Abstract
One and half years was over since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. There is much regional difference between the advances of housing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation of detached houses is much smoother than that of old wooden houses and row houses. This paper aims to make clear the process of housing rehabilitation and dwelling reconstruction from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. The sufferers have a great variety of the processes, and the house of friends and relatives played an important part in housing rehabilitation. We found out that it is important for housing policy not only to rehabilitate stricken houses but also to reconstruct dwelling life of the sufferers.
