2014 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
International Comparison of Post-Disaster Transitional Housing
| Project/Area Number |
25871245
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
MALY Elizabeth 東北大学, 災害科学国際研究所, 助教 (00636467)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 復興住宅 / 仮設住宅 / 木造仮設住宅 / ミシシッピ・コテージ / メラピ火山 / インドネシア |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Pilot project Mississippi Cottages in the U.S. after Katrina (2006) provided higher quality temporary housing, and could transition to permanent use. Although the system was successful, and Cottages were popular with inhabitants, the program was not implemented as broadly as intended.
In Indonesia, building on experience using transitional housing/expandable core housing after the 2006 Central Java Earthquake, transitional settlements were used after the 2010 volcanic eruption of Mt. Merapi, in the process of relocating residents to permanent resettlement sites.
After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the use of wooden temporary housing, in Sumita Town (Iwate Prefecture) and in Fukushima Prefecture represent a significant improvement inhabitants' living environment compared to pre-fabricated temporary housing. The reuse of the wooden units, such as the transfer of several units to inhabitants in Sumita Town, and reuse of temporary housing as permanent wooden public housing Aizu-Wakamatsu City, demonstrates the potential of this transitional housing.
In three cases, temporary housing of higher construction quality, contributed to residents' improved living conditions. The cases of Mississippi Cottages and wooden housing in Tohoku demonstrate potential for reuse of the structures and future improvement of housing provisions systems. In Indonesia, past lessons contributed to improved living conditions in temporary and permanent relocation sites; recovery after Merapi used the community-based planning and principles of core house expansion on a large scale and in relocation.
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