EVALUATION OF BENEFIT FLOW FROM EMERGENCY AND RECOVERY HOUSING POLICY

Abstract

  Emergency and recovery housing policies give benefits to victims by improving poor living conditions after losing houses due to disaster. These benefits are estimated by analyzing the victim's choice among different dwellings. Stated choice method is applied to questionnaire data from 1,000 households in Nagaoka city, Nigata. Compared to living their own houses, living in evacuation center, temporary house, public rented house and rental dwelling cause 206, 160, 134, and 96 thousand yen losses per month respectively. These results are useful to plan efficient housing policies for disaster victims.