Overview of Collaborative Study on the Recovery Public Housing in Miyako City, Iwate prefecture

Studies by the Study Group on Recovery of the Areas Affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Abstract

The victims living in the temporal housing after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake wish to move into the recovery public housing in the future. So, the information in actual state of the victims is the most important fundamental data to consider amenity of the recovery public housing and connection of its surrounding area. This presentation introduces overview of the collaborative study on the recovery public housing in Miyako city and Yamada town, Iwate prefecture. The study is conducted by the Study Group on Recovery of the Areas Affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, and has 7 subjects; (1) Temperature environment in the temporal housing, (2) Hearing from the residents about inconvenience in the temporal housing, (3) Basic information of the residents in the temporal housing, (4) Physical activities and activities of daily living in the residents(5) Daily behavior of the residents in the temporal housing and its surrounding area, (6) Hearing from persons shutting themselves up in the temporal housing, (7) Recovery processes of the shopping district after the tsunami stricken. The collaborative study is just beginning, supported by The Toyota Foundation.