Relocation of housing from the tsunami- devastated lowlands near the seashore (Photo 1) to elevated land is among the ideas that will be discussed in a government-convened council of officials from the quake-hit regions and city planning experts1. The housing relocation in the Sanriku coastal areas will change the land use pattern of the elevated areas presently with the combination of homesteads, cultivated fields and forest plantation. Abandoned cultivated land in these areas is a possible loc
Relocation of housing from the tsunami- devastated lowlands near the seashore (Photo 1) to elevated land is among the ideas that will be discussed in a government-convened council of officials from the quake-hit regions and city planning experts1. The housing relocation in the Sanriku coastal areas will change the land use pattern of the elevated areas presently with the combination of homesteads, cultivated fields and forest plantation. Abandoned cultivated land in these areas is a possible loc