Influence of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster on People's Preferences for Housing and Residential Areas —Case Study on Residents of Housing of the Housing and Urban Development Corporation in the Disaster Area—

摘要

This paper presents the changes in people's preferences for housing and residential areas in an attempt to make clear the influence, considered to be significant, caused by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. These influences and changes will affect how people view housing and consequently influence the future trend in the housing market. The findings presented in this paper are based on surveys carried out on residents of rental housing of the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUD) who were chosen from five areas from either within or adjacent to the disaster area reporting a seismic intensity 7 as per the JMA intensity scale. With regard to preference for type of housing, most of the people who were influenced by the earthquake tend not to prefer high-rise or super high-rise housing, and instead showed their preference to medium-rise or low-rise housing. With regard to preference for floor level, more people chose medium level floors. This is thought to be especially so because of the experience of the residents who were living on higher floors as they had to live with difficulties in their day-to--day lives due to the stoppage of elevators at the time of the earthquake, fear of strong shakes and the large damage inside the house. With regard to preference for type of ownership, residents of HUD rental housing in this survey have become increasingly in favor of public housing because of the feeling of greater security. This response was more evident in the case of people in their 60's and 70's and above many of whom intended to permanently live in their rental pr