財産や家族の少ない高齢者は，自然災害に対してしばしば脆弱である．高齢化の進む災害大国日本で，被災高齢者の生活復興は喫緊の課題である．阪神大震災後の神戸で，仮設住宅・公営復興住宅での生活復興過程を，マスメディア分析と聞き取り調査から抽出．コミュニティ開発と相互扶助の重要性を論じ，復興支援に多角的視点を提供する．

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Junko Otani, DDS, MPH, MS, PhD, is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Human Sciences at Osaka University. She obtained her MPH in international health and MS in population science from Harvard University and her PhD in social policy and administration from the London School of Economics. She has worked for the World Bank as a health specialist and for the World Health Organization as a medical officer, based mainly in China. She taught at Kyushu University from 2005 and moved to Osaka, her hometown, in 2008. Her areas of specialization include international health and population, social development studies, sociology, and research methodology.