TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploratory case study for neighborhood participation in recovery process
T2 - A case from the great East Japan earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma, Japan
AU - Otsuyama, Kensuke
AU - Shaw, Rajib
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Program for Leading Graduate Schools Global Survivability Studies Program, Kyoto University. The authors greatly appreciate Mr. Hiroshi Usui and other local leaders in Kesennuma for insights on recovery, Kesennuma Municipal Government for kind assistance, and SEEDS Asia for the support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - About ten years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. In the context of Japan, neighborhood voluntary civic associations (NVCA) play significant roles in communicating, sharing, and building consensus at grassroots level in Japan, though it is unclear what are the elements for the successful engagement of disaster survivors at the neighborhood level. This study examined whether community activities with the direct participation by disaster survivors enhance DRR activities, or external stakeholders strengthen those activities. Through the field survey in Kesennuma City, asymmetric results imply that the NVCA activities diverged from sociohistorical background.
AB - About ten years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. In the context of Japan, neighborhood voluntary civic associations (NVCA) play significant roles in communicating, sharing, and building consensus at grassroots level in Japan, though it is unclear what are the elements for the successful engagement of disaster survivors at the neighborhood level. This study examined whether community activities with the direct participation by disaster survivors enhance DRR activities, or external stakeholders strengthen those activities. Through the field survey in Kesennuma City, asymmetric results imply that the NVCA activities diverged from sociohistorical background.
KW - Civic association
KW - Disaster recovery
KW - Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
KW - Participation
KW - multi stakeholders' involvement
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pdisas.2021.100141
DO - 10.1016/j.pdisas.2021.100141
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100049640
SN - 2590-0617
VL - 9
JO - Progress in Disaster Science
JF - Progress in Disaster Science
M1 - 100141
ER -
