Selection of rerocation site for the victims considering their quality of life

a case study on the group migration for disaster recovery from South Kyushu to South Korea after the eruption of Sakurajima in 1914

Abstract

This study investigated importance of selecting the relocation site for the victims' group maintaining their lifestyle to recover from disasters in case of the eruption of Sakurajima in 1914. The interviews with offspring of the emigrants from Kagoshima to South Korea revealed their real life in Gimje-city; they could own the land and get the job easily as same as other migrated victims in Japan, their residences and lifestyle were similar to those in Japan, however, very little remained of their original culture in their dialect and foods, and the human network around the elementary schools was established.