Socio-Economic Recovery from the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecure Earthquake Disaser - Report of Social Random Surveys Data 2006 from the Impacted Area of the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake

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This study is based on the analysis of social sampling random surveys conducted in the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake impacted area Mar 2006 and Oct 2006. Those surveys were designed on the basis of the social random surveys conducted 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake impacted area every two-year from 1999. In the case of the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake the administration in Hyogo prefecture has promoted the policy for the recovery which set three major fields; 1) redeveloping destructed cities, 2) revitalizing local economics, 3) reconstructing daily and social life; however, there was no study about what life recovery was from victims’point of view. The research frame building for the survey study was hypothesized by the major findings from the grass-root workshops, which identified seven critical factors; physical/mental health, preparedness, economic/financial situation, and relation to government. The administration in Niigata prefecture learned from lots of experiences of Hyogo Prefecture, and asking the victims’ point of view about the recovery process was also realized in Niigata case. To redevelop the destructed towns and cities, there are the most two critical factors; housing and land use planning. The satisfaction with their current housing condition is key issue of the feeling their completion of recovery from the damage. While respondents, who thought that they were not attached to the place where they lived, they felt that their life recovery was not well enough. To revitalize local economics, victims’ economic condition is a critical issue. There is strong correlation between the degree of housing damage and the present condition of their family budget. When the respondents’ houses suffered the severe damage, their family budget was still in bad condition. Especially the cost of housing, medicine, and insurance increased compared with the condition before the event, while the expense of having recreation activities decreased. To reconstruct daily and social life, mental and physical condition has to be considered first. When respondents had lower mental stress, they had high sense of life-restoration. On the other hand, when respondents had moderate physical stress, they had high sense of life-restoration.

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