Conclusion, Recommendations and Outlook

Abstract

In this book the design charrettes, which were held in Minamisoma and Kesennuma, are presented as examples of resilience planning in complex circumstances. In chapter One five stages of planning for recovery have been introduced. Recovery, reparation and rebuilding are processes, which should start immediately after the disaster took place. In various dimensions, such as the demand for immediate aid, but also the huge media attention, the urgency to take on recovery, reparation and rebuilding processes is clear. Resettlement and redesign receive less attention, if at all. The two exemplary design processes presented in this book make the benefits clear of a focus on redesigning an area that suffers from the impacts of a natural disaster.