Tsunami and Fukushima Disaster: Design for Reconstruction

Dr. Rob Roggema, Landscape Architect, is an international renowned design-expert on climate adaptation, renewable energy planning and urban agriculture. He holds positions at several universities in the Netherlands and Australia, State and Municipal governments and design consultancies. Dr. Roggema is the Director of Cittaideale, a research office for adaptive design and planning. In 2008 he received the scientific award for best paper at the Sustainable Building conference in Melbourne.

• Introduction.- Post-3.11 Reconstruction, an Uneasy Mission.- The Unprecedented Catastrophe of Tohoku Natural and Man-made Disaster.- Government Led Reconstruction Activities in Fukushima with a Specific Focus on the Reconstruction Supporters Project.- The Design Process.- Planning and design in Mianmisoma.- Planning and design in Kesennuma.- conclusion, Recommendations and outlook.