Abstract
In the Iwate Sanriku coastal area stricken by the East Japan great earthquake, the part-time farm households have contributed to maintain agricultural production and rural society mainly. In this area central city areas,fishery institutions, factories, etc. which were completely destroyed by this tsunami were the important place of employment of such farm households.
In this paper, I analyzed about the influence and the problem which the earthquake disaster exerted on rural area society in Rikuzentata City. There is a possibility that the employment place of the part-time farm households may decrease sharply according to this disaster, and residents may decrease in number sharply as a result. Moreover, if residents decrease in number, the community function to raise the leader of the area will carry out a sharp fall, and we will be anxious about maintenance and continuation of a community.
To cope with these problems, farm households, local residents in the Oide community in Rizentakata City where is our research site, are tackling realization in local environmental business using local resources such as timbers made from forest-thinning operations, water of rivers, etc. Realization of local environmental business in harmony with ecosystem creates new employment. This is meaningful for continuous development of the rural society.
