The development of communities of mutual support and the facilitating role of intermediary organizations in disaster-affected areas after the Great East Japan Earthquake

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24330180
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Nihon Fukushi University
• Principal Investigator: KODAMA Yoshiro 日本福祉大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (80243327)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HIRANO Takayuki 日本福祉大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (70183580) ; HOSAKA Mituhiko 日本福祉大学, 福祉経営学部, 教授 (10278319) ; HARADA Masaki 日本福祉大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (40287793)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TERAKAWA Seiji 近畿大学, 建築学部, 准教授 (90610650)
• Research Collaborator: IKEDA Masahiro 特定非営利活動法人全国コミュニティライフサポートセンター, 理事長 ; MOTOMOCHI Sachiko 特定非営利活動法人つどい, 事務局長 ; PAKU Yumi 日本福祉大学, アジア福祉社会開発研究センター, 主任研究員 (10533383) ; OGISO Sanae 日本福祉大学, 地域ケア研究推進センター, 研究員 (70728154)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 地域福祉 / 災害福祉 / 福祉社会開発 / 生活支援 / 地域支援 / 中間支援組織 / 復興期 / 災害公営住宅

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study looks into development processes of communities wherein disaster-affected members extend mutual support each other for their livelihood reconstruction after the catastrophe. It covers 5 municipalities in Tohoku's 3 prefectures. It became evident that instrumental to the rebirth of such communities was the existence of places of casual gathering and social interactions and of key persons coordinating people to be linked together. The study also found that such intermediary organizations as a prefectural promotional office for local support centers, non profit corporations and planning consultants, together contributed multi-level support, from in and outside the affected areas, which effectively resulted in area-specific responses and human resource development.

Free Research Field

社会福祉学　福祉社会開発学