抄録
The objective of this paper is to show the prospects and issues on rebuilding affected local societies based on the concept of intraregional economic circulation after elucidating the social structure of damages caused by the Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. To do this, 1) this paper criticizes the discourse that limits the scope of disaster-hit areas to the Tohoku region by showing the heterogeneity and regionality of the social structure of damages in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami; 2) from the context of capitalist development from the mid-war period that saw the implementation of Tohoku Shinko Jigyo (Tohoku Development Project) towards the contemporary phase of economic globalization, the paper analyzes the socioeconomic factors within the disaster-hit areas and the political economic factors behind the policy conflicts concerning local revitalization; and 3) by examining the policy issues concerning the restoration of disaster-hit local societies and the reestablishment of victims' lives through the case of a city that was seriously damaged by tsunami, Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture, this paper shows the importance in restoring the intraregional reinvestment capability and intraregional economic circulation of the affected local societies.
