A Study on the Recovery Process and Measures of the Local Industries Damaged by Flood

Case Studies of Toyooka and Sabae Cities

Abstract

Recovery of local economy is one of the most important issues after natural disasters in rural area. We studied two local industries suffered from flood disaster in 2004, luggage industry in Toyooka-city and lacquer craft industry in Sabae-city. First, we figure out how local industries recovered from the disaster, especially focused on the activites by local companies in both cities. Second, we present expected local government role indispenasable for recovery of local indutries after natural disasters.