TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative analysis of tsunami recovery strategies in small communities in Japan and Chile
AU - Valenzuela, Ven Paolo Bruno
AU - Samarasekara, Ratnayakage Sameera Maduranga
AU - Kularathna, A. H.T.Shyam
AU - Perez, G. Carlota Cubelos
AU - Norikazu, Furukawa
AU - Crichton, Richard Nathan
AU - Quiroz, Marco
AU - Yavar, Ramon
AU - Izumi, Ikeda
AU - Aranguiz, Rafael
AU - Motoharu, Onuki
AU - Esteban, Miguel
N1 - Funding Information:
This research would not have been possible without funding from SEELA (Science and Engineering Exchange Program with Latin America), an academic exchange program by the Re-Inventing Japan Project funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. Also, this Ministry also funds the Graduate Program on Sustainability Science, Global Leadership Initiative (GPSS-GLI), whose core funding was also used in this project. Finally, a part of the present work performed as a part of activities of Research Institute of Sustainable Future Society, Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction emphasizes the need to rebuild better after a disaster to ensure that the at-risk communities can withstand a similar or stronger shock in the future. In the present work, the authors analyzed the reconstruction paths through a comparative analysis of the perspective of a community in Japan and another in Chile, and their respective local governments. While both countries are at risk to tsunamis, they follow different reconstruction philosophies. Data was gathered through key informant interviews of community members and local government officials, by adapting and modifying the Building Resilience to Adapt to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) 3As framework to a tsunami scenario. The 3As represent anticipatory, adaptive, and absorptive capacities as well as transformative capacities and respondents were asked to rate this according to their perspectives. It was found that while both communities perceive that much is to be done in recovery, Kirikiri has a more holistic and similar perspective of the recovery with their government officials as compared to Dichato. This shows that community reconstruction and recovery from a disaster requires a holistic participation and understanding.
AB - The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction emphasizes the need to rebuild better after a disaster to ensure that the at-risk communities can withstand a similar or stronger shock in the future. In the present work, the authors analyzed the reconstruction paths through a comparative analysis of the perspective of a community in Japan and another in Chile, and their respective local governments. While both countries are at risk to tsunamis, they follow different reconstruction philosophies. Data was gathered through key informant interviews of community members and local government officials, by adapting and modifying the Building Resilience to Adapt to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) 3As framework to a tsunami scenario. The 3As represent anticipatory, adaptive, and absorptive capacities as well as transformative capacities and respondents were asked to rate this according to their perspectives. It was found that while both communities perceive that much is to be done in recovery, Kirikiri has a more holistic and similar perspective of the recovery with their government officials as compared to Dichato. This shows that community reconstruction and recovery from a disaster requires a holistic participation and understanding.
KW - Chile
KW - Disaster risk management
KW - Japan
KW - Tsunami recovery
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U2 - 10.3390/geosciences9010026
DO - 10.3390/geosciences9010026
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85060401525
SN - 2076-3263
VL - 9
JO - Geosciences (Switzerland)
JF - Geosciences (Switzerland)
IS - 1
M1 - 26
ER -