Using GIS in community design charrettes: Lessons from a Japan–U.S. collaboration in earthquake recovery and mitigation planning for Kobe

Identifying Regional Environmental and Sustainability Issues: Adoption of an Interdisciplinary Design Charrette Approach

“…Second, Brownsville and the U.S. border region has faced increased industrial growth and activity over the last fifty years (Anderson and Gerber 2008), and the city continues to attract large projects of environmental concern (e.g., the construction of three liquid natural gas facilities in its harbor). We found the successful mapping that took place in CIV to reflect the similar charrette experiences reported by Tanaka, Abramson, and Yamazaki (2009) and Rinner and Bird (2009).…”

Design Charrette as Methodology for Post-Disaster Participatory Reconstruction: Observations from a Case Study in Fukushima, Japan

“…Such participation can promote understanding between residents and policy makers. It can also assist them to make democratic choices and encourage the development and the reconstruction of disaster-struck area [3,4,8,12]. If stakeholders are excluded from the decision-making process, they are highly likely to obstruct or resist the reconstruction plan through noncooperation [8,15].…”

“…Therefore, the reconstruction and redevelopment of a disaster-struck area should be cautiously based on comprehensive and continuous communication with all stakeholders [3]. However, currently, there are few case studies that find evidence of a sufficient participation of stakeholders in post-disaster reconstruction [8,12]. In Japan, although governments have adopted measures to encourage the communication between policy maker and local residents (e.g., funding NGOs to participate in post-disaster reconstruction), these efforts have been primarily concentrated on enhancing community cohesion [6].…”

“…This method is particularly suitable for situations in which multidisciplinary professionals and non-professional stakeholders collaborate to accomplish target tasks in a short period of time [12]. The method enables the local stakeholders to become involved in the planning process and ensures that participant requests could be reflected in the final result [11].…”

“…The method enables the local stakeholders to become involved in the planning process and ensures that participant requests could be reflected in the final result [11]. Design charrettes have been widely applied in urban planning in North America [12,13]. However, few case studies have been researched on the application of design charrettes in post-disaster reconstruction conditions, especially in East Asia.…”