Workshop arrangement in neighborhood communities for residents’ participation in the reconstruction land readjustment project of machikata district, Otsuchi Town, Kamihei County, Iwate Prefecture

Abstract

This paper reports the detailed process of a residents’ workshop for the Reconstruction Land Readjustment Project in Machikata District of Otsuchi Town, Kamihei County, Iwate Prefecture, which suffered devastating tsunami damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake (Machikata Machizukuri WS 2013). It focuses on the community unit to gain a multilateral understanding of the target local community with characteristics, post-disaster changes in lives, residents’ sentiments, challenges, and ramifications.