ANALYSIS ON URBAN LAND USE CONTROL SYSTEMS IN TSUNAMI AFFECTED AREAS BY THE 2011 GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE

“Disaster Risk Area ” of Building Standard Law and other urban land use control systems during and after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Some cases of these systems in tsunami affected areas of Tohoku region are evaluated and the limitation to apply these systems to tsunami prone cities such as Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture, Kamaishi city in Iwate prefecture. Several issues of land use control are analyzed based on the views of municipalities. Miyagi prefecture and Iwate prefecture were taking different recovery policy and program soon after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Although many municipalities have similar geographical and socio-economic conditions and were affected similar damage by tsunami, they are now facing different challenges. Miyagi prefecture restricts permanent reconstruction while Iwate prefecture admits individual reconstruction activities. The difference was caused by the future prospect, trend in population and economy and reconstruction plan of each affected area. The paper analyzes the current conditions and challenges of reconstruction from view point of land use control and disaster management