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2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Toward a New Regional Disaster Prevention Based on Bottom-Up Approach from People with AFN

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 20K20776
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 8:Sociology and related fields
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

ATSUMI Tomohide  大阪大学, 大学院人間科学研究科, 教授 (80260644)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 石塚 裕子  東北福祉大学, 総合マネジメント学部, 教授 (80750447)
Project Period (FY) 2020-07-30 – 2024-03-31
KeywordsAFN / 当事者 / ボトムアップ / 地域防災
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study focused on the concept of Access & Functional Needs (AFN), which has been gaining attention in the U.S. in recent years, especially in California. We clarified (1) the historical background, theoretical novelty, institutional limitations, and practical problems of the bottom-up establishment of the AFN concept through field research (e.g., at Centers for Independent Living in CA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency). (2) The results were theoretically and practically translated into the context of Japan's regional disaster management system for its renewal. (3) Preparations were made to develop an action research project on shelters using the AFN concept in Settsu City, Osaka Prefecture, as a model district.

Free Research Field

災害社会心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

障害者、高齢者といった属性に注目した防災活動を展開してきたわが国において、「コミュニケーション、医療、自立、移動などの機能的な分野において、発生する(可能性のある)付加的なニーズ」(AFN=お困りごと)に注目することの意義について、歴史的理論的背景とともに実践事例についても知見を得ることができたことは、今後の防災について学術的にも社会的にも意義をもつ。無論、各属性における固有ニーズへの対応は必要であって個別避難計画などは引き続き推進すべきである。また、議論の最初から当事者の参画が必須であることは言うまでもない。こうしたことを踏まえて、AFN概念に依拠した実践により更なる検証が求められる。

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Published: 2025-01-30  

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