The role of peri-urban agriculture in disaster prevention and mitigation and disaster risk management

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K06254
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 41010:Agricultural and food economics-related
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: Maruyama Atsushi 千葉大学, 大学院園芸学研究院, 教授 (90292672)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: フィリピン / タイ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Based on the fact that strengthening disaster prevention and mitigation functions in peri-urban agriculture can improve local disaster resilience, this study examines which disaster prevention and mitigation functions are highly evaluated and expected to be effective by local people in developing countries vulnerable to natural disasters, and how these are related to individual attributes and perception of natural disasters. The results of the analysis show that the differences between countries in the various indicators mainly appeared at the level and that many similarities can be found in terms of the variation structure, and that although the disaster prevention and mitigation functions of agricultural lands are generally highly valued, the relationship with the determinants and monetary values is not direct. Then the study showed that presenting a risk management approach appropriate to the disaster experience and the currently accepted level of disaster risk is essential.

Free Research Field

農業経済学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、農地の防災減災機能の評価に関する包括的な要因分析を行うものであり、これまで十分に検討されていない因子や関係性を扱っている点で新しい。また、途上国を研究対象としている点にも特徴がある。途上国には、各国行政だけでは自然災害に対し十分な対応ができず、国際的な枠組みの下での災害支援が必要とされている国が多い。本研究の成果にはグローバルな視点からの知見が多く含まれており、それらは、自然災害や防災に対する認識のミスマッチを防ぎ、効果的な災害リスクの管理を行うための貴重な資料を提供するものと期待できる。