The emerging idea for reconstruction of the town is to move the whole town up the hill to prevent damages from the recurring tsunami. The damage has been so severe because ria inlets have very little plain and built up areas concentrated there, but ironically, this means that the area has very little alternative land to build new towns. This article takes 'cartographic modeling' approach in GIS to algorithmically search for possible replacement area for the tsunami-hit town center of Onagawa Tow
The emerging idea for reconstruction of the town is to move the whole town up the hill to prevent damages from the recurring tsunami. The damage has been so severe because ria inlets have very little plain and built up areas concentrated there, but ironically, this means that the area has very little alternative land to build new towns. This article takes 'cartographic modeling' approach in GIS to algorithmically search for possible replacement area for the tsunami-hit town center of Onagawa Tow