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Higashimatsushima [Location] Higashimatsushima City Is Located in the Northeast of Japan, Bordering the Pacific Ocean Overview of Higashimatsushima [Location] Higashimatsushima City is located in the northeast of Japan, bordering the Pacific Ocean. It is a scenic city that includes Matsushima, one of Japan’s three great views. The JR Senseki Line and Sanriku Expressway run through the center of the city, and at only around 30 minutes from Sendai City, Higashimatsushima features convenient public transportation as a regional city. [City flower: Cherry blossom] [City tree: Pine] [Experiences and Exchange] Higashimatsushima City is blessed with nature, Higashimatsushima with spectacular views of the sea, mountains, and rivers. It is particularly rich in marine leisure opportunities, such as coastal swimming, clam Community Development for Recovery after the Great East Japan Earthquake digging, pleasure boat trips, and fishing. Prior to the earthquake disaster, it was visited by roughly 1.1 million people each year. ■ Population: 40,183 (as of December 1, 2015) The Japan Air Self-Defense Force Matsushima Base holds an air show every summer, and (Population before earthquake: 43,142) airplane fans gather from around the country to see Blue Impulse fly. Air show (Blue Impulse) Sagakei pleasure boat 2 10 m 50 cm giant tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 Deaths/missing persons nationwide: 18,460 In Higashimatsushima: 1,134 3 4 65% of the city's urban area was inundated Promoting regional mutual assistance by the tsunami (more than any other municipality in Japan) Higashimatsushima’s unique regional autonomy framework Oshio Civic Center Higashimatsushima damage conditions 8 autonomous organizations, based on basic Akai Civic Center autonomous regulations (as of end of August 2015) ■ Human damages (city residents) Deaths: 1,110 Yamoto Civic Center Missing persons: 24 Ono Civic Center Total: 1,134 (approx. 3% of the city's residents) ■ Home damage Yamoto Nishi Civic Center Completely destroyed: 5,513 homes Partial but extensive destruction: 3,060 homes run shelters Partially destroyed: 2,500 homes Omagari Civic Center Total: 11,073 homes Autonomous organizations (Approx. 73% of all households) ■ Evacuees (peak): 15,185 ■ Shelters (peak): 106 Nobiru Civic Center ■ Flooded agricultural area: 1,465 ha / Total agricultural area: 3,349 ha Miyato Civic Center Higashimatsushima’s autonomous residents exercise their abilities even during major disasters. support coastal areas Autonomous organizations Self-assistance -> Mutual assistance -> Public assistance 5 6 Bonds between people played an important role after A city that will be safe in the future (disaster prevention collective relocation diagram) Higashimatsushima suffered devastating damage. Collective relocation of households located in Higashimatsushima’s tsunami-struck areas to 7 collective relocation autonomous residents Soup kitchen Confirmation of missing persons sites inside the city (interior sites with high exercise their abilities elevations) during disasters. 3 keywords Higashi Yamato Station Kita Self- (1) Safe collective relocation sites requested by assistance residents themselves Yamoto Nishi (2) Collective relocation sites that focus on regional bonds, which entire communities can relocate to (3) Near JR stations that offer convenient public transportation Mutual Collective relocation sites that residents can continue to live in assistance Ushiami Recovery plan discussions Discussions in shelters Nobiru northern Miyato (Ohama, Tsukihama, Public hillside area assistance Murohama) Keep urbanization-designated areas compact, and select collective relocation sites that will Community development based on regionally decentralized Recommended relocation areas - keep communities together Planned land buyout areas autonomous cooperation, established prior to the earthquake disaster Overall area of approx. 230 hectares 12 Making progress on building homes with residents Higashimatsushima style recycling of 1. Establishment of disaster prevention collective relocation sites (planned single-family housing zones) disaster waste Disaster rubble volume 7 collective relocation sites: During the disaster prevention collective relocation project for a total of 1,285 units (including 717 planned Wood / wood scrap: 371,000 tons single-family housing zones), 528 planned single-family housing zones have been completed, for a completion rate of 100%. ■ Disaster rubble volume: 1,098,000 tons Mixed garbage: 79,000 tons Concrete: 404,000 tons Approx. 99% of all rubble was recycled. Asphalt: 34,000 tons (110 times the annual waste production of Higashimatsushima) Metal: 25,000 tons Unburnable mixed garbage: 185,000 tons Total: 1,098,000 tons (Recycled amt: 1,073,000 tons) (Incinerated amt [fishing nets/waste plastic]: 28,000 tons) (Amt difficult to process [asbestos, PCB, etc.]: Completed housing developments 3,155 tons) Yamoto Nishi: 127 Ushiami: 74 divisions Murohama: 22 Tsukihama: 22 divisions Ohama: 15 divisions Higashi Yamato (single- divisions (including 45 single- divisions (including 18 single- (including 10 single- family): 273 divisions (including 87 single- family housing divisions) (including 9 single- family housing divisions) family housing divisions) family housing divisions) family housing Unit cost of disaster waste processing contracted by Miyagi Prefecture divisions) Project costs Processed amount (1,000 tons) Processing unit (3) Painstaking manual (millions of cost (10,000 yen (2) Primary processing Rubble Dirt 2. Establishment of disaster public housing (1) Rubble from sorting is used to yen) Total per ton) is performed using destroyed houses and ultimately process the Kesennuma mobile construction (1) Currently developing a total of 1,010 public housing units. buildings is divided on- rubble, sorting it into 19 Minamisanriku machinery, etc. site into 14 categories categories Ishinomaki (2) 831 have been completed, and families have already moved in. Completion rate: 82.3% Onagawa Higashi Matsushima (3) Careful adjustment of intentions with resident organizations such as the Relocation Committee resulted in an Shiogama "Mixed, it's garbage, but separated, it's a resource" Shichigahama occupancy rate of 99%. Tagajo Industry, government, and residents (a local construction Natori contractors association, the city of Higashimatsushima, and Iwanuma Watari residents) worked together, preparing in advance to ensure that Yamamoto every region could achieve the project's goals. Total [Note] Processed amounts are rounded to whole numbers, ■ Including a total of 2,160,800 tons of recycled tsunami so totals may not match. Housing Single-family housing complex sediment, the recycle ratio of all disaster waste materials Source: Kahoku Shimpo (July 6, 2014) 9 10 was 99.22%. New plans for recovery Made from trees in the area Two plans are being implemented simultaneously: a Natural and Healthy Elementary School recovery plan and the FutureCity Initiative 『ＣＷニコルアファンの森財団』と 市有林８.7haの森林整備に関する協定を (1) Recovery plan 2013年3月に締結しました。 Build Back Better Plan Build Challenge for the Higashimatsushima solution to problem so that it can (2) “FutureCity Initiative” continue to develop Great East Japan Future City Initiative Earthquake This type of school is very rare in Japan. A city still facing challenges such as energy supply, declining birth rate / graying Simple recovery society, and disaster prevention Declining birth rate Environment countermeasures / graying society Tree house 11 12 ["FutureCity" Initiative Vanguard Project] Solar power generation systems . Oku-Matsushima “Kizuna” Solar Park: First in a tsunami flooded area This is 20 times more than before tsumani disastor Higashimatsushima “Kizuna” Carport Solar Power: Making use of public facility roofs Oku-Matsushima “Kizuna” Solar Park Higashimatsushima “Kizuna” Carport Solar Power (1) Operator: Resident fund (1) Operator: Resident fund (2) Planned area: Part of Higashimatsushima Oku-Matsushima public (2) Planned land, etc.: 2015 15,298 part site (approx. 47,000 m2) • Parking lot in front of Community Center (approx. 180 Kw) (3) Linked capacity: 1,990 Kw (approx. 2 megawatts) • Takagi Woods Athletic Park parking lot (approx. 63 Kw) (4) Power generation: Approx. 2.1 million Kwh/year • Oshio Civic Center parking lot (approx. 26 Kw) (roughly the amount of power used by around 600 regular households Total: Approx. 269 Kwh 2014 9,839 in a single year) 2013 6,837 発電出力(KW) KW 1,200 2012 2011 800 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 This power station was featured in the Financial Times In addition to power generation operators, carport solar power can provide (which is distributed all over the world), power to residents as a distributed power station during an emergency or in the article “Providing Power... and Hope.” disaster. Power is provided along with parking, providing two benefits at the Renewable energy equipment deployed same time. to shelters and public facilities 13 14 Higashimatsushima intelligent disaster Electric local production for local consumption prevention eco-town *Low-carbon energy social development promotion operation Disaster public housing The Japan's first protection disasters model (Ministry of the Environment JAPAN , Global Environment Bureau) 85 units by which electricity supply is possible for 1 week when the disasters , reducing CO2 of 266ton a year Regulation reservoir PV Energy is optimized 470 kW by ＣＥＭＳ Higashimatsushima ミドルソーラー Independently-operated line that 太陽光発電合計４７０ｋＷ crosses municipal road to several intelligent disaster prevention areas Public eco-town Clinic Hospital
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