TRANSITION OF VICTIMS' INTENTIONS ON HOUSING RECOVERY METHOD AND PLACE

Abstract

Futa IWAFUCHI and Michio UBAURA Many of the victims who lost their houses in the Great East Japan Earthquake relocated and moved into temporary houses from the shelter in the process of the recovery. However, the intentions regarding the recovery of their houses are said to have changed as time passes. This study, therefore, aims to clarify how the victims' intentions changed concerning the method and place of their housing recovery in Ofunato city. As a conclusion, the authors divide the transition of victims' intention into three period; "intention determination period", "intention change period", and "final decision period".