Revisiting Tohoku’s 5-Year Recovery: Community Rebuilding Policies, Programs and Implementation

2017 ◽  
pp. 91-111
Author(s):  
Kanako Iuchi ◽  
Robert Olshansky
Keyword(s):  
Community Rebuilding

Migration et plurilinguisme: Parler en langues dans les Églises africaines en Europe

2009 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Fancello
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Speaking In Tongues ◽  
African Churches ◽  
Unity In Diversity ◽  
Linguistic Practices ◽  
Community Rebuilding

Linguistic practices in the African Churches in Europe are closely linked to the type of migration that has taken place. The choice of liturgical languages is in line with strategies of “community rebuilding” by migrants in an urban environment or with strategies of conversion by Europeans. A study of the importance of life stories and conversion paths leads to an understanding of the modes of social interaction that lead these migrants to choose either French or English, a situation which can cause conflict with their mother tongue. In a multilingual context, “speaking in tongues” may appear as a fictitious solution to the contradictions of unity in diversity.

The Practice Issues of Shantytowns Redevelopment from the Perspective of Urban Regeneration

2011 ◽  
Vol 347-353 ◽  
pp. 1568-1571
Author(s):  
Li Jing Dong ◽  
Xia Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Liaoning Province ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
Urban Images ◽  
Community Rebuilding

The goal of shantytowns redevelopment is to improve urban appearances and inhabitant's environments and enhance urban images and inhabitant's qualities of life. So far, numerous cities in China set about to reconstructing the project of shantytowns. However, the majority of shantytowns redevelopments have focused on dismantling houses rather than systematically rebuilding the shantytowns. Aiming at this issue, we explored the relations of shantytowns redevelopment and urban regeneration and drew on quite a lot of domestic and foreign experiences and lessons of slum redevelopment, which suggested that shantytowns redevelopment is involved in not only the pure physical regeneration, but also social regeneration, associated with economic recovery, community rebuilding and cultural reconstructions. By analyzing the case of shantytowns redevelopment of Fuxin city in Liaoning Province, we found a large quantity of questions exhibited by the current shantytowns redevelopment.

Community rebuilding: A quiet revolution

1996 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Barton Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Quiet Revolution ◽  
Community Rebuilding

Community rebuilding processes in a disaster-damaged area through community currency

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiromi Nakazato ◽  
Seunghoo Lim
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Community Currency ◽  
Community Rebuilding ◽  
Potential Tool

Purpose Community currency (CC) is used as a tool for reviving local communities by promoting economic growth and facilitating the formation of social capital. Although the Japanese CC movement has stagnated since mid-2005, a new experiment, Fukkou Ouen Chiiki Tsuka (CC for supporting disaster recovery), was introduced across disaster-damaged areas after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of March 2011. Previous studies assessing the role of CC in these earthquake-damaged areas are rare; the purpose of this paper is to examine the micro processes of community rebuilding that underlie the transactional networks mediated by one of the experiments, Domo, in Kamaishi. Design/methodology/approach Using transactional records capturing residents’ CC activities during the five-month pilot period before actual implementation of Domo simultaneous investigation for empirical network analysis techniques identify the network configuration dynamics representing the multiple observed forms of social capital in this disaster-affected local community. Findings This study of the five-month pilot for the Domo system revealed: intensive dependence on the coordinating role of core members (i.e. the creation of weak ties), a lack of balanced support among members and the resulting uni-directional transactions (i.e. the avoidance of generalized exchanges), and the reinforcement of previous transactional ties via reciprocation or transitive triads (i.e. the formation of strong ties). Originality/value This study provides guidance for practitioners, researchers, and policy makers on how community residents’ engagement in CC activities could function as a potential tool for generating positive socio-economic effects for local communities in disaster areas.

scholarly journals Post-War Cultural Heritage Preservation in Kosovo: Rethinking the Implementation of Ahtisaari Plan Annex V

Heritage ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-115
Author(s):  
Lorika Hisari ◽  
Kalliopi Fouseki
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Implementation Period ◽  
Community Rebuilding ◽  
Post War ◽  
Cultural Heritage Preservation

Current works have focused on the role of urban heritage to sustainable development in postwar cities and have highlighted the significance of participatory and inclusive approaches that involve citizens and key stakeholders in the conservation and regeneration of heritage areas. However, this task is rather complex and challenging, especially in areas inhabited by multiple ethnic groups. Skills in negotiation and building trust are as important as skills in restoration and conservation of the physical fabric. However, the current literature lacks in-depth understandings of how negotiations in these contexts work and what we can learn from the past. The aim of this paper is to explore this issue by using a case study analysis, in particular, that of Kosovo. This paper looks at how the process developed during the implementation period of Annex V of the Comprehensive Proposal for the Kosovo Status Settlement (CSP) related to cultural heritage preservation. We analyze the sociocultural and political dynamics on the ground by focusing on Article 4 that deals with protective zones. With a critical examination of the approaches taken by stakeholders, including the public discourse and the example of the historic centre of Prizren, we suggest rethinking the implementation of Annex V as a sustainable option, rather than looking at other (beyond Annex V) alternatives that could potentially undermine the inter-community rebuilding efforts, and instead of creating the basis for sustainable cultural heritage preservation and reconciliation would eventually contribute to escalation and deepening of the conflict.

scholarly journals Indigenous People on the Web

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurel Dyson ◽  
Jim Underwood
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
The World ◽  
Indigenous Organizations ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Community Rebuilding ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Web

This paper explores the ways in which Indigenous people around the world are participating in the World Wide Web, through establishing their own websites or accessing services via the Web. Indigenous websites are remarkably diverse: in addition to those representing Indigenous organizations and promoting Indigenous e-commerce, many websites have also been established to further unique concerns of Indigenous communities such as the maintenance and revitalization of Indigenous cultures, intercultural dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, political advocacy and mobilization, community rebuilding and social support for disadvantaged communities. Despite the early involvement of Indigenous people on the Web, there still remain many unresolved issues, which include low levels of computer literacy and Internet connectivity, the cost of the technology, low levels of business understanding to support e-commerce, and concerns over the misappropriation of Indigenous knowledge and culture.

Long-term Life Recovery Processes Among Survivors of the 1995 Kobe Earthquake: 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2005 Life Recovery Social Survey Results

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 484-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeo Tatsuki ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Recovery Processes ◽  
Kobe Earthquake ◽  
Community Rebuilding

This paper summarizes findings from life recovery surveys conducted in 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2005 among 1995 Kobe earthquake survivors. The 1999 survey (N=915) developed some of the key scales for the project, including life recovery, physical and psychological stress, family relations, and civic-mindedness. The 2001 study (N=1203) integrated 1999 study findings and those from 1999 grassroots assessment of life recovery, from which a seven critical element model of life recovery was constructed. The effects of these seven critical elements on life recovery were empirically tested and validated by general linear model (GLM) analysis. The 2003 (N=1203) and 2005 (N=1028) studies focused both on life recovery outcomes and on intervening life recovery processes. Structural equation modeling (SEM) identified causal links among recovery-promotion factors, recovery processes such as event impact stabilization, and event evaluation through community empowerment, and recovery outcomes. Event impact was a process through which impact caused by earthquake damage, loss, and/or stress was alleviated by housing, household finances, and stress management. Through event evaluation, social ties and community rebuilding efforts directly or indirectly facilitated the reframing of earthquake experiences into positive narratives. Research and policy implications of these findings are discussed in the end.

Optimal Life Recovery Assistance for Those Who Are Residing in Designated Temporary Housing in Widely Dispersed Locations: Interim Findings on Different Household Groups and on Life Recovery Promotion Parameters

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 939-947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeo Tatsuki ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Temporary Housing ◽  
Individual Life ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Process Characteristics ◽  
Recovery Processes ◽  
Kobe Earthquake ◽  
Community Rebuilding

Most persons whose houses were destroyed in the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake/tsunami disaster now reside in designated temporary housing (DTH). Unlike prefabricated temporary housing (PTH) occupants, DTH dwellers reside in widely dispersed locations. Japanese disaster research has mainly focused on life recovery assistance for PTH occupants who live in close proximity and not much is known about DHT residing “diaspora” survivors. This paper outlines a set of projects aimed at identifying 1) life recovery process characteristics among DTH occupants, 2) interrelationships between community rebuilding and individual life recovery processes of DTH dwellers, 3) connecting or reconnect such residents, and 4) managing individual life recovery by providing disaster case management services. We focused on interim findings about life recovery process studies based on ethnographic and community-based participatory research and implications regarding DTH residents’ valuations in terms of rank-ordering the seven critical elements (SCEs) for life recovery. We compare their situation to that of survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake.

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