2020 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Coordination of NGO and Government Roles in Housing Provision after Mega Disasters in Urban Areas: the Cases of Houston after Hurricane Harvey and Palu after the Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami
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19K04784
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
MALY Elizabeth 東北大学, 災害科学国際研究所, 准教授 (00636467)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | housing reconstruction / community-based recovery / Palu / Houston / Sulawesi Tsunami / Hurricane Harvey / NGO / non-profit |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Research in this year on the roles of NGOs and government in housing provision after recent urban disasters in the United States and Indonesia, was restricted to gathering information remotely, through participation in online conferences and desk review. Research on both cases has progressed in understanding the ongoing recovery situation in each site, additionally complicated by the coronavirus pandemic, and in the case of Houston also by a historic and devastating black-out last winter. With limitations on international travel, building strong research collaborations become and even stronger focus for this research, along with adding a stronger emphasis on the international comparison of similar themes with Japan's recovery 10 years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
Due to the continued restriction from the novel coronavirus, research progress has been somewhat delayed. Instead of on-site field visits, research was limited to remote information gathering and desk review of relevant documents and data.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
As the coronavirus situation is still not resolved, research in this year will continue to be carried out remotely. The main focus of research activities this year is planned to be stakeholder interviews with key agencies and community leaders, which will be conducted online, or in collaboration with local partners.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Because of the limitation on international travel, some of the funding from this year will be carried over to next FY, and used for remotely organized local survey support, and to acquire relevant documents.
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