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Maly Elizabeth Ann
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International Research Institute of Disaster Science
Job title
Professor
Degree

  • PhD (Kobe University)

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Liz Maly is a Professor at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University. From the United States, her architectural background includes a Masters of Architecture from the University of Washington-Seattle and PhD in Architecture from Kobe University. With the theme “People-Centered Housing Recovery,” her research focuses on post-disaster housing reconstruction and community-based recovery planning. Her past and current research in the U.S., Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan looks at how housing recovery polices and and their implementation can better support local residents and communities for their life and livelihood recovery.

Research Areas 1

  • Social infrastructure (civil Engineering, architecture, disaster prevention) / Architectural and city planning /

Papers 48

  1. Japan's Disaster Risk Reduction Diplomacy and the “Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction”

    Elizabeth Maly

    Handbook of Disaster Studies in Japan　2026/01/22

  2. Resilient Recovery from Disasters: The Long-Term Outcomes of Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction in India, Thailand and Japan

    Elizabeth Maly

    2025/05/01

    Publisher: Springer Nature

  3. Urban Regeneration in Flood-Prone Areas: A Case Study of the Rehabilitation of Wooden Public Bathhouses in Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

    Miku Okuba, Tsukasa Iwata, Liz Maly, Eiji Harada, Kosuke Sakura

    Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences　354-365　2025/02/11

    Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland

    DOI： 10.1007/978-3-031-81072-5_24 　

    ISSN： 2524-342X

    eISSN： 2524-3438

  4. Recovery and Housing Safety for Residents After the 2014 Earthquake, Thailand

    Titaya Sararit, Liz Maly, Mittul Vahanvati

    2025

    DOI： 10.1007/978-3-031-81072-5_23 　

  5. Inventory and Thematic Typological Analysis of 3.11 Picture Books

    Elizabeth Maly, Ryo Saito, Julia Gerster, Naomi Chiba

    Journal of Disaster Research　19　(6)　935-942　2024/12/01

    Publisher: Fuji Technology Press Ltd.

    DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2024.p0935 　

    ISSN： 1881-2473

    eISSN： 1883-8030

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    After the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster (3.11) of March 11, 2011, the use of various media to convey disaster experiences and lessons grew, including a large number of 3.11 picture books. However, there has been limited scholarship on these books, and no comprehensive database of 3.11 picture books exists. This research conducted an comprehensive inventory of 3.11 picture books published in the 13 years after the disaster, until March 2024. 122 titles met the criteria of being picture books with stories related to the 3.11 disasters, and an initial survey identified general trends in their publication over time and by publication type. Through investigating themes and contents, the authors identified six primary narrative typological categories: (1) disaster impact stories, that focus on telling what happened; (2) disaster risk reduction action or evacuation stories; (3) stories of local pride (place attachment); (4) stories with hopeful or positive messages for the future; (5) stories of loss; and (6) stories about nature and animals. As initial research, this paper represents a unique contribution to the growing body of literature on disaster storytelling media and clarifies the characteristics of 3.11 picture books as a body of work. Building on this comprehensive inventory and thematical categorization of 3.11 picture books, the authors expect future research to further analyze the text and image contents of these books, leading to deeper understanding of the contributions of 3.11 picture books towards not only emotional care, but also raising disaster awareness.

  6. Guest editorial: Tensions between tradition and innovation in disaster risk reduction, climate action and reconstruction

    Elizabeth Maly, Tamiyo Kondo, Julia Gerster

    Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal　33　(5)　453-454　2024/11/12

    Publisher: Emerald

    DOI： 10.1108/dpm-11-2024-427 　

    ISSN： 0965-3562

    eISSN： 1758-6100

  7. Support for housing recovery of home-based survivors: disaster case management after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami

    Akihiro Uto, Elizabeth Maly

    Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal　2024/11/12

    DOI： 10.1108/dpm-12-2023-0328 　

    ISSN： 0965-3562

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    <jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Purpose</jats:title><jats:p>After the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), the need for disaster case management (DCM) was highlighted through the efforts of the Sendai Bar Association, which investigated the situation of survivors. This paper provides an overview of DCM in Japan since the GEJE, including key findings from investigations and legal consultations conducted by the Sendai Bar Association and the first author, who took part in the surveys with survivors in Ishinomaki City, clarifying the large number of homebound survivors and their needs. </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title><jats:p>In recent years there has been growing attention to the importance of DCM for supporting life and housing recovery of disaster survivors. Along with the expansion of DCM activities over several decades in Japan, the need for DCM was increasingly recognized after the 2011 GEJE and tsunami, especially for home-based survivors left out of government-provided disaster recovery support programs. As one-on-one advice to support individual recovery needs, the focus of DCM in Japan is legal advice to help survivors effectively navigate support policies.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Findings</jats:title><jats:p>Since the GEJE, there has been growing support for DCM in Japan, including from practitioners, scholars, and regional and national governments. However, although DCM can be an effective way to support housing recovery, even 12 years after the GEJE, there are still survivors in need of additional support.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Originality/value</jats:title><jats:p>Drawing on a detailed case study and action research of the first author, this paper contributes to the still limited international literature on DCM in Japan.</jats:p></jats:sec>

  8. Placemaking Mediating Dilemmas by Addressing the Gaps in Post-Disaster Recovery Process:Long-term Citizen-driven Place-nurturing in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina

    Tomoko Matsushita, Yegane Ghezelloo, Elizabeth Maly, Tamiyo Kondo, Michelle Meyer, Galen Newman

    International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction　104457-104457　2024/04

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104457 　

    ISSN： 2212-4209

  9. Post-displacement placemaking to reconnect social capital after the 3.11 earthquake and tsunami in Arahama, Japan

    Yegane Ghezelloo, Ryuta Hara, Miku Okuba, Elizabeth Maly, Nobuyuki Arai, Tamiyo Kondo

    International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction　103　104323-104323　2024/03

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104323 　

    ISSN： 2212-4209

  10. Transnational collaboration in the Pacific Rim 1

    Shu-Mei Huang, Elizabeth Maly

    2023/11/01

    DOI： 10.4324/9781003206415-20 　

  11. Teaching and Practicing in the Tohoku Region

    Shu-Mei Huang, Elizabeth Maly

    2023/11/01

    DOI： 10.4324/9781003206415-21 　

  12. Community/place-making in Otsuchi 1

    Shu-Mei Huang, Elizabeth Maly

    2023/11/01

    DOI： 10.4324/9781003206415-19 　

  13. The Real Tsunami in North Pagai

    Shu-Mei Huang, Elizabeth Maly

    2023/11/01

    DOI： 10.4324/9781003206415-11 　

  14. Introduction

    Shu-Mei Huang, Elizabeth Maly

    2023/11/01

    DOI： 10.4324/9781003206415-1 　

  15. Community Responses to Disasters in the Pacific Rim

    Shu-Mei Huang, Elizabeth Maly

    2023/11/01

    DOI： 10.4324/9781003206415 　

  16. Land Use Transformation and Place-Making after Resettlement in the Disaster Hazard Area of the Great East Japan Earthquake

    Hara Ryuta, Ghezelloo Yegane, Okuba Miku, Maly Elizabeth, Arai Nobuyuki, Kondo Tamiyo

    Reports of the City Planning Institute of Japan　21　(4)　464-470　2023/03/10

    Publisher: The City Planning Institute of Japan

    DOI： 10.11361/reportscpij.21.4_464 　

    eISSN： 2436-4460

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    This study clarified the process of land use transformation and post-disaster placemaking in the disaster harzadous zones and the factors that contribute to placemaking. In the Arahama area of Sendai City, where the case study was conducted, we found that diverse stakeholders gave new meaning to the former residential area and involved the surrounding community through various activities and innovations, resulting in the revitalization of the area as a "place. The study pointed out that former residential areas can be revitalized as new "places" not only through the process of conventional reconstruction planning, in which a vision and use are determined for the area and the government and private sectors use the land, but also through the process in which each party creates a "place" and the area is composed of a bundle of meanings added by various entities.

  17. Towards improving provision of wooden temporary housing: Analysis of repairs of temporary housing built by local contractors after the Great East Japan Earthquake

    Tsukasa Iwata, Eiji Harada, Elizabeth Maly

    International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction　86　103537-103537　2023/02

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103537 　

    ISSN： 2212-4209

  18. Schools as Community Assets for Place-making in Post-disaster Resettlement: Reciprocal Impacts of Housing and Education Recovery in Tacloban City, the Philippines

    Elizabeth Maly, Aiko Sakurai

    Community Responses to Disasters in the Pacific Rim: Place-making in Displacement　21-38　2023/01/01

    DOI： 10.4324/9781003206415-3 　

  19. People-centered disaster recovery: A comparison of long-term outcomes of housing reconstruction in Thailand, India, and Japan

    Elizabeth Maly, Mittul Vahanvati, Titaya Sararit

    International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction　2022/10

    DOI： 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103234 　

  20. Rationale and Processes of Residential Buyout and its Effects in a Decade of Coastal Recovery and Mitigation: The Cases of the Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami and Superstorm Sandy in the United States

    Tamiyo Kondo, Elizabeth Maly, Michelle Stanley, Michelle Meyer

    2022

    DOI： 10.2139/ssrn.4027859 　

  21. Authorization and levels of justice in recovery of gathering spaces after the great East Japan earthquake and tsunami 2011 Peer-reviewed

    Yegane Ghezelloo, Akihiko Hokugo, Elizabeth Maly, Yumi Shiomi

    Progress in Disaster Science　13　100217-100217　2022/01

    Publisher: Elsevier {BV}

    DOI： 10.1016/j.pdisas.2022.100217 　

    ISSN： 2590-0617

  22. Cascading disasters triggered by tsunami hazards: A perspective for critical infrastructure resilience and disaster risk reduction

    Anawat Suppasri, Elizabeth Maly, Miwako Kitamura, Syamsidik, Gianluca Pescaroli, David Alexander, Fumihiko Imamura

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION　66　2021/12

    DOI： 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102597 　

    ISSN： 2212-4209

  23. Perception of earthquake risks and disaster prevention awareness: A comparison of resident surveys in Sendai, Japan and Seattle, WA, USA

    Alicia Y.E. Ahn, Hiroki Takikawa, Elizabeth Maly, Ann Bostrom, Shinichi Kuriyama, Hiroko Matsubara, Takako Izumi, Tetsuya Torayashiki, Fumihiko Imamura

    International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction　66　102624-102624　2021/12

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102624 　

    ISSN： 2212-4209

  24. Voices from communities relocated to Tacloban North after Typhoon Yolanda

    E. Maly, A. Sakurai, F. Aure, M. C.I. Caintic, K. Iuchi

    IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science　630　(1)　2021/01/12

    DOI： 10.1088/1755-1315/630/1/012013 　

    ISSN： 1755-1307

    eISSN： 1755-1315

  25. Impacts of collective housing relocation in the Ogatsu area of Ishinomaki City after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

    Akira Miyasada, Elizabeth Maly

    IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science　630　(1)　012014-012014　2021/01/01

    Publisher: IOP Publishing

    DOI： 10.1088/1755-1315/630/1/012014 　

    ISSN： 1755-1307

    eISSN： 1755-1315

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    Abstract Eight years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, which devastated communities along Japan’s northeast Tohoku coast on March 11, 2011. Housing reconstruction programs in tsunami-affected municipalities included the provision of new residential lots in highland areas and the construction of public housing. The implementation of government-driven recovery projects is almost complete in the municipalities that were destroyed by the tsunami. However, even with these projects, some areas have suffered extreme population loss. Looking at the example of Ogatsu Peninsula and the case of Tachihama village, this paper considers the factors that contributed to residents’ deciding to move away or return and rebuild. According to the majority of the residents who moved away, the prospect of living in temporary housing for the length of time needed for permanent housing to be ready was their main reason for deciding to move somewhere else. Although housing recovery programs are intended to support the rebuilding of communities, the implementation and timeline of the government’s reconstruction programs may actually contribute to or accelerate population decline. As the implementation of reconstruction programs alone after a disaster occurs is not enough to guarantee the housing recovery of all residents, it may be important to consider pre-disaster community-building for the long-term sustainability of disaster-affected communities.

  26. Special issue on disaster storytelling, in commemoration of 2020 tell-net forum, Kobe, Japan

    Shingo Nagamatsu, Masahiro Sawada, Yuichi Ono, Naoto Tanaka, Mayumi Sakamoto, Ryoga Ishihara, Masaru Sakato, Shosuke Sato, Elizabeth Maly

    Journal of Disaster Research　16　(2)　125-126　2021

    DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2021.p0125 　

    ISSN： 1881-2473

    eISSN： 1883-8030

  27. Advances of International Collaboration on M9 Disaster Science: Scientific Session Report

    Elizabeth Maly, Kenjiro Terada, Randall J. LeVeque, Naoko Kuriyama, Daniel B. Abramson, Lan T. Nguyen, Ann Bostrom, Jorge León, Michael Motley, Patricio A. Catalan, Shunichi Koshimura, Shuji Moriguchi, Yuya Yamaguchi, Carrie Garrison-Laney, Anawat Suppasri, Erick Mas

    Journal of Disaster Research　15　(7)　890-899　2020/12/01

    Publisher: Fuji Technology Press Ltd.

    DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2020.p0890 　

    ISSN： 1881-2473

    eISSN： 1883-8030

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    The goal of the Scientific Session: “Advances of International Collaboration on M9 Disaster Science” at the 2nd World Bosai Forum (WBF) in Sendai in November 2019 was to share progress on research projects and findings related to an M9 mega-disaster event, building on outcomes from a March 2019 collaborative workshop on M9 disaster science between research partners from the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS)/Tohoku University, University of Washington-Seattle (UW), and the Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (CIGIDEN). This paper reports on the presentations during the WBF Scientific Session, which shared updates and outputs of research collaborations from different disciplines, following the themes of risk-based planning, structural engineering, tsunami observation and early warning, and tsunami simulation and probabilistic tsunami risk assessment. This international and cross-disciplinary collaboration has led to the advancement of a number of specific research projects in different fields, as well as a robust network of researchers in the three countries. Based in coastal regions facing similar risks of massive earthquakes and tsunami in Japan, the United States, and Chile, it is hoped that ongoing and future collaboration within this network will continue to advance knowledge of disaster science and international disaster risk reduction.

  28. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction at Five: Lessons from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

    Elizabeth Maly, Anawat Suppasri

    International Journal of Disaster Risk Science　11　(2)　167-178　2020/04

    DOI： 10.1007/s13753-020-00268-9 　

    ISSN： 2095-0055

    eISSN： 2192-6395

  29. Towards a comparative framework of adaptive planning and anticipatory action regimes in Chile, Japan, and the US: An exploration of multiple contexts informing tsunami risk-based planning and relocation

    Naoko Kuriyama, Elizabeth Maly, Jorge León, Daniel Abramson, Lan T. Nguyen, Ann Bostrom

    Journal of Disaster Research　15　(7)　878-889　2020

    Publisher: Fuji Technology Press

    DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2020.p0878 　

    ISSN： 1883-8030 1881-2473

  30. GROWTH AND SHRINKAGE PRE AND POST TSUNAMI IN FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN. International-journal Peer-reviewed

    Rui Zhu, Zhihan Tao, Galen Newman, Maria Counts, Michelle Meyer, Emily Offer, Youjung Kim, Abel Táiti Konno Pinheiro, Yegane Ghezellou, Akihiko Hokugo, Tamiyo Kondo, Naoko Kuriyama, Elizabeth Maly

    Landscape research record　9　132-147　2020

    eISSN： 2471-8335

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    Depopulation is a severe problem in many urban areas globally. Massive population migrations can occur due to relocation after natural disasters and significantly change the demographic composition of regions and cities. The 2011 Great Tsunami in Japan resulted in a combined total of deaths and missing persons of more than 24,500. Post-tsunami recovery efforts resulted in widespread population relocation of high-risk communities into lower-risk areas. Using the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan as the study area, a region characterized by several depopulating cities both pre and post-tsunami, this research examines how the population relocation efforts have either exacerbated or assisted in lessening the effects of urban shrinkage and decline after the earthquake and tsunami of 2011. The results show that 30 municipalities have seen population and economic growth since 2011, and 12 municipalities are underdoing trends toward decline within Fukushima. Negatively affected cities tend to have larger populations than positively affected cities. Most of the small towns and villages closer to the inundation area are fall into the category of negatively affected areas. Moreover, the population increases in many post-disaster cities are primarily due to significant increases in elderly populations with minimal young persons that will inevitably decline in the next decade. By determining the effects of their relocation efforts, the government can better develop targeted strategies that good for the prosperity and development of the Fukushima Prefecture.

  31. Special issue on the second world bosai forum

    Prof Yuichi Ono, Anawat Suppasri, Elizabeth Maly, Daisuke Sasaki

    Journal of Disaster Research　15　(7)　821　2020

    DOI： 10.20965/JDR.2020.P0821 　

    ISSN： 1881-2473

    eISSN： 1883-8030

  32. The Evolution of Localized Housing Recovery in Japan

    Elizabeth Maly, Tsukasa Iwata

    IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science　273　(1)　2019/07/16

    Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing

    DOI： 10.1088/1755-1315/273/1/012055 　

    ISSN： 1755-1315 1755-1307

  33. An investigation of the reality of community-building in Post-Yolanda relocation areas in Tacloban City, Philippines International-coauthorship Peer-reviewed

    MALY Elizabeth, 桜井 愛子, 井内 加奈子

    Proceedings of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) 50th Conference Sustainable Urban Environments　-　2019

  34. Building back better with people centered housing recovery Peer-reviewed

    Elizabeth Maly

    International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction　29　84-93　2018/08/01

    DOI： 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.09.005 　

    ISSN： 2212-4209

  35. Resident's satisfaction to relocated Houses after 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Thailand

    Titaya Sararit, Kondo Tamiyo, Elizabeth Maly

    Procedia Engineering　212　637-642　2018

    Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

    DOI： 10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.082 　

    ISSN： 1877-7058

  36. Rethinking "Build Back Better" in housing reconstruction: A proposal for "People Centered Housing Recovery" Peer-reviewed

    Elizabeth Maly

    10TH ACEH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP AND EXPO ON SUSTAINABLE TSUNAMI DISASTER RECOVERY (AIWEST-DR 2016)　56　2017

    DOI： 10.1088/1755-1315/56/1/012025 　

    ISSN： 1755-1307

  37. Roles of people, community and planning in recovery after Mega-Disasters: A symposium synopsis

    Kanako Iuchi, Elizabeth Maly

    Journal of Disaster Research　11　(3)　512-516　2016

    Publisher: Fuji Technology Press

    DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2016.p0512 　

    ISSN： 1883-8030 1881-2473

  38. Community-driven post-disaster rebuilding policy and its relocation patterns: A case study of resettlement after the volcanic eruption of Mt. Merapi in Yogyakarta, Indonesia Peer-reviewed

    Iuchi Kanako, Matsumaru Ryo, Maly Liz

    Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan　50　(3)　431-437　2015/11

    Publisher: The City Planning Institute of Japan

    DOI： 10.11361/journalcpij.50.431 　

    ISSN： 0916-0647

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    Controlling risk by utilizing land use planning – including relocation – has been identified as one of the most promising strategies to mitigate disaster risk within the current "build back better" dialogue. However, there are still few studies on post-disaster community relocation to reduce various risks. This paper focuses on the post-Merapi relocation case in Yogyakarta to examine how community-driven post-disaster rebuilding policy supports relocation after disasters. The study found that the flexible nature of the REKOMPAK program, adopted and upgraded in Indonesia since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, allowed for five relocation land use patterns that were able to maintain traditional community conditions while successfully distancing residential areas from volcanic hazards.

  39. Community-Based Housing Reconstruction and Relocation : REKOMPAK Program after the 2010 Eruption of Mt. Merapi, Indonesia

    マリ エリザベス, 井内 加奈子, ナレスワリ アルヂヤ

    地域安全学会論文集　167　(25)　205-214　2015/03

    Publisher: 地域安全学会事務局

    ISSN： 1345-2088

  40. Three years after a mega-disaster: Recovery policies, programs and implementation after the Great East Japan Earthquake

    Kanako Iuchi, Elizabeth Maly, Laurie Johnson

    Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research　44　29-46　2015

    Publisher: Springer Netherlands

    DOI： 10.1007/978-3-319-10202-3_3 　

    ISSN： 2213-6959 1878-9897

  41. Community-Based Housing Reconstruction and Relocation: REKOMPAK Program after the 2010 Eruption of Mt. Merapi, Indonesia

    MALY Elizabeth, IUCHI Kanako, NARESWARI Ardhya

    Journal of Social Safety Science　27　(0)　205-214　2015

    Publisher: Institute of Social Safety Science

    ISSN： 1345-2088

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    &lt;p&gt;After the 2010 massive volcanic eruption of Mt. Merapi, north of Yogyakarta City, Indonesia, the housing reconstruction program, REKOMPAK (Community-Based Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Settlement Project) included support for on-site rebuilding or relocation to resettlement sites called &lt;i&gt;huntaps &lt;/i&gt;(&lt;i&gt;hunian tetap, &lt;/i&gt;permanent housing). This paper considers the role of REKOMPAK as a support for housing reconstruction, and also as an initiative to reduce future disaster risk through residential relocation.&lt;/p&gt;

  42. 震災アーカイブコンテンツの英語化と震災学習の両立をねらいにしたワークショップ手法の設計と試行

    佐藤翔輔, Elizabeth MALY, 櫻井敬佑, 日置友智, Leo J.CHE, 柴山明寛, 今村文彦

    日本災害情報学会・日本災害復興学会合同大会in長岡　116-117　2014/10

  43. Planning for relocation in recovery after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Considering residential relocation in historic and international contexts

    Elizabeth Maly, Eiko Ishikawa

    International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment　5　(3)　243-259　2014/09/02

    Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

    DOI： 10.1108/IJDRBE-01-2014-0014 　

    ISSN： 1759-5916 1759-5908

  44. The Actual Situation and Issues of the International Medical Relief Acceptance on the Great East Japan Earthquake Peer-reviewed

    Yosuke Takada, Mayumi Sakamoto, Elizabeth Maly, Masahiko Murata, Tatsuro Kai, Takashi Ukai

    Japanese Journal of Disaster Medicine　19　(1)　1-10　2014/06

    Publisher:

    ISSN： 1345-7047

  45. The Actual Situation and Issues of the International Medical Relief Acceptance on the Great East Japan Earthquake

    高田 洋介, 阪本 真由美, マリ エリザベス

    日本集団災害医学会誌 = Japanese journal of disaster medicine　19　(1)　1-10　2014/06

    Publisher: 日本集団災害医学会

    ISSN： 1345-7047

  46. From temporary to permanent: Mississippi cottages after Hurricane Katrina

    Elizabeth Maly, Tamiyo Kondo

    Journal of Disaster Research　8　(3)　495-507　2013/06/01

    DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2013.p0495 　

    ISSN： 1881-2473

    eISSN： 1883-8030

  47. Towards a Policy that Supports People-Centered Housing Recovery-Learning from Housing Reconstruction after the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in Kobe, Japan Peer-reviewed

    Elizabeth Maly, Yoshimitsu Shiozaki

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE　3　(1)　56-65　2012/03

    DOI： 10.1007/s13753-012-0007-1 　

    ISSN： 2095-0055

    eISSN： 2192-6395

  48. An Incrementally Expandable Core House for Disaster Reconstruction: Two Cases in Yogyakarta, Indonesia after the Central Java Earthquake Peer-reviewed

    Elizabeth Maly, Tamiyo Kondo, Yoshimitsu Shiozaki

    Memoirs of the Graduate Schools of Engineering and System Informatics Kobe University　41　(7)　1-7　2012

    Publisher:

    ISSN： 2185-5110

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  1. ‘Life is a Miracle,’ but learning from disasters isn’t: Lessons from Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami Invited

    Fatma Ozdogan, Elizabeth Maly, Julia Gerster

    The Conversation　2026/03/10

  2. Post-disaster land use management after mega coastal disasters: Case studies of Canterbury Earthquake, Hurricane Sandy and the Great East Japan Earthquake

    近藤民代, 井内加奈子, 馬場美智子, MALY Elizabeth

    都市計画報告集(Web)　(19)　2020

  3. The Role of Residential Buyouts in Post-Disaster Housing Recovery Support: A Comparison of Recent Cases from Japan and the United States Peer-reviewed

    Elizabeth Maly, Tamiyo Kondo, Michiko Banba, Kanako Iuchi

    Proceedings of the 18th International Planning History Society Conference　2018/07

  4. Housing recovery and displacement from Fukushima: Five years post-nuclear meltdown

    Elizabeth Maly

    Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research　47　205-225　2018

    Publisher: Springer Netherlands

    DOI： 10.1007/978-3-319-58691-5_13 　

    ISSN： 2213-6959 1878-9897

  5. Preface

    Ella Meilianda, Aiko Sakurai, Elizabeth Maly, Rina Suryani Oktari

    IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science　56　(1)　2017/03/01

    DOI： 10.1088/1755-1315/56/1/011001 　

    ISSN： 1755-1307

    eISSN： 1755-1315

  6. Explorative Analysis of Critical Requirements of Disaster Memorial Facilities-Based on a Qualitative Survey of Repeat Visitors to the Kogomo Memorial Park-

    山崎麻里子, 佐藤翔輔, 山口壽道, ELIZABETH Maly

    自然災害科学　36　2017

    ISSN： 0286-6021

  7. Housing Recovery And Risk-Based Land Use Planning After Hurricane Sandy

    Elizabeth Maly, Tamiyo Kondo

    Report of Research Center for Urban Safety and Security　19　(19)　224-231　2015/03

    Publisher: 神戸大学都市安全研究センター

    DOI： 10.24546/81011488 　

    ISSN： 1342-9167

  8. Towards a people-centered housing recovery after the triple disaster

    Elizabeth Maly

    Human Security and Japan's Triple Disaster: Responding to the 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear Crisis　108-126　2014/06/27

    Publisher: Taylor and Francis Inc.

    DOI： 10.4324/9781315795416 　

  9. 広域巨大災害を想定した市町村長対象の災害対応研修の実践と効果分析

    石川永子, 近藤誠司, 斉藤容子, 古越武彦, 紅谷昇平, 宇田川真之, 阪本真由美, 佐伯琢磨, 高田洋介, MALY Elizabeth, 河田惠昭

    地域安全学会梗概集　(32)　2013

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Books and Other Publications 3

  1. Blue Sea, Green Pines, White Sand Beach, Cycle of Life

    Liz Maly, Ruriko Satachi

    2026/03

  2. Handbook of Disaster Studies in Japan

    Springer　2026/01

  3. Resilient recovery from disasters : the long-term outcomes of post-disaster housing reconstruction in India, Thailand and Japan

    Vahanvati, Mittul, Maly, Elizabeth, Titaya, Sararit

    Palgrave Macmillan　2025/06

    ISBN: 9789819780464

Presentations 7

  1. Digging in the Nuclear Zone: Rooted Placemaking in Fukushima

    Elizabeth Maly, Tomoko Matsushita, Tamiyo Kondo

    Design with Precarity: The 13th Conference of the Pacific Rim Community Design Network　2025/12/13

  2. Disaster Recovery Research for the Next Generation Invited

    Elizabeth Maly

    2025 National DABEST Students Research and Development Congress　2025/12/04

  3. Sendai Bosai Leaders: Localized community-based disaster risk reduction from Sendai

    Elizabeth Maly, Takeshi Sato, Aiko Sakurai, Takashi Oda

    The 17th AIWEST-DR 2025 Conference　2025/08/21

  4. Resilient recovery in the long term: Lessons from post-disaster housing recovery outcomes in Japan and across the Asia-Pacific Invited

    Elizabeth maly

    6ACUDR: Asian Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction　2025/05/17

  5. Green Placemaking for Disaster Resilience: Typological Analysis of Cases in Japan and the U.S.

    Elizabeth Maly, Tamiyo Kondo, Tomoko Matsushita

    6ACUDR: Asian Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction　2025/05/16

  6. Characteristics of Housing Recovery Support Programs after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan:Comparison with U.S housing recovery system recovery system

    Elizabeth Maly, Tamiyo Kondo

    International Research Committee on Disasters Researchers Meeting　2018/07

  7. Multi-Family Housing Reconstruction Extension & Livelihood Adaptation after the 2010 Eruption of Mt. Merapi Indonesia

    Lini Ocvenety, Elizabeth Maly, Tamiyo Kondo

    2017/10

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Research Projects 4

  1. Green Placemaking in Disaster Areas: An International Case Study Comparison of Community-based Ecological Restoration Initiatives in the U.S. and Japan

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    Institution: Tohoku University

    2025/04 - 2030/03

  2. Disaster Picture Book Project

    Offer Organization: Resilience Co-Creation Center, IRIDeS, Tohoku University

    2023/04 - 2026/03

  3. Coordination of NGO and Government Roles in Housing Provision after Mega Disasters in Urban Areas: the Cases of Houston after Hurricane Harvey and Palu after the Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami

    Maly Elizabeth

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    Institution: Tohoku University

    2019/04/01 - 2023/03/31

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    This research investigated the roles of non-government organizations (NGOs) and government agencies in support of post-disaster housing reconstruction. Towards the understanding of effective coordination of NGO and government support, the research first clarified the financial and direct support from NGO and donors after Hurricane Harvey in the U.S., and then after the eruption of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. In Asia, this research explored the long-term outcomes of housing reconstruction programs, including those that were supported by NGOs and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in various combinations with government support. Effective support of NGOs can help address needs not resolved by official government programs. Including through disaster case management, NGOs had help customize support on an individual household basis, therefore supporting the life recovery of disaster survivors.

  4. International Comparison of Post-Disaster Transitional Housing

    MALY Elizabeth

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

    2013/04/01 - 2015/03/31

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    This research confirmed that in of the 3 case studies considered in this project, temporary or transitional housing that was of higher quality contributed to the improved living environment for residents during the temporary housing phase. The Mississippi Cottages, used after Hurricane Katrina in the USA, and wooden temporary housing used in Tohoku after the GEJE, demonstrate the potential for the reuse of these structures and the future improvement of the system for temporary housing provision. In Indonesia, lessons from past disaster contributed to improvements in living conditions in the temporary and permanent relocation sites. Housing recovery after the volcanic eruption of Mt. Merapi made use of the experience of community-based planning and principles of expandable core houses used after the Central Java Earthquake, and used expandable core housing as part of the large scale housing relocation.

Teaching Experience 4

  1. Issues in Housing and Community Recovery　Tohoku University TUPJ

  2. Integrated Land Use Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction: The case of Japan　RMIT

  3. Issues in Housing and Community Recovery　Tohoku University JYPE Program

  4. Long term Recovery: 3.11 and Fukushima　Kobe University