Study on Reconstruction of damaged Villages from viewpoint of rebuilding of houses and recovery of livelihood of each sufferer

- In case of reconstructed Villages from the Mid Niigata Earthquake -

Abstract

In the Mid Niigata Earthquake, there are many landslides in the mountains area and the suburban hillside area and many villages are unable to be reconstructed in the original sites. Therefore, these villages are reconstructed through the projects of houses relocation for disaster prevention into safe sites, which are located partly near the old villages and partly near the central town. These houses relocation projects are evaluated variously according to the geographical and social characteristics of villages and to the relocation types. We implemented the questionnaire survey for each sufferer whose house is relocated. As a result, most of them are satisfied. But it is clarified that there are problems, such as the environmental capability of villagers against the new living conditions and the continuity of agriculture in the existing farmlands in the mountains, in the case of relocation of houses into the suburban zone of central town far from the old village in mountains.