A Collaborative Action Development Approach to Improving Community Disaster Reduction Using the Yonmenkaigi System

• NA Jong-il

  Graduate School of Urban Management Engineering, Kyoto University

• OKADA Norio

  Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

• FANG Liping

  Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University

Abstract

  This paper addresses the need for the use of participatory workshop methods to improve everyday disaster response capacity locally within communities. Most current workshop methods mainly address disaster risk awareness and focus on personal post-disaster actions, despite an increasing need to create an implementable action plan by moving beyond enhancing risk awareness. This type of implementable action plan is required in order to enable participants from a local community to collaborate together. A method called the Yonmenkaigi system, originally developed in a local community in Japan, is presented for this purpose. The Yonmenkaigi system is designed to consist of the following steps: carrying out a SWOT analysis, completing the Yonmenkaigi Chart, debating between groups, and presenting a group action plan. As demonstrated in a case study carried out in the City of Kyoto, this method shows its relevance and effectiveness in developing collaborative action plans for preparedness and mitigation in disaster reduction activities in a community.

Journal

• Journal of Natural Disaster Science

  Journal of Natural Disaster Science 30 (2), 57-69, 2008

  Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science

Keywords

• Action plan
• disaster prevention
• participatory workshop method
• the Yonmenkaigi system

Details

• CRID: 1390001206488452736
• NII Article ID: 130004479318
• DOI: 10.2328/jnds.30.57
• ISSN: 24346705
• ISSN: 03884090
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
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  • CiNii Articles
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