Seawalls or social recovery? The role of policy networks and design in disaster recovery

•This study examines recovery in 25 municipalities after Japan’s 3/11 disaster.•We compare the effects of policy networks and policy design on recovery rates.•Synthetic control experiments show that policy networks improved recovery.•Communities that invested in community centers saw better recovery...

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Vydáno v:Global environmental change Ročník 70; s. 102342
Hlavní autoři: Fraser, Timothy, Aldrich, Daniel P., Small, Andrew
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2021
Elsevier Science Ltd
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ISSN:0959-3780, 1872-9495
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Shrnutí:•This study examines recovery in 25 municipalities after Japan’s 3/11 disaster.•We compare the effects of policy networks and policy design on recovery rates.•Synthetic control experiments show that policy networks improved recovery.•Communities that invested in community centers saw better recovery trajectories.•Case studies of Ishinomaki and Onagawa contextualize these findings. This mixed-methods study examines the case of 30 advisory committees across 25 municipalities in Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures in northeast Japan after the 3/11 triple disasters. Drawing on synthetic control experiments, social network analysis, and case studies, we test whether the design of these committees’ policies or the traits of these committee networks improved the recovery trajectories of municipalities. We find that communities highly connected to this network of advisory committees saw better economic recovery than expected, especially when researchers, hyper-connected individuals, or plans for community centers were involved, controlling for disaster damage, infrastructure quality, social vulnerability, governance capacity, emergency services, and social capital. Our results bring with them a number of concrete policy recommendations for disaster managers, local residents, and decision makers.
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ISSN:0959-3780
1872-9495
DOI:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102342