Developing Regional Communication Model for Strengthening Disaster Resilient Community in the Digital Age

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25330399
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: Toyama Shigeki 高知大学, 教育研究部人文社会科学系人文社会科学部門, 教授 (40335914)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 災害情報論 / 防災準備行動 / パーソナル・ネットワーク / 防災コミュニケーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this project was to elucidate an eligible local communication to strengthen disaster resilience of the rural communities which facing the fear of Tsunami caused by the Nankai Trough earthquake. In the project, social surveys were conducted in Kuroshio town and Nahari town in the Kochi Prefecture. The result of the data analysis revealed correlations among disaster preparedness, information behavior in local contexts, and personal network structures of residents of the rural community by the coast of the Pacific Ocean.

Free Research Field

社会情報学