A STUDY ON THE PLACE OF REFUGE AND REFUGEES' TRANSITION PROCESS SINCE DISASTER OCCURRENCE UNTIL OCCUPANCY OF TEMPORARY HOUSING

From case studies of damaged and undamaged area in Iwate prefecture

Abstract

This study has two purposes. One is to clear the characteristics of refugees and their transition since disaster occurrence until occupancy of temporary housing from the viewpoint of the household attribute and the location of temporary housing. The other is to consider temporary housing in undamaged area through why to select and how to get information. The transition process of refuge was various. They changed place many times within the range of several hundred kilometers. The tendency was strong for elderly households. The temporary housing in undamaged area accepted refugees with various backgrounds, responding to their individual situations.