In Mabi-cho, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, which was severely damaged by the heavy rains in western Japan three years ago, it was found that the former activities could not be resumed after several neighborhood associations were damaged.
In Mabi-cho, Kurashiki City, which was severely damaged by the heavy rains in western Japan, the population has decreased by more than 2,000, which is 10% of the total population, in about three years after the heavy rains. I am.
Since the neighborhood association is a voluntary organization between residents and does not need to be notified, the local government does not know the exact number of the current situation, and NHK is based on the number of representatives such as the neighborhood association receiving the public relations paper of Kurashiki City. I estimated the overall situation.
As a result, in the Mabi district, as of July 2018 before the disaster, 384 people were registered in Kurashiki City as representatives, but this month it was 271 people, a decrease of about 30%. ..
In addition, when we asked people in multiple areas where the representatives were no longer registered, they answered that the neighborhood association did not work and they could hardly carry out activities, or that they decided to dissolve, and several neighborhood associations responded. I was not able to resume my former activities after the disaster.
Professor Emeritus Junichi Hirota of Iwate University, who has continued to support local activities in the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, said, "In the event of a disaster, local residents need to help each other, and the role of the neighborhood association is important. The community cannot be regenerated naturally. Therefore, the government needs to actively support it. "