New Issues of Environmental Transition Research through Evacuation Immigration Survey(<Feature 1>How do we face the Great East Japan Earthquake as Architecture-Society Studies)

Abstract

The objective of this study is to introduce the research regarding the refuge life and residential environment in Hokkaido, and to examine the issues emerging from the survey. It became possible with the help of the accepting local community to conduct a survey on the environmental immigration with regard to the refugees out of the devastated district where it was difficult to have a good grasp of the living conditions so far. I intend to share the basic understanding of the survey, namely, for whom the survey will be conducted and to where the survey will lead us, from the viewpoint of both academy and administration. Also I will discuss the need of careful attention on how it will be accepted by the residents. Then, I will discuss the conflict between what is needed for the residents and my role as a researcher. Lastly, I will point out the issues that need to be understood by the researchers who are not specialized in disaster research, and then discuss the connection with my research tasks accumulated over the years as well as the prospect of the synergistic effect.