Disaster Preventive Urban Development
UR’s Support for Restoration in Recovery
after the Great East Japan Earthquake

10 October 2016

Tatsuya Satomi
Director, Office for Support of Earthquake Disaster Reconstruction
Urban Renaissance Agency

Today’s report
1. UR’s profile(outline of our business)
2. Damage by tsunami caused by the Great East
Japan Earthquake
3. Outline of UR Disaster Recovery Support Activities(including case examples)

4. Preparation for the future① against urban disaster in Tokyo② against the Nankai Trough Earthquake11. UR’s profile■Overview of organization
English NameUrban Renaissance Agency(Independent Administrative Agency)

Date ofEstablishment

July 1, 2004

Head office

Yokohama

Capital1.0611 trillion yen (as of March 31, 2015)

Basis laws

Act on the Urban Renaissance Agency, Independent
Administrative Agency (Act No.100 of 2003)
Act on General Rules for Independent Administrative
Agency (Act No. 103 of 1999)

Competent
Minister

Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Full-time
personnel

3,196 (as of April 1, 2016)■History

Head office(Yokohama i-land tower)2

1. Outline of UR Business□To promote Urban Renewal Project with high political significance such as projects accompanied by a large scale
infrastructure development or improvement of densely populated area, etc. while maintaining division of roles
with private sector and municipalities.
□ To support for the reconstruction of disaster-stricken area of Great East Japan Earthquake and thestrengthening the urban disaster prevention function.
□ To supply rental housing necessary for the society including providing safety network function to thosevulnerable to housing for the elderly or household with small children, which are short in supply.

Urban Rejuvenation
UR promotes Urban Renewal in collaboration with Private Businessand local authority.
 To promote Urban Renewal
 To coordinate Vision, Planning, Conditions
 To join the project as a partner

Recovery Image of OnagawaTown (Miyagi)

Toyosu 2-Chome (Tokyo)

Disaster Restoration
UR supports the reconstruction of disaster-stricken area and thestrengthening of urban disaster prevention function.
 To promote building disaster resilient urban area

©Onagawa T.・Chuou Fukken C・
Futaba Design

Rental Housing
UR properly manages rental housing and provides rich living space.
 To manage rental housing through cherishing trust relationship witharound 748,000 residents (as of the end of March 2014)
 To promote to live in the urban center, to secure stable rental housing
for elderly, to improve child care environment.

Oshima 6-Chome Danchi (Tokyo)

New Town Development
UR aims at building urban area that provides safe and comfortable life in the suburbs
 To advance safe, secure, and eco-friendly city building coping with aging populationand lower birthrate
 To realize attractive suburban life or local living
 To complete promptly new town business

Kohoku New Town (Kanagawa)32. All Disaster Types / Disaster Management Plan
NaturalDisasters

Accidents
Disasters

Earthquake
Disaster

TsunamiDisaster

VolcanoDisaster

Storm and Flood
Disaster
Snow
DisasterMaritime
Disaster

Aviation
Disaster

Railroad
DisasterNuclearDisaster

Hazardous
Materials
DisasterLarge-scale
ForestFire
Onagawa
town
Fire
DisasterDisasterRoad
DisasterDisaster management phases
Prevention / Preparedness

Emergency Response

Recovery / Reconstruction

Concrete countermeasures to be taken by each stakeholder
National Govt.

Local Govts.
Municipalities

Residents
Otsuchi town
Data Source: Cabinet Office4

2. Damage by the Great East Japan Earthquake (1)Seismic intensity map
in the Great East Japan Earthquake
Damaged area is widespread

Comparison with the Sumatra-Andaman
Earthquake(2004, resulting in the IndianOcean tsunami)
the Great East
the SumatraJapan
Andaman Earthquake
Earthquake
DateMar 11,2011

Dec 26,2004

Magnitude

9.0

9.1

Inundation area by Tsunami

35,322※1
Dead

15,892 ※3in Sri Lanka(126,732※2 in total)
5,637※1
Missing

2,573 ※3in Sri Lanka(93,662※2 in total)
Data Source: Japan Meteorological Agency※1: cited from the Wikipedia※2: as of Mar 30, 2005, Cabinet OfficeData source: Geospatial
Information Authority ofJapan※3: as of Aug 10, 2015, National Police Agency

52. Damage by the Great East Japan Earthquake (2)A range of the damage by Tsunami is widespread from Tohoku to Kanto

Hachinohe
Hachinohe port
Near Hachinohe port
Kuji port
Kuji port
MiyakoKamaishi
Kamaishi port
Ofunato
Ofunato port
Rikuzen-takata gym
Onagawa harbor
Ishinomaki city
Ishinomaki port
Sendai port
Sendai New port
Sendai Airport
Souma
Fukushima Daiichi NPS
Fukushima Daini NPS
HiragataIsohara
HitachiOarai
Kashima port
ChoshiSotokawa
Iioka
Ohigashi
Katsuura
NemotoAssociate Prof. Tsuji, etc.
Tokyo Electric Power Company
Japan Meteorological Agency
otherAomori

Iwate

Miyagi

Fukushima

Ibaragi

Chiba

Further information of Tsunami height is shown as following HP:
http://www.coastal.jp/tsunami2011/index.php?Field%20survey%20results

62. Coastal areas attacked by tsunami

73. Outline of UR Disaster Recovery Support Activities
UR has supported town development consisting of restoration, formulation ofa reconstruction plan, and urban restoration including urban reconstruction
projects and emergency public housing project upon request of the nationalor local government.
(as of August 1, 2016)

Restoration
1 support(from March 2011)(1) A total of 970 UR rental housing provided(2) Around 8 hectares of UR land provided for the construction ofemergency temporary housing(3) A total of 181 technical personnel dispatched to construct emergency
temporary housing(4) A total of 3 technical personnel to check safety of the building land

Support to laying
down restoration
2plans(from April 2011)

A total of 62 personnel dispatched to 1 prefecture and 18 villages, towns
and cities in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures.

Support in
3 restoration work(from Jan. 2012)

・Conclusion of memorandums and agreements with 22 municipalities indisaster-stricken areas to promote restoration through urban
development
・UR supports ①22 urban reconstruction projects and ②85 public housing
projects, according to the request from municipalities indisaster-stricken areas.

83. UR Disaster Reconstruction Support
Based on relevant laws, UR carries out the following projects byconsignment and request by disaster-stricken municipalities.
1) Land Readjustment ProjectLand development on higher ground for relocation, land elevation of disaster-stricken
areas, development of roads, residential land development

2) Collective Relocation Promotion Project for Disaster Prevention
Purchase of affected residential land, and group relocation to higher ground3) Development of Business Revitalization Bases
4) Disaster Resilience Enhancement Project of Fishing Communities
Land elevation in fishing communities and improvement of roads, drainage, etc.

5) Building / Transfer of Public Housing for Displaced People
Rental housing for people who lost their houses in the disaster< Project costs > (1) – (4) are fully borne by the central government.
(5) is covered by the central government (7/8) and by the local
authorities (1/8).

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3. UR’s main support menu for urban restoration
1. Urban reconstruction projects(a total of 22 districts, 1,300 hectares in 12 municipalities)○UR implements land
readjustment projects andcollective relocation
promoting projects committed
by the disaster-stricken
municipalities

Onagawa town

2. Public housing projects(a total of 5,880 housing units in 51 districts in 16 municipalities)○UR constructs public housing andtransfers to the municipalities
according to their requests
Otsuchi town

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3. Proportion of UR supporting projects in the whole■Urban reconstruction project
22 districts are implemented by UR
Over 60% of land readjustment projects aresupported by UR

ⅠUrban reconstruction project①Land readjustment projects
1,821ha (61 projects) in total
Municipalities
700ha (38％)(36 projects)UR
1,121ha (62％)(25 projects)②Collective Relocation Promoting Projects

About 13,000 units in total

Municipalities
about 10,000units (77％)

UR: about3,000units(23％)※included number of emergency public housing constructedin collective relocation promoting projects③Business Revitalization Bases Development

289ha (24 projects) in total

Municipalities
180ha (62％)(14 projects)UR
109ha (38％)(10 projects)④Fishery village disaster prevention functional
enhancement projects: 198 projects in total
Municipalities
181 projects (91％)
UR 17 projects (9％)■Public housing project
About 5,900 units are constructed by UR（20 % of about 29,500 units in total）

ⅡPublic housing project①Iwate prefecture: about 5,900 units in total
Prefecture
about 2,800 units

Municipalities
about 3,100 units
UR: about
1,100 units②Miyagi prefecture: about 15,900 units in total
Prefecture
About
2,300units

SendaiCity
About
3,200units

Municipalities
about 10,400 units
UR: about
3,900 units③Fukushima prefecture: about 7,700 units in total
Prefecture, etc.
about 4,890units units＊(for nuclear power generationrefugee)UR:about 800 units

Municipalities
about 2,800 units(For earthquake andtsunami refugees)

UR: 52units＊Data source: 2nd emergency public housing construction plan
※Prospect by publicly disclosed information as of April 1, 2016
※Number of projects and units by UR are accumulated ones underconstruction or under discussion to construct.

113. UR’s Reconstruction Projects
ProjectPlanning
Municipality

Iwate

Period (FY)LR, CR

45ha

2012-2016

Kuwagasaki/Koganji

LR24ha2013-2017

Osawa

LR, FS

19ha

2012-2016

Orikasa

LR, CR

13ha

2012-2016

YamadaLR, BR, CR

56ha

2012-2018

MachikataLR, BR, CR

40ha

2012-2017

Kaase

LR

23ha

2012-2018

UnosumaiLR, BR

60ha

2012-2018

KerobeCR, FS2ha

2012-2019

Ofunato

Ofunatoeki

LR, BR

36ha

2013-2019

Rikuzentakata

Imaizumi

LR112ha2012-2018

TakataLR, BR

186ha

2012-2018

shishiori

LR42ha2012-2017

Minami Kesennuma LR

33ha

2012-2017

Shizugawa

LR, BR

111ha

2012-2018

Town center

LR, BR, FS

218ha

2012-2018

Remote area

LR, FS

54ha

2012-2017LR24ha2013-201792ha

2012-201628ha

2012-2016

YamadaOtsuchi

KamaishiKesennnma
MinamiSannriku
Onagawa

Ishinomaki Shinkadowaki

Fukushima

Project procedure

Taroo

MiyakoMiyagi

Project namePlannedArea

Nobiruohkubu hill LR, BR
HigashiMatsushima Higashiyamotoeki
LR, BR
Kita
Iwaki

UsuisoLR37ha2012-2017

ToyomaLR

56ha

2012-2018

FY2012Ground-breaking
FY2013

FY2014FY2015

Partially completion
FY2016FY2017-

Complete: 5Complete: 16

Start constructing 6 Start constructing: 16Total

22 projects

約1,300ha

Transfer building lots: 1Transfer building lots: 6 Transfer building lots: 11

Transfer building lots: 4Complete: 1

LR: Land Readjustment Project, CR: Collective Relocation Promoting Projects, BR: Business Revitalization Bases Development,
FS: Fishery village disaster prevention functional enhancement projects, FY: Fiscal Year
※Related project may be implemented after the major project completed.

123. Illustration of Reconstruction (1)Floodedarea

BeforeDisaster

After
Reconstruction

Business
Revitalization
Bases
Development

Floodedarea

Land
Readjustment
Project

Raising ofLand

CollectiveRelocation
Promoting
Projects
Move-outArea133. Illustration of Reconstruction (2)1. Status at time of disaster

Disasterstricken area

In Minami-Sanriku town, thetsunami waters rose to as highas 16.25 m above sea level.
Seawalls at timeof disaster14

3. Illustration of Reconstruction (3)2. Collective relocation promoting project andLand readjustment projects (Under construction)
Projects promoting group
relocation for disaster mitigation
Areas that cannot be used
for residential purposes
because risk of flooding
remains even after
completion of seawall

Land readjustment projects

Projects promoting group
relocation for disastermitigation (residential areas)

Areas that are used for residential
purpose after completion of seawall(planned relocationdestination)
Municipality buys land at highelevations and develops
residential areas
Embankment above
inundation level (landreadjustment project)

Rebuilt
seawall

Municipality buys up land
(in area where relocationis encouraged)15

3. Illustration of Reconstruction (4)3. Collective relocation promoting project, and Land
readjustment projects (After the construction)Grouprelocation

Disasterhazard areaLand
readjustmentproject(housing block forgroup relocation)

OK for other thanresidential useAfter municipality builds up
embankment and develops
residential areas and roads,etc., houses are built in land
readjustment project area

New houses are built on
residential areas developed by
the municipality. The land iseither purchased by or leased
to the residents16

3. 【Case１】Nobiru Hokubu Project, Higashimatsushima city
○UR developed a new urban area on the hill and relocated JR Senseki Line in May 2015 in land
readjustment project, at a time. (448 building lots for housing, 1 childcare supporting facility, etc.
were completed and transferred in FY 2015)○UR reduced construction time by carrying 3,000,000 m3 surplus soil by temporary conveyor belt,
proposed by private contractor.

Setting conveyor belt for land creation

Land creation

New TonaStationRelocation ofJR Senseki Line※この模型は、現在野蒜地区復興協議会高台移転部会で検討中のものであり、今後変更する場合があります。

(Cross section of land)17

3. 【Case１】Nobiru Hokubu Project, Higashimatsushima city
 UR transferred construction site for JR SensekiLine by July 2014, reducing time by utilizing
conveyor belt to carry lots of surplus soil.
 It could make possible that JR Senseki Line,the most important local railway, was opened
in May 2015, on schedule.
 UR will transfer all building lots for housing in
FY 2016 and emergency public housing in2017.

Data Source: Higashimatsushima city HP

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3. 【Case２】Takata & Imaizumi District, Rikuzentakata city
Before the Disaster

Imaizumi District

Takata District

After the Disaster

Imaizumi District

Takata District19

3. 【Case２】Takata & Imaizumi District, Rikuzentakata city
・ Old city center in Tsunami stricken area is planned to relocate closer to hilly area and constructed on theembankment over Tsunami level.
・ New city center is planned to be compact.
・ Relocation of city center is implemented through land readjustment project.
Upland urban area
Takata district(Residential, public facilities)

about 190ha in total

Embankment(Residential, commercial, andpublic facilities)
Low land(Park, agriculture, etc.)

Imaizumi District
about 113ha in total

Shimowano

Carrying surplus soil
by conveyor belt
Ｎ：Emergency public housing
Collective Relocation Promoting
Projects20

3. 【Case２】Takata & Imaizumi District, Rikuzentakata city

Takata district

Miracle pine
Kesen River

Suspension bridgeImaizumi district

View from the Hill in Imaizumi district(as of July 2014)※The crusher and conveyor belt was removed from Sep.
2015 to Feb. 2016
※The suspension bridge to convey sands was removed
from April to Sep. 2016

View of Takata district,raising the level of embankments(as of Oct. 2015)21

3. Construction schedule of Public housing by UR
・UR has a plan to construct 5,880 units of public housing in 85 project sites. Peak of construction is in
FY 2015 and 2016.
Iwate:
Miyagi and Fukushima:

1,124 housing units in 37 project sites
4,756 housing units in 48 project sites(4,003 units in 43 project sites outside Iwaki, 753 units and 5 project sites in Iwaki)

・UR has got all requests of building public housing from municipalities by March 2016
and a plan to complete by March 2018.
Completion ratio:

40% in March 2016 → 78% in March 2017 → 100% in March 2018

Request: 78sites/4,959units

March 2015 23sites/1,136units

Completion

3,032units

Construction(※)

791units

Planning
Request: 85sites/5,880units
51sites/2,378units

March 2016

3,202units

1,297units

73sites/4,583units

March 2017

300units

85sites/5,880units

March 2018

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

(※) at making a contract with contractor 223. 【Case】 Sakuragi district, Tagajo city
・Place residential floor, community traffic line and space over 2nd floor against
Tsunami・Place community deck on the 2nd floor, using emergency traffic line
・Place elderly person life counselor’s office and childcare supporting facilities
・Place meeting room for all residents facing to community deck
Roof playing space

Meeting room (2F)

Community deck

防災倉庫
(1room for each block)Solar power generatorHousing with pet(western part of Block 4)Parkmeeting room
(１F)

Elderly person
life counselor's office(2F)

Emergency stairs from Tsunami(East & west side of whole blocks)

Childcare supporting facilities

Childcare supportingfacilities (1・2F)

Community deck23

4. Preparation for the future (against urban disaster①)
Urban development with bolstered functions for disaster-resistance【Mitaka civic center project, Tokyo】
・Civic center and related facilities should be renovated or rebuilt because they became
old and not enough earthquake-resistant.
・Construction of integrated disaster-readiness hub with disaster-readiness park, multifunction building and civic center in the project site¥basic site plan¥layout image¥sectional view

Emergency management headquarters, etcOpen
space

Municipal sports complex

Eastspace24

4. Preparation for the future (against urban disaster②)
Building a fire-resistant, safe town
【Kyojima 3-chome District, Tokyo】
・Densely built-up area with many wooden houses and tenement houses
・In terms of improving the disaster-resistance of this area, UR worked in collaboration
with municipality to establish a disaster-prevention block.
・Old wooden buildings were rebuilt to be more fire-resistant, and main roads in thiscommunity were widened.

¥before construction

after construction25

4. Preparation for the future (against the Nankai Trough Earthquake)• Formulation of the “Guidelines for Disaster-resistantTown Development”• Consideration of “a disaster-resistant town
development plan” for each regional model• Developing a tsunami evacuation tower, evacuationroutes and other facilities
The central part of Naka-Tosa town, Kochi, andthe tsunami evacuation tower (November 2015)26

4. Preparation for the future (summary)○ Activities for disaster-resistant town development
Regions where tsunami damage is predicted are proceeding with study on
disaster-resistant town development and other projects. UR is providing
information on the Preliminary Urban Restoration Plan and other projects basedon its experience in the reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake.

For example,●Reconstruction direction policy
A direction policy is important to ensure speedy decisions on reconstruction
projects (whether reconstruction at the original place or relocation toupland/inland or other area) that need to combine speed and quality●Securing of necessary land

Preparation (consideration of a disaster prevention park, understanding of the land
situation and so on) for accessible flat land in upland or inland areas which will
become necessary for emergency disaster countermeasures, emergency
temporary housing, emergency public housing and other measures at an earlystage●Systems to promote reconstruction
Local interested organizations and municipalities that concluded “mutual aid” orother agreement are expected to deepen understanding among staff members,social welfare councils and others

27Thank you for your attention.

Full restoration of JR Senseki Line On May 30, 2015
Photo at Nobiru station