An analysis of the recovery of the residential dwelling stock in urban areas affected by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake disaster using national census data

Abstract

In affected areas by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake disaster, many new dwelling houses have been constructed by the private and public sectors in the 10 years since, as a result of the effective implementation of the rebuilt home assist of disaster victims. This paper clarified the relationship between urban recovery process and housing rebuilt activity by analyzing the urban transformation after the disaster. The result pointed of the possibility of the geographical patterns about regional housing damages and the affective of the providing mass housing for recovery process by the cluster analysis using national census data.