Natural Disasters and Resilience: The Findings of the Joint Research Shared at the EADN Annual Forum

The forum aims to share research results among participants, organizing five thematic sessions. JICA-RI and GDN have been jointly working on a research project “Case Studies on Resilience in Southeast Asia.” The findings of the joint study project were shared at one of the five sessions.

In a session titled “Toward a Resilient Society,” Ms. Widyawati B. Sumadio of Universitas Indonesia presented on Social Capital Development in Strengthening Community Resilience. From Thailand, Dr. Jeeraporn Kummabutr of Thammasat University reported on a Thai case study on Developing Resiliency in Children through Life Skills Training. From JICA-RI, Senior Research Fellow Go Shimada attended and gave a presentation entitled “Natural Disasters and Resilience.” He introduced the result of quantitative research analysis on the role of social capital in the long-term process of reconstruction after the Great Hanshin Earthquake. He illustrated: social capital plays a significant role in generating job opportunities in tertiary industry; and securing job opportunities is a key factor in medium and long-term reconstruction.