Changes in Citizen Participation in the Reconstruction Planning Process of Municipalities Affected by the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Case Study of Okuma and Futaba Town

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  • 福島原発事故被災自治体の復興計画策定過程における住民参加の変遷―大熊町・双葉町を事例として―
  • フクシマ ゲンパツ ジコ ヒサイ ジチタイ ノ フッコウ ケイカク サクテイ カテイ ニ オケル ジュウミン サンカ ノ ヘンセン : オオクママチ ・ フタバマチ オ ジレイ ト シテ

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<p>This paper analyzes the actual situation of citizen participation in the reconstruction planning process in the towns of Okuma and Futaba, which are located in the Hamadori region of Fukushima Prefecture and where the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is located. Focusing on the content of the reconstruction plans formulated by Okuma and Futaba towns, this paper examines how the form and content of citizen participation in the planning process—planning organizations and methods of citizen participation — have changed over the course of the multiple revisions of the reconstruction plans in the two towns. The main data were obtained from a content analysis of the recovery plan and interviews with the staff of the policy planning department in charge of formulating the recovery plan and the experts who participated in the formulation of the recovery plan as committee members. Findings from the analysis are as follows. First, differences were found between the recovery planning organizations and methods of citizen participation in the Okuma and Futaba towns, which were maintained even as the recovery plans were revised. Second, as the evacuation of the entire town of Okuma and Futaba proceeded and people returned to their homes, the structure of the planning organizations and methods of citizen participation were revised to gather the opinions and requests of new stakeholders, such as new residents and new businesses, toward reconstruction. Third, in Okuma and Futaba, the strong influence of out- of-town companies and consultants could not be confirmed in the process of developing reconstruction plans. The findings of this paper contribute to questioning the issues of community governance in the Hamadori region and the central government’s legal system and recovery policies for nuclear disaster recovery.</p>

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