2021 Volume 77 Issue 2 Pages 97-109
Although disaster victims with damaged homes live in temporary housing, the effects of temporary housing location on their future residential preferences remain unclear. This study examines the relationship between the temporary housing location and disaster public housing location preferences of victims in Mashiki following the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake in Japan. The results of a mail survey reveal that, among victims who lived in rural areas before the earthquake and now live in urban or large-scale temporary housing complexes, the location of temporary housing affects their location preferences toward disaster public housing. Focus group interviews with Mashiki local government staff identified seven factors explaining the preference for areas that differ from the victims’ original residence: transport accessibility, family-related issues, post-earthquake interpersonal bonds, issues related to life in temporary housing, difficulty imagining collective housing, issues related to original residence, and job locations.
