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Minami-Sanriku Panorama 23 Mar Minami-Sanriku Panorama 21 Sep International Recovery Platform Recoveryyg Planning Process & Related Case Studies of the Great East Japan Earthquake 200611.12.16 Yasuo Kawawaki International Reco v ery Platform 1 １．Casualties and Damages As of 12 December 2011 • 15,841 people confirmed dead and 3,490 people missing • 126,,gpy315 buildings completely destructed, approx. 228 thousand buildings half destroyed • 561 square kilometers inundated Dead and Missing • Damages to stock in 7 prefectures People by Cities estimated: 17 trillion JPY (211 billion US$) c.f. Hurricane Katrina 125 billion US$ Kobe earthquake 100 billion US$ 2 Flooded population/Municipal population Fukushima Prefecture Damaged level differs among municipalities Some municipalities are completely destroyed Miyagi Pr ef ectur e Iwate Prefecture 70％~ 50％~70％ 30%~50% Ｎ 10%~ 30% ~10% Pacific Ocean Source：Population in inundated area - Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (25. April 2011) Total population - Population Census(2010) 3 Population fluctuation by municipality FY2009 Before Decreasing and aging population Centralization to capital city, Sendai Earthquake & 6 months after the disaster Tsunami (1 Mar – 31 Oct 2011) After Rapid decrease in severely damaged town Increase in inland area Source： http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/honkawa/4364.html Data: Mainichi Shinbun Statistics Bureau, MIC 4 Number of City Office workers dead or missing Many city leaders or managers of disaster response lost their lives, making disaster response impossible in their towns. Dead/ Dead/ Disaster area Workers Disaster area Workers Missing Missing Municipal office building damaged by municipalities total municipalities total workers workers the earthquake and tsunami Iwate Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture(cont.) Total Main Rikuzentakata-C 68 261 Osaki-C 2 700 number of building relocated Ofunato-C 1 357 Watari-T 1 161 municipalities damaged Iwate Prefecture 34 22 2 Kamaishi-C 4 362 Yamamoto-T 4 97 Miyygagi Prefecture 35 32 3 OhiTOtsuchi-T 32 136 Shic higa hama- T 1 110 Fukushima Prefecture 59 36 9 Yamada-T 2 184 Onagawa-T 1 105 Miyagi Prefecture Minamisanriku-T 39 158 Sendai- C 5 9, 446 Fukushima Prefecture Ishinomaki-C 48 848 Soma-C 2 214 （For reference）Municipal officers who died or Kesennuma-C 2 529 Minamisoma-C 4 427 were not found after Hanshin‐Awaji Natori-C 5 316 Namie- T 1 128 Earthquake was 24 in the total Iwanuma-C 4 193 Total of 19 cities 226 14,732 16,550 workers of the most severely damaged C: City, T: Town cities. Note: Numbers of dead/missing workers include temporary staff in some cities. Numbers are based on hearings on 1 Aug 2011, not finalized. Source: Commemorative speech of the opening of Disaster Education Center, University of Hyogo 5 Onagawa Town Coastal Area 22 Mar Onagawa Town Coastal Area 20 Sep Minami-sanriku panorama 23 Mar Minami-sanriku panorama 21 Sep 6 Temporary Onagawa Town Office 20 Sep Temporary houses in athletic park 21 Sep Recovery market （once a month） Fish store, restaurant Kesennuma Port in Minami-sanriku town in Minami-sanriku town 7 ２．Recovery Planning Process <Recovery Planning> Disaster Counter Measures Basic Act Basic Act for Reconstruction 【National level】 Basic Guidelines for Prime Minister Reconstruction June - July Central Disaster Management Council Supplementary Budget 【Prefectural level】 Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima Governor Prefectural Recovery Plan Prefectural Disaster Management Council Aug - Sep 【Municipal level】 Mayors of Cities, Towns and Villages Municipal Recovery Plan Municipal Disaster Management Council Land use plan [Residents level] (relocation, level of dikes) Reconstruction project Municipalities are responsible to first respond to disasters Consensus building Prefectural or Central government support if the scale of among residents the disaster is bigger than the capacities of the municipalities 8 HIrono-Town 9 Ｎ Kuji-City Noda-Village Fudai-Village Tanohata-Village Iwaizumi-Town Miyako-City Yamada-Town Otsuchi-Town Iwate Prefecture Kamaishi-City Ofunato-City n Rikuzentakata-City Kesennuma-City i Prefecture plans g y a Minamisanriku-Town y yg Pacific Ocea Mi Ishinomaki-City Higashimatsushima-City Onagawa-Town Rifu-Town Shiogama-City Matsushima-Town Sendai-City Shichigahama-Town Natori-City Iwanuma-City Watari-Town Yamamoto-Town Nov) Shinchi-Town Sep) of of Status of recovery planning (as of November) Soma-City (as (as all all complete at at out Minamisoma-City out Plan Namie-Town mapped mapped Futaba-Town out municipal recover Okuma-Town g gy Tomioka-Town announcement) announcement) Naraha-Town Basic/Guideline completely completely Hirono-Town of municipalities pages on Web Documents online online ： plan plan (no (no Iwaki-City decided; Fukushima Prefecture Mappin Source Goals Recovery Recovery Nothing Minami-Sanriku Town Recovery Plan Town Overview ・Pop. 17,431 （2010 National Census） （Approx. 30% over 65 years old） ・Area 164km2 ・Shizugawa Town and Utatsu Town were incorporated into Minami Sanriku Town ・19% oflkltdtfihif people work related to fishing （2005 census） ・Economic strength index 0.31 （within Miyagi Pref, ranking 34 out of 35) Planning Process ・4 town hall meetings, ・4 committee proposals, ・30 residents explanation meetings, ・End of September decision to adopt the plan Organizational Structure for Planning ・operate in temporary city office ・7li7 people in recovery sec tion （support by 3 people from municipalities in Hyogo, Nagasaki Pref, 1 from Miyagi Pref) Source：Home page of Minami Sanriku Town 10 Issue1: Relocation to higher area - ldland use pl an Less damage on higher ground Minami Sanriku Town Shizugawa Area 11 Minami-sanriku town relocation plan to higher ground Counter measures against Maximum level tsunami ・ Evacuation ・ Houses and Public Facilities on high ground （considering night time evacuation, personnel who needs support, ・・） Counter measures against Frequently occurring tsunami ・ Sea walls constructed based on the predictions of future tsunami Before Residence, Industry, Mountain Tourist facilities Sea Future Residence, Industry, Mountain Public facilities Green belt Tourist facilities Sea Evacuate to heights A: Maximum level tsunami More than 10m B: Frequently occurring tsunami 8.7m ※case of Shizugawa area 12 Yuriage district in Natori city Land Use Vision Western residential area elevated Residential Public Park IdtifInundation of Infrastructure flatland area Yuriage district Natori city Piled up rubbles which will be used for embankment 20 Sep 13 Hongo district in Kamaishi city - changes of land use After 1933 Showa-sanriku tsunami After completion of a sea wall villagers relocated to higher places villagers came back to lower places Inundation line New road Houses built before 1960 In 1974, 5-meter Village location before the Showa Sanriku Earthquake Houses built by 1974 sea walls were Village recovery location after the Showa Sanriku Earthquake Houses built by 1999 completed; In 1999 raised to Showa Sanriku Earthquake Tsunami Inundation line Houses built after 2000 11. 8 meters. Source：Map of Hongo district (Nikkei Architecture) 14 Issue2: Recovery projects Minami-Sanriku town recovery projects Main Projects Total project cost ・Land readjustment project for recovery ・160 billion yen ・Group relocation project for disaster risk reduction Budget scale of the town → residential areas relocated to safer ground ・8 billion yen /year ・Residential area ・Residential area ・Residential area ・Parks ・CilCommercial area ・Dike ・Industrial area Source：Home page of Minami Sanriku Town 15 Onagawa town Recovery Projects Main Projects Total project cost ・Land readjustment project for recovery ・～150 billion yen ・Group relocation project for disaster risk reduction Budget scale of the town ・Fishery community environmental improvement project ・6 billion yen/ year → residential area relocated to safer ground ・Residential area ・Public facilities ・Commercial ・Residential area & tourism area (Embankment) ・Memorial Parks (Dike) ・Fishery processing industry area ・Residential area 16 Minami-sanriku fishing villages recovery project A. Separate Relocation Plan B. Collective Relocation Plan C. Combination Relocation Plan 【 Features and challenges 】 【 Features and challenges 】 (Viewpoint of Life) (Viewpoint of Life) ○Live with the people who are familiar ○People from two or more villages live ○Close to the place where victims together were living for a long time ○Possibly far from a place where ○ Close to the fishing port, and easy to victims were living for a long time gggo out fishing ○Possibly far from the fishinggp port (Viewpoint of project feasibility) ○Public service facilities and stores ●Required to secure new lands close to are expected to be built the original village (Viewpoint of project feasibility) ●Required to build meeting places, ●Required to secure larger new lands parks, and so on in each district ●New facilities will be used more efficiently Source：Home page of Minami Sanriku Town ●Development cost will be reduced 17 Issue3: Residents Involvement in the Planning Process MinamiMinami--sanrikusanriku town Recovery Plan Support Miyagi University Disaster recovery planning Disaster recovery planning committee engages academic residents’ committee experts (inputs into recovery plan) (syypjmbol project selection) Community gathering (discussions on community level t own pl anni ng) Town planning meetings at Survey of all residents neighborhoods (detailed discussions on relocation and land compensation) 18 Symbol Project Project scope and main activities 1. Pass on the lessons of tsunami Project • Selected based
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