The Conditions and Problems of Making Place for After-School Children in Areas Affected by Great East Japan Earthquake

Abstract

Children have lost their after-school places in addition to the houses and school buildings because of The Great East Japan Earthquake. We analyzed the resumption situation of after-school place, the condition of activity contents and making children's space by child support organizations. The results of the analysis are conditions and problems: 1) space utilization pattern of the after-school club at the time of it's resumption, 2) process of entry and withdrawal from the affected areas of child support organization, 3) the need for after-school place in the emergency, 4) circumstances of making the indoor playground in areas affected by unclear power plant disaster.