no126-132

[131] A Study on Reconstruction Model of Commercial Stores in Disaster Affected Areas by the Great East Japan Earthquake

Focusing on the individual self-help commercial recovery with relocation

○Minori Ito¹, Tomohiro Kariya², Michio Ubaura² (1. Shimizu Corporation, 2. Tohoku University)

Keywords:the Great East Japan Earthquake, commercial stores, individual self-help recovery with relocation

This study focuses on commercial stores that have been individually relocated and rebuilt after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Based on the results of a survey of Ishinomaki City, Onagawa Town, and Minami-sanriku Town, and the results of questionnaires and interviews with stores that were relocated and rebuilt in Ishinomaki, we reveal the follows. In the areas where damage was severe, a large proportion of the stores relocated and rebuilt, a lot of stores wanted to relocate quickly and in a low-cost way, and the aim of relocating included the resolving the sales issues that had existed before the earthquake. As support measures for store reconstruction in a future earthquake, we showed the importance of early relocation promotion by providing information on relocation destinations, the effectiveness of the shared stores, and the importance of commercial revitalization measures in normal times.