The Study for the Costs and the Benefits of Activities by Volunteers Living Far Away from the Stricken Areas by the Great East Japan Earthquake

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530723
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Surugadai University
• Principal Investigator: YUKO Watanabe 駿河台大学, 経営経済学部, 教授 (10182958)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAMBAYASHI Saeko 駿河台大学, 経済経営学部, 教授 (80189224)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 東日本大震災 / 災害ボランティア / 費用 / 便益 / 活動支援金 / 被災地の遠隔地 / 防災訓練 / 活動計算書

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The stricken area by the Great East Japan Earthquake is far away from the metropolitan and great urban areas. Therefore, with the requests for the volunteer activities over long term, the effectiveness of the costs for travel and accommodation must be absolutely examined. In this study, we empirically analyzed the actual condition and the problem of volunteers, especially living far away from the stricken area.
Firstly, we conducted the statistical survey to clarify the situation and the intention of the people, living far away from the stricken area, to participate in the volunteer activities. Secondly, utilizing the information from the website of volunteer-support-funding agency, we analyzed the volunteer activity reports of the groups which received the subsidy, and examined the problems and support strategies for the groups far away the stricken area. In the future, we need the methodological elaboration to calculate the volunteer effects and costs in monetary terms.

Free Research Field

社会学