Study on the Network of Earthquake Memorial Facilities by Service Area Analysis

Abstract

In areas affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, several museums and stone monuments were established to communicate the insights obtained from the disaster. As of April 2021, more than 200 facilities had been registered as “earthquake memorial facilities” by the government. This study clarifies the geographical network connecting these establishments. To this end, we created a list of facilities constructed in the Tohoku region and mapped these facilities using a geographic information system. A facility’s ease of access, as measured by the time taken to gain access, was analyzed based on the distance between facilities, considering transportation. The results are used to propose a network for the facilities.