Activity and Outcomes of the Residents' Reconstruction Organization in a Tsunami Affected Community

Three years' experience of SAKIHAMA, Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Abstract

When performing serious disaster recovery, it is important to aggregate opinions of residents' organizations, as a role of significant stakeholder to solve any problem realistically. In many situations, advisory experts of outside had participated with them. We have studied in SAKIHAMA Village which is one case of Residents' Organizations of reconstruction. As the result, the role of the residents' organization is provision of any information from residents, the consolidation of opinions, requests to the city office, and the independent practice activities. The role of the advisory experts is offering information to Residents' Organization of reconstruction, advice to the progress of meetings, and management of their workshops.