Utilization of the Yonmenkaigi System Method for community building of a disaster damaged village in Korea

The Yonmenkaigi System Method is utilized for developing a collaborative action plan for community recovery of a disaster damaged village. A case study was carried out in the Garisan-ri community, County of Inje, Province of Gangwon, Korea. The case study demonstrates how residents who experienced the flood disaster in 2006 in their local community can collaboratively create an action plan for their community recovery. The Yonmenkaigi System Method, originally developed in a local community in Japan, has the following main steps: defining the main theme based on SWOT analysis, working on a Yonmenkaigi chart, debating to improve the consistency and quality of collaborative activities, and presenting the group action plan.