Relocation plan eyed for disaster areas (Japan)

[AsahinaKimi]

Kyodo News/Japan Times



The government may expand support measures to encourage residents of tsunami-hit areas to relocate, and buying up urban areas that appear difficult to reconstruct following the March 11 twin catastrophes.

The plan under consideration is part of a drive by the government to urge residents in coastal areas to relocate to higher ground, government sources said Saturday. An idea has also been floated to prohibit residency in nationalized areas on the coast.

The land ministry currently has a subsidy project for disaster-hit areas that covers 75 percent of the expenses involved in building houses and roads and for residents to relocate. The government is now reviewing this coverage with a view to expanding it.

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[Thunderstruck]

1. Give the land to the pro-nukes people. They won't mind living there.

[SoCalDem]

2. For the land that's not contaminated with radiation, moving the people is a great idea

Make the housing area high enough & away far enough to allow for another wave at least as big to happen & not kill people..

The places near the shore could be "expendable" structures, not designed for living..

It might also be a good idea to build a series of funiculars so that people working close to the shore could escape easily to higher ground. (the bottom end of it might be damaged in any tsunami, but maybe all the people could escape in time).

Now might also be a good time to do like Greensburg did, and rebuild green, so that energy might not be such a problem.

they may also need to consider communal living since so many people lost family members and many may have to rely on others for help with elders & children..