The Roles and Possibility of "Core Victims" who Support Reconstruction of Community and Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24310123
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social systems engineering/Safety system
• Research Institution: Meijo University
• Principal Investigator: KARATANI Yuka 名城大学, 都市情報学部, 教授 (80335223)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KONDO Tamiyo 神戸大学, 大学院工学研究科, 准教授 (50416400)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 東日本大震災 / 住宅復興 / 自主住宅移転再建 / 市街地整備事業 / 市街地空間変容 / 被災者レジリエンス / 中核被災者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focuses on homeowners who reconstructed housing with self help relocation after the Great East Japan Earthquake. It aims to clarify why they have decided to relocate, what kind of action they took in their housing reconstruction process, and how they are satisfied with the results. It is proved that the motivation for relocation is a fear of the next tsunami and the aggressive withdraw from governments' group relocation projects because of its slow speed. This decision-making and reconstruction action has given significance influence for post-disaster recovery plan developed by local government that need to be revised.

Free Research Field

都市防災計画・リスクコミュニケーション