Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance

Research Focus

Research activities:
The institute has the following on-going projects;
- Study on establishment of mid-and long term evacuation plans in nuclear power plant regions.
- Study on upland relocation in the planning of pre-disaster recovery and revitalization for the Nankai trough Mega Earthquake
- International comparative study on disaster recovery and revitalization policies

A Network meeting of disaster-affected areas in Japan

There are various types of “recovery and revitalization knowledge” which emerge after a disaster. They will serve as a useful policy and help us to design a new social system for supporting the affected people who are tackling with this disaster prone country. These valuable pieces of knowledge, however, tends to remain only within the affected area, and often fails to transfer to other areas.
We organize a network meeting once a year to share these lessons from various disaster affected areas in Japan.

Reserch Activities

【Report#1】Evacuation Research Group,2020, Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization,Regrowth and Governance,Kwansei Gakuin University
National survey of people evacuated due to the nuclear accident(summary)November 2020


【Report#2】Yoko Saito, Senior Researcher and Associate Professor,Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance,Kwansei Gakuin University
July 2020 Heavy Rain Disaster Area SurveyNEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 43,November 2020


【Report#3】Yoshiyuki Yama,Deputy Director, Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization,Regrowth, and Governance, Kwansei Gakuin University
Sharing Japan–ROK "Reconstruction Knowledge" during the Post-COVID-19 PeriodNEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 45,July 2021


【Report#4】Norio Okada,Advisor, Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance,Kwansei Gakuin University
Outline of Dr. Chabay's Lecture "Pathways to Sustainable Futures Through Mutual Learning"NEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 45,July 2021


【Report#5】Yoko Saito,Senior Researcher and Associate Professor,Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance,Kwansei Gakuin University
July 2020 Torrential Rain Disaster Damage Survey -- Limitations of the SystemNEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 45,July 2021


【Column#1】Yoshikazu Fuato,Specially-Appointed Assistant Professor,Reconstruction and Community Revitalization Unit, Research Support and Industry-Academic Academic Collaboration Center, Iwate University
Towards Sustainable CommunitiesNEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 45,July 2021


【Report#6】Yoko Saito,Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor,Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance
Kwansei Gakuin University
Visiting areas devastated by heavy rains in Takeo City, Saga PrefectureNEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 46,November 2021


【Report#7】Norio Okada,Advisor, Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance
Report: International Seminar on “Climate Change and SDGs: In and Behind the International Stage and Japan”NEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 46,November 2021


【Critique#1】Kojiro Miyahara,Director, Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance,
Professor, Department of Sociology,Kwansei Gakuin University
Critique: Toward a Revision of the Concept of “Reconstruction”NEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 46,November 2021

Column

【Column#1】Yoko Saito, Senior Researcher and Associate Professor, Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance, Kwansei Gakuin University
A Mindset of “Combining Real Experience and Research”NEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 41,April 2020


【Column#2】Toru Nagaoka, Professor, School of Law and Politics, Kwansei Gakuin University
State of Emergency: Self-Restraint and CompensationNEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 42,July 2020


【Column#3】 Yoshihiro Seki, Professor, School of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University
COVID-19 and Disaster VolunteersNEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 43,November 2020


【Column#4】 Kojiro Miyahara, Director of the Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance/
Professor, School of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University
Recovery and revitalization to a mature society ‒ In place of a greetingNEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 44,April 2021


【Column#5】 Kiyomine Terumoto, Steering Committee of the Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization,Regrowth and Governance/
Professor, School of Architecture,Kwansei Gakuin University
COVID Pandemic, Disaster Response, Information and Communications Technology, and Social CapitalNEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 45,July 2021


【Column#6】 Yoshiyuki Yama, Vice Director, Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth and Governance,
Kwansei Gakuin University
Designing spaces to talk togetherNEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 46,November 2021


【Column#7】 Yoshiyuki Yama, Director, Institute of Disaster Area Revitalization, Regrowth, and Governance
Professor, School of Human Welfare Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University
Foreword: Toward International Collaboration and Regional RevitalizationNEWSLETTER "FUKKOU" Vol. 47,April 2022