Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies · 1996 · 14 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesEconomicsReal EstateHousingSeismologyUrban EconomicsCatastrophe RiskHousing ConditionsHousing DemandHousing EconomicsHousing MarketsSeismic Risk AnalysisEarthquake Risk AssessmentHedonic RegressionHousing Market ChangeHousing Market EffectsHousing Market ImpactsHousing Price DynamicsHousing Price ModelingHousing Prices
The Great Hanshin‐Awaji Earthquake destroyed a huge number of houses and caused housing problems in the disaster area. This paper investigates the influence of the earthquake on the related housing market, mainly in terms of changes in house prices and housing rents, and analyzes the machanism of the changes. Empirical results by Hedonic analyses indicate the influences are different between house prices and housing rents and also between the disaster district and the surrounding area. Those differences are explained by the factors of the earthquake that would affect the housing market, such as decrease in income, diversity of damage among the districts and others.