Reconstruction governance after the four huge earthquake disasters and its historical development process in Italy

The purpose of this study is to disclose the characteristics of establishment process of reconstruction governance (RG) at L'Aquila City after the Abruzzo earthquake in Italy. In addition, the mutual relationship between establishment process of RG and implementation process of reconstruction project (RP) are identified. The results reveal that this mutual relationship leads to diversifying RG, furthermore extending type and range of RP. As a conclusion, we finds two knowledges as follows: 1) Need for early establishment of an intermediary support organization playing a role of platform, 2) Importance of expansion of public offering project for civic association participation.