What Was the "Volunteer Shortage" discourse in the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake? : Focusing on disaster volunteer center management and requests for people not to volunteer

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ミヤマエ, リョウヘイ

Miyamae, Ryohei

大門, 大朗

ダイモン, ヒロアキ

Daimon, Hiroaki

渥美, 公秀

アツミ, トモヒデ

Atsumi, Tomohide

ボランティア不足

災害ボランティアセンター

The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake

Volunteer Shortage

Disaster Volunteer Center

一般論文

The Noto Peninsula Earthquake of 1 January 2024 drew attention to a 'volunteer shortage'. Based on data collected during the six months following the earthquake, this paper identifies the factors contributing to the shortage and offers recommendations for volunteer utilization in future disasters. First, the following factors were identified as contributing to the shortage: geographical factors, prolonged lifesaving activities, difficulties in identifying needs due to evacuation to shelters, limitations of public assistance, cultural and psychological factors, the influence of public statements, and bottlenecking of disaster volunteer centres (VCs). Of these, issues related to disaster VCs and requests for self-restraint are explored in detail in this paper. An analysis of the number of active disaster VCs in Ishikawa Prefecture and Nanao City revealed that their number peaked later than in past disasters of a similar scale, suggesting that this delay may have contributed to the perceived lack of volunteers. It was also noted that intermittent requests by prefectural governors to refrain from individual volunteering may have contributed to the low number of volunteers. Based on these factors and challenges, future disaster responses should include the operation of community-led disaster VCs, the acceptance of diverse volunteer activities, and the strengthening of a victim-centred support system.

大門, 大朗

渥美, 公秀