Accomplishments in the South Coastal Thai Communities After the 2004 Tsunami in the Restoration Process, A Case Study in Ranong Province - Post-Tsunami Hazard: Reconstruction and Restoration - page 82

Fig. 6.8 The satellite images of the Nua village before ( left : image taken on 6/5/2003, after the
tsunami ( middle : photo taken on 2/6/2005) and after restoration ( right : photo taken on 2/3/2007).
Note that the village (yellow boxes in the left and the right photos) was relocated from the overlap-
ping land with the Andaman Coastal Research Station for Development to the separated area to the
south of the center. Note the temporary shelters built after the tsunami (the red box in the middle
photo). (Source: Google Earth)
some electric appliances were donated altogether. The budget for constructing one
house was around 120,000 baht. The residents who lived here had to pay 140 baht
to the government annually for the land usage fee. People who did not take the
houses received about 40,000-50,000 baht for the compensation of their property's
damages. As most of the residents were fi shermen, the new port was also built for
fi shing boats nearby the new village.
At Hat Sai Khao village, about 60 houses along the Kamphuan canal were heav-
ily damaged by the tsunami wave that both came from the beach and travelled
through the canal. Since the incident, the houses along the Kamphuan canal were
relocated further inland away from the canal (Fig. 6.10 ). The newly built houses
were divided into three groups. The fi rst group consists of 50 houses, which were
located in a new land bought and built by the Royal Thai Air Force with the donated
money. Other necessary supplies for living were also donated along with the houses
as those of Nua village. People who did not want to take the new house received
30,000 baht for a compensation of their losses. As there were only 50 houses in this
group, residents who wanted this new house had to make a draw and could not
choose which house to live in. The second group of the houses was built by using
the fund from foreign organizations in a condition that the new owner had to fi nd
their own piece of land. Then these organizations would provide the necessary
equipment and materials for constructing the new house, which was built by the
local residents. This group consisted of ten one-story, moderate size houses locating
in the same area. The third group of the reconstructed houses (14 units) was sup-
ported by the Nurses Association of Thailand who bought the land from the locals
and built the houses at the location nearby the second group. As most of the land in
the Hat Sai Khao village was in the National Park boundary, the residents of the new
houses were only allowed to live there, but did not own the right of land.