Environmentally and Culturally Informed Reconstruction
Research project
Transdisciplinary Study on Environment and Culture-conscious Reconstruction in the Sanriku Coastal Area
Lead researcher
KUBOTA Junpei (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
Outline
This project aims to examine how to rebuild local communities by making use of their natural surroundings, in particular the springs in Otsuchi, Iwate.
Objectives
1. Developing disaster prevention systems and evacuation plans appropriate to the characteristics of local communities
2. Preserving natural environments and using them for industrial development
3. Recording and archiving the history of communities disrupted by disasters
4. Conserving both tangible and intangible cultural properties