Building Community Resilience: Conceptual Framework and its Application in Post Tsunami Resettlement

Abstract

This article explores the understanding of the resilience concept through perspectives of academicians, international organizations and policy makers and its application in post Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004 and the Great East Japan Earthquake, 2011 resettlement through case studies in Banda Aceh City, Aceh Province, Indonesia and Minamisanriku Town and Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Some issues of resettlement are discussed, including social, cultural, economic and policy context. Finally, this article recommends that some important factors to be considered during the planning stage of tsunami-resilient communities.