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Moving Processes and Conditions of Residents Under the Housing Lease Program for Disaster Victims in Sendai City

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Following the Great East Japan Earthquake, the housing lease program for disaster victims supplied over 60,000 private rental houses that serve as temporary housing. The number of houses has exceeded the number of newly constructed units of prefabricated temporary housing and many residents moved to urban areas in order to acquire rental houses. To examine moving processes and living conditions of residents under this program, an interview survey was conducted with residents living in leased houses in Sendai City. The following results were obtained. (1) Residents who were able to acquire housing in the early stage found rental houses with the cooperation of relatives and acquaintances, instead of real estate agents. (2) Many residents were not able to acquire adequate houses for the number of persons in their households. For this reason, families had to live separately. (3) Some residents experienced stress with their new life in rental houses because of the drastic change in their living environment.

Source: Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)

DOI: 10.3130/aija.79.1401

Authors: Nobuyuki ARAI, Fumitake MENO

Institutions: Tohoku Institute of Technology, Building Research Institute, Instytut Techniki Budowlanej

Language: English

Topic: Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2323930227

FWCI: 1.333

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Cited by: 12

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