How to Support Social Resilience in Tsunami-Devastated Communities: Iwanuma Case Study

This paper describes the post-disaster reconstruction in the Tohoku region after the 2011 earthquake. Nine years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami occurred, and many efforts have been made since to rebuild the devastated territories. Some Japanese architects and urban pla...

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Published in:Critical Housing Analysis 2020, Vol.7 (2), p.11-20
Main Author: Cosson, Camille
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architects
Case studies
Disaster relief
Earthquakes
Economic development
Housing
Natural disasters
Refugees
Relocation
Resilience
Rural and urban sociology
Social conditions & trends
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Summary:This paper describes the post-disaster reconstruction in the Tohoku region after the 2011 earthquake. Nine years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami occurred, and many efforts have been made since to rebuild the devastated territories. Some Japanese architects and urban planners have seen the recovery as a window of opportunity to aim for more resilient cities. Nevertheless, building disaster-resilient communities remains a challenging task. This short paper presents the initiatives made to improve refugees’ social conditions in disaster-relief housing, using the case study of Iwanuma’s relocation project. Concluding remarks suggest that many efforts have been made to improve the social aspect of disaster-relief housing in Japan, for example through the development of community spaces or the pursuit of friendlier dwellings.
ISSN:2336-2839
2336-2839
DOI:10.13060/23362839.2020.7.2.511