The resources and their significance on tsunami disaster prevention of Nobiru-geosite in Higashimatushima City

Hiromitsu TANIGUCHI; Geopark preparatory committee MSC

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Symbol M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection

[M-IS23] Geopark

Mon. May 25, 2015 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM 101B (1F)

Convener:*Takayuki Ogata(Faculty of Education, University of the Ryukyus), Mahito Watanabe(Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Takayuki Arima(Department of Tourism Management, Faculty of Economics, Teikyo University), Yoshihiro Hiramatsu(Faculty of Natural System, Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University), Marekazu Ohno(Unzen Volcanic Area Geopark Promotion Council), Tetsuya Waragai(Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Nihon University), Takeyuki Ueki(Faculty of Risk and Crisis Management, Chiba Institute of Science), Chair:Takayuki Ogata(Faculty of Education, University of the Ryukyus), Yoshihiro Hiramatsu(Faculty of Natural System, Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University)

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

[MIS23-06] The resources and their significance on tsunami disaster prevention of Nobiru-geosite in Higashimatushima City

*Hiromitsu TANIGUCHI¹, Geopark preparatory committee MSC¹ (1.Tohoku University)

Keywords:Higashimatsushima City, Nobiru district, Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, Disaster prevention education, Geopark

About 4 years have passed from the Great East Japan Earthquake. But even now the victims are in a difficult situation in many aspects. They suffer from, in particular, not being able to foresee the future including economy. We, including disaster heritage by Earthquake, trying to create a Geopark utilizing geo-resources in the region. We carry out a geo-tour for the purpose of science education, disaster prevention education and the sightseeing in this Geopark and are going to plan the activation of the disaster area.
In the presentation, I will focus on the geo-resources of Nobiru district in Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture. A tsunami attacked repeatedly from the Jomon period approximately 8,000 years ago, and the city suffered a big disaster as well as the Great East Japan Earthquake. Especially Nobiru district has issued a number of victims in the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Therefore, there remains many disaster heritage associated with the 3.11 tsunami here. Having investigated the geo-resources associated with the tsunami in this region, we will introduce them and also introduce geo-story they tell.