授 (40442438) 速水聖子山口大学, 人文学部, 教授 (90271098)
Project Period (FY)	2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywords	大規模災害 / 東日本大震災 / 災害復興 / 避難者団体 / 避難者支援 / エンパワーメント / フィードバック効果
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Some findings of our research are as follows. To begin with, many voluntary groups of evacuees providing reciprocal life support services have emerged not only in eastern Japan but also in western region after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident in the Great East Japan Earthquake. Some of them have builded rich collaborative networks in their local areas in the restoration and reconstruction phase. But, at the same time, their supportive roles and active goals seem to be ambiguated because of increasing diversity and individuality among evacuees. Secondly, supportive social networks have empowered evacuees, that, in turn as volunteers, have supported disaster sufferers in evacuated communities. In addition, some volunteers and voluntary associations supporting evacuees have begun to lead disaster prevention projects in their communities. Emerging such voluntary actions mean positive feedback effects to community systems.
Free Research Field	社会学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	本研究では、東日本大震災からおよそ７～10年という復興期の局面で、遠隔地（西日本）における避難者支援活動の展開、および避難者と支援者との関係・ネットワークがいかなる変容を遂げつつあるのかという点について、避難者団体・避難者支援団体と避難先地域社会との関係に焦点を合わせて調査を行い、いくつかの知見を提示した。また、避難者支援活動の避難者へのエンパワーメント効果や地域社会に対するフィードバック効果が存在することも明らかにした。