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tsunami or high tide. During the planning process, care for the diversity of coastal
function, environmental protection, blending in with the landscape, economical
effi ciency… should be comprehensively taken into account.”
2.3.3
Actual Situation
However, Miyagi prefecture, the most affected by the tsunami, persists with con-
structing the highest levee permitted by the fi scal legislation. It decides the height of
coastal levee only by the necessity of tsunami and high tide protection, whichever is
higher.
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One of the reasons for such a policy might be the regretful will of the prefectural
governor to be offi cially responsible for the safety of present and future generation
of local residents.
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Another possible reason is the vertical administrative structure
with members of the division of levee construction “doing their best” with little
concern for the structural and non-structural urban aspects.
2.4
Integration of Plans on District Level: Ideal,
Reality and Gap
2.4.1
Project Coordination on the District Level
(a) Necessary adjustment of projects
The reconstruction of the settlement in the affected area occurs with different
projects under the jurisdiction of different departments and agencies being
planned at the same time and in the same place: road, levee, and public housing
construction, land readjustment, and collective relocation projects for disaster
prevention are all planned simultaneously. In this scenario, it is ideally impera-
tive to set the time schedule, the areas and the contents of each project on a
working level that can promote all of them.
(b) Elimination of waste
Many public facilities were damaged by the disaster, and most of them need to
be reconstructed. Furthermore, new tsunami protection facilities are needed to
guarantee the safety of citizens. Those facilities should be constructed as soon
as possible and with minimum waste. Most of the recovery and new construc-
tion projects will be fi nanced by the national government, in other words, the
national taxes. These costs represent a burden on the young generation, and
hence they need to be minimized. In addition, the fi nances from the national
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Press conference of Miyagi prefectural governor on July 8. 2013.
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