Residential relocation and change in social capital: A natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.

ABSTRACT: Social connections in the community ("social capital") represent an important source of resilience in the aftermath of major disasters. However, little is known about how residential relocation due to housing destruction affects survivors' social capital. We examined changes in social capital among survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. People who lost their homes were resettled to new locations by two primary means: (i) group relocation to public temporary trailer housing or (ii) individual relocation, in which victims moved into government-provided housing by lottery or arranged for their own accommodation (market rental housing or private purchase/new construction). The baseline for our natural experiment was established 7 months before the 11 March 2011 disaster

SUBMITTER: Hikichi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5529061 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature