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Community regeneration in the post-tsunami recovery process

in Kamaishi City

8/28/2014

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1. Introductions 2. Aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake,

Current Status and Issues of the Reconstruction Efforts

3. Community Regeneration Project in Kamaishi City,

Iwate Pref. 4. Interactive session with local community reader

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Takafumi Okamoto

Director, RCF Reconstruction Consulting Firm After Graduating from Waseda University, he joined an entertainment company and an IT company afterwards in the corporate planning department. Through the volunteer program just after the Great East Japan Earthquake, he decided to commit to the reconstruction support for Tohoku. He has been involved in several projects in addition to UBS community regeneration project.

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Manager of UBS Community Regeneration Project, RCF Reconstruction Consulting Firm After Graduating from International Christian University, she joined Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer which is managed by JICA and spent 2.5 years in Thailand as a promoter of rural community development. After the assignment, worked in documentary TV-program production, she joined volunteer program in Ishinomaki City just after the disaster. Her role in this project is to promote community development in Kamaishi City.

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Satomi Yamaguchi


Director of Tohni Area Community Support Center and Tohni Community Center, Urban Policy Division, Civil Life Department in Kamaishi City Government In April 1979, he joined the Kamaishi City government and worked in several divisions including civic culture center, city water works and welfare promotion center. In April 2012, a year after the disaster, he moved to the Community Support Center in his hometown Tohni. His focus is to support residents in feeling secure and having a future perspective.

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Kenichi Mise


RCF Reconstruction Consulting Firm RCF was established in April 2011 and initially conducted research on the disaster recovery. Today, operating out of Tokyo and with offices in Fukushima and Iwate Prefectures, RCF is acting as Reconstruction Coordinators, providing planning support for reconstruction projects and intermediating among the various stakeholders. (57 employees as at July 2014）

Introduction of RCF

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Rural Areas

Central Administration

Local organizations

Local Companies

Local residents

NPO

Foundations

Central government

Local government

Companies

• We will facilitate the cooperation across the sectorial boundaries of the public and private sectors and social enterprises

RCF definition of a Reconstruction Coordinator

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Private Sector

Non- Profit Sector


Community Development

Rebuilding of the local community with community coordinators

Our activities

Research on temporary housing environment, support infrastructure

Industry Development

Human Resources Support

Matching of pro bono workers with local businesses

Supporting of marine produce

processing industry

• Partnering with government and companies to deliver projects addressing the 3 key issues of community and industry development and human resources

Dispatching talent to local governments

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• With a magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter Scale, the earthquake was the strongest in Japan's recorded history (maximum seismic intensity 7)

• In some places, the tsunami waves were more than 10 meters high, the maximum water run-up height measured 40.1 meters

Source: Japan Meteorological Agency

Overview of the damage inflicted

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Deceased: 15,884

Unaccounted for: 2,633

Source: Reconstruction Agency, National Police Agency

Evacuees: 258,000 as of May 2014

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Lifeline utilities (water service, gas, electricity, communication and broadcasting facilities) approximately JPY 1.3 trillion (USD 13.3 billion)

Social infrastructure (river, road, ports & harbors, drainage, and airport etc.) approximately JPY 2.2 trillion (USD 22.4 billion)

Facilities for agriculture, forestry and fisheries approximately JPY 1.9 trillion (USD 19.4 billion)

Others approximately JPY 1.1 trillion (USD 11.2 billion)

Buildings etc. (housing, offices, factories, machinery etc.) approximately JPY 10.4 trillion (USD 106.1 billion)

Economic Damage: JPY 16.9 trillion

(approx. USD 172.3 billion)

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Source: Reconstruction Agency


Many businesses are yet to resume, attracting people traffic remains a challenge

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March 2011

March 2013


April 2011

July 2013

Namie City, Fukushima Pref. is still off limits

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Construction of temporary

housing （2011-2012）

Occurrence of earthquake

Rescue activities

Recovery of infrastructure

（2011）

→ Progress of time

Post the reinstatement of infrastructure this "plateau" is marked by little visible progress

Formulation of reconstruction plan Local residents discuss community

development （2012-2016）

The reconstruction process

Construction of public housing（2014-2016）

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Source: Institute for Human Diversity Japan & RCF


Support to evacuees that spans 258,000 people

Town and community development that local residents want to live really

Elimination of the imbalance of supply and demand of employment

Decontamination and evacuation support

Recovery and reconstruction of communities

Support the victims

Local industry and employment

Fukushima Reconstruction

Issues of Tohoku

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• Kamaishi City is located in 440km from Tokyo, around 30km of its coast area was severely damaged by the Tsunami.

30km

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About Kamaishi City

440km

Tokyo

Kamaishi


Source:Kamaishi Tsunami –YouTube( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i_tSy0_MG0)

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Movie: The moment the Tsunami struck Kamaishi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i_tSy0_MG0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i_tSy0_MG0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i_tSy0_MG0


Disaster recovery Social challenges × • 90% of the land is forest • Inflation of labor, material and

land prices

• Rubble disposal mostly completed, but land purchase only 34% complete

• Public housing completion below 20%

• Elderly make up 35% of population Japan in 20 years

• Strategy to support reconstruction of homes in village of origin no consolidation of sparsely populated areas

• Supports continuation of social networks pre-disaster

• Prolongs issue of depopulation

Reconstruction challenges in Kamaishi

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Government

Coordinator

Locals

Local leaders

Other locals

Empower locals to independently pursue community development, continuously solve problems on own

Objective

Role Facilitate / provide platforms for cooperation Develop people who can run / support platforms

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The need for supporters with an outside-in view


Strengthen Kamaentai Management framework, transition to self-

sufficiency

Community development work in pilot Tohni area, development of

measurements / KPIs

Kamaentai model

development

Lateral deployment in other communities

Needs assessment - Government - Key locals

2012 2013 2014

Apr - Jun Jul - Dec Jan - Mar Apr onwards

Prepa- ration

Model development

Implementation

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Progress of Community Regeneration in Kamaishi


• Understand local issues

• Grasp the local's understanding of the issues

How far do they understand the progress of reconstruction

Is the leader's opinion broad based?

• Assess type of leadership

Objec tive

A Single leader with strong leadership

B ‘Three’ heads are better than one

(consensus based)

C No. 2 is key

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Preparation: In-depth hearing with locals



sufficiency


measurements / KPIs

Kamaentai model

development



2012 2013 2014


Prepa- ration

Model development

Implementation

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• Sympathize but do not accommodate / go with one or the other view

• Identify common denominator / compromise among differences in motives

Take on a role

Build on a succession of

small successes

• Assess organizational structures and leadership from within

• Trust is hard earned

Understand then combine

needs

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Model development: Co-work with locals' organization

Consensus building at a workshop Re-launch of local festival


• Evaluation sheet to evaluate progress of each community

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Model development: Progress measurement of community building


Status quo Remedial action Outcome

（Action） • 2 layer communication

of city government reconstruction plans

① City official > Leaders ② Leaders > Other locals

（Status quo） • Suspicious / alarmed

about city government progress

（Reason） • Information gap

between residents of temp housing

• Improved understanding among locals

• Issues and key points shared among residents

• Improved participation in town hall meeting

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Example: Information sharing within the community

Reconstruction study session

Neighborhood associations

Temp Housing self-governance

Govmt Official

Local Leaders

①

②


• Local partnership with non-profits

• Long-term, sustainable investment

• Employee engagement

UBS Community Affairs - 3 Principles

The impact of corporate partnership on the local community

• Spearhead initiatives which cannot be done by / would take longer for the city government

• Locals reinvigorated by the continued efforts by 'outsiders'

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The significance of partnering with supporting companies

Wine seminar for women



sufficiency


measurements / KPIs

Kamaentai model

development



2012 2013 2014


Prepa- ration

Model development

Implementation

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Reconstruction Supporters Kamaishi Regional Coordinators

(aka Kamaentai) 29


Org A+Kamaentai

Kamaentai Management

Kamaishi City Gov

RCF

Companies

Other comm

NPO/Indiv

Partner

Kamaishi

Other communities

• Transfer community regeneration knowledge and experience to Kamaentai and prepare for their self-sufficiency

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Transition to Kamaentai leading the support

Partner

Org B+Kamaentai Org C+Kamaentai


Improve problem solving skills

Team building Clarify meeting governance structure, reporting lines, information sharing

Visualizing and measuring community building Improve consistency of mission – objective setting – action planning

Set medium term goals Develop a sustainable plan for community building within the time limit set for 5 years

Community development in sync with the City's reconstruction plans

Go beyond "it's nice to have young / outsiders around"

Develop a base for the next career step

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Preparing for Kamaentai Self-management


Iwate

Kamaishi city

Yamada town

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Share Kamaishi learning with other municipalities






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Planted cherry trees in anticipation of the public housing completion and held workshops on maintenance of cherry trees.

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Promoted the project to plant cherry trees


" Message for the next 1000 years: Memories of the Tsunami retold by Tohni residents for the future generations" • Compiled with study group of

local residents. • Issued 2000 copies on March 11,

2013, the second anniversary of the earthquake.

• Distributed to all households in Tohni.

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Compiled survivor testimonies with local community organizations


"Skatto Ball" tournament

It prompted a lively exchange beyond the boundaries of villages,

temporary housing complexes, and generations.

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Held the exchange events of local residents

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Theme of interactive session

1. What was most challenging about the disaster 2. On the regional coordinators First impression and how this changed Changes in the community The true meaning of having the coordinators in

the local community 3. Final remarks

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