Comparative Analysis of Tsunami Recovery Strategies in Small Communities in Japan and Chile
Ven Paolo Bruno Valenzuela,
Ratnayakage Sameera Maduranga Samarasekara,
A.H.T. Shyam Kularathna,
G. Carlota Cubelos Perez,
Furukawa Norikazu,
Richard Nathan Crichton,
Marco Quiroz,
Ramon Yavar,
Ikeda Izumi,
Rafael Aranguiz,
Onuki Motoharu,
Miguel Esteban
Affiliations
Ven Paolo Bruno Valenzuela
Graduate Program in Sustainability Science—Global Leadership, Initiative, The University of Tokyo, Rm 334, Building of, Environmental Studies, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563, Japan
Ratnayakage Sameera Maduranga Samarasekara
Graduate Program in Sustainability Science—Global Leadership, Initiative, The University of Tokyo, Rm 334, Building of, Environmental Studies, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563, Japan
A.H.T. Shyam Kularathna
Graduate Program in Sustainability Science—Global Leadership, Initiative, The University of Tokyo, Rm 334, Building of, Environmental Studies, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563, Japan
G. Carlota Cubelos Perez
Graduate Program in Sustainability Science—Global Leadership, Initiative, The University of Tokyo, Rm 334, Building of, Environmental Studies, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563, Japan
Furukawa Norikazu
Graduate Program in Sustainability Science—Global Leadership, Initiative, The University of Tokyo, Rm 334, Building of, Environmental Studies, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563, Japan
Richard Nathan Crichton
Graduate Program in Sustainability Science—Global Leadership, Initiative, The University of Tokyo, Rm 334, Building of, Environmental Studies, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563, Japan
Marco Quiroz
Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (CIGIDEN), Santiago 7820436, Chile
Ramon Yavar
Institute of Sociology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 8331150, Chile
Ikeda Izumi
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563 Japan
Rafael Aranguiz
Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (CIGIDEN), Santiago 7820436, Chile
Onuki Motoharu
Graduate Program in Sustainability Science—Global Leadership, Initiative, The University of Tokyo, Rm 334, Building of, Environmental Studies, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563, Japan
Miguel Esteban
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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.
