Understanding the Great East Japan Earthquake – Towards the Resilient Social System –

Kaoru ENDO

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TRAFST Vol.6 No.2 pp. 71-78

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Understanding the Great East Japan Earthquake – Towards the Resilient Social System –

Kaoru ENDO

Gakushuin University, 1-5-1 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo

Received:

24 July 2012

Accepted:

13 August 2012

Published:

October 15, 2012

Keywords:

Great East Japan Earthquake, resilient, multi-layer moral conflict, alt. elite

Abstract

This document analyses Japanese society after the Great East Japan Earthquake from two points of view. First, the author investigates the historical disasters, and analyses the social changes happened after the disaster with the multi-layer moral conflict model and the alt. elite model. Then, the results of the questionnaire survey carried out June, 2012 are discussed.