2024 Volume 45 Pages 41-50
In the disaster risk areas designated in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, restrictions on land use have created vast areas of vacant land in coastal areas. In considering the sustainability of the reconstructed disaster-affected areas, it is necessary to make effective use of such land and turn it into resource for the town. In this study, we analyzed the transition and status of land use in disaster-prone areas in Miyagi Prefecture. As a result, land that was used as industrial land before the earthquake was used in the same way after the earthquake and re-urbanized, but land that was used as residential land was difficult to utilize and remained vacant. The study revealed that local industry influences land use in disaster-prone areas.
