Long-Term Recovery from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster - Post-Tsunami Hazard: Reconstruction and Restoration - page 4

Table 1.1 The 1933 Showa Tsunami Recovery Plan

Tsunami
protection Location Road Resettlement site

Urban
Area

Recovery at
original location.
Residential area
move to higher
ground. Storage,
and transportation
industry stays at
sea side

Road network
with the other
cities and
villages is
necessary. Width
of road should
consider for
tsunami
evacuation and
fi re protection.
Road from
resettlement site
to the sea side
should be
constructed

Mound will be
constructed in
minor impacted
areas. Sea wall
and sea
reclamation will
be done for
tsunami
protection.
Tsunami and
shaking proof
structure will be
constructed at
sea front to
prevent wooden
structure
building behind

Fishery
and
Farming
village

Villages move to
higher ground near
from original
location. Condition
of resettlement site
should be as
follows: (1) Near
from the sea, (2)
Higher than
tsunami inundation
heights, (3) Sea
view, (4) South
facing hill, (5)
Drinking water

Road network
between villages
need to be
tsunami safe
heights to
prevent isolation
of villages

Sea wall, buffer
zone, and
evacuation road
will be installed
for non-resettled
villages

Public facilities such
as village offi ce,
schools, police,
temples should be
located at the highest
location in the site.
Community park
locates at the center
of resettlement site,
and meeting hall and
public bath will be
constructed around
the park. Resettlement
site should
accommodate all the
villagers who would
like to move to higher
ground in the future.
Tsunami inundation
area will be used for
common working
space for village

Source: Department of Urban Planning ( 1934 )

was 49 % of the annual budget for all the corresponding municipality governments.
The national government supported the municipality governments through the
following measures. (1) The national government covered 85 % of road recovery
project costs. (2) Low-interest loans for resettlement site construction projects were
established, and the national government paid the interest of these loans.
Resettlement sites were located on acquired private lands along with municipal-
ity government-owned and community-owned lands. Residents at the resettlement