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Eri Suzuki Assoc. A.I.A. I LEED GA I M.S.AUD I B.Arch

June 2012

Writing Sample 1

Generating Dialogue for Designing Resilient Cities

Columbia University Urban Design

William Kinne Graduate Fellowship Application

POST GRADUATE WILLIAM KINNE FELLOWS TRAVELING PRIZES APPLICATION

Columbia University I GSAPP I MSAUD Applicant I Eri Suzuki Submitted I 04.11.2012

// MOVING FORWARD FROM THE 3.11 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE & TSUNAMI //GENERATING DIALOGUE FOR DESIGNING RESILIENT CITIES

Columbia University I GSAPP I MSAUD

ABSTRACT In the aftermath of the 3.11.2011 Earthquake and Tsunami, the Tohoku region is transitioning from a short-term temporal recovery phase to a long-term permanent reconstruction phase. Following the announcement of the national (June, 2011) and prefectural (August-October, 2011) reconstruction plans and guidelines, unprecedentedly forty two municipalities along the coast of the Tohoku region simultaneously proposed reconstructions plans (October-December, 2011). Consequently, in this top-down methodology, municipalities are now tasked with implementing local strategies to their hard and soft infrastructure. Meanwhile, self-motivated / collaborative community-based projects are starting to take steps towards the recovery of the local community. Under tremendous pressure to recover and restructure cities quickly, how effectively can a reconstruction plan lead and guide the efforts of a reconstruction process? How could the top-down demands of government be balanced with the bottom-up requirements of local communities? Will the plans be able to respond and adapt depending on the changing needs of the individual, community, municipality, city, region and nation?

This proposal for the William Kinne Fellows Traveling Prize is prepared based on an independent research project that began in January 2012 on an analysis and journalistic investigation into the on-going reconstruction efforts concurrently taking place in the Tohoku region. This independent research focuses on a comparative analysis of four different cities affected by the 3.11 Earthquake and Tsunami (Ishinomaki, Minamisanriku, Kesennuma, Rikuzentakata). These cities vary in geographic, demographic, industrial and land use conditions. Thus, the analysis will give a comprehensive under-standing of the physical and legislative reconstruction framework towards a sustainable and resilient future with a focus on disaster prevention and mitigation.

Prior to travel, this independent research will be summarized, categorized and made public on a website (http://www.drc-tohoku.org) as a resource for those advocating for the revitalization of the physical, cultural, ecological and social realm in the Tohoku Region, as well as for the planners, archi-tects, and urban designers who materialize solutions that will serve the community in the long run. The website will be developed:

To promote an awareness and understanding of local conditions To provide updates on the status of the on-going reconstruction process To inform and report on the investigation on real-time issues and relevant challenges To generate discussions and provide a platform for dialogue to exchange ideas To become a reference and archive

Hence, the fellowship travel will give an opportunity for the website to become a live-medium and tool for communication: live-logs of interviews (with designers, communities & municipalities), exhibition visits, forum participation, and site documentation of completed and on-going projects during the visit. This real-time cumulative research methodology and the comparative analysis on reconstruction progress will be used through out the travel to seek for potential contributors to participate in the website and expand the network to further generate dialogue for designing resilient cities. Using the website, an active research, critical and editorial review process will be continued to address the challenges that arise while reconstruction plans for disaster mitigation are implemented.

Applicant I Eri Suzuki

Ishinomaki

2012 William Kinne Fellows Traveling Prize Proposal

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Prior to travel / Setting up the Website / http:www.drc-tohoku.org

Comparative Analysis on Reconstruction Plans

This website will begin with an introduction of four cities (Ishinomaki, Minamisanriku,Kesennuma, Rikuzentakata) that will take into consideration the demographics, industries, history of land reclama-tion, settlement patterns, transportation system development, disaster prevention and mitigation plans implemented prior to the recent tsunami.

A critical aspect of the information provided on the website will concentrate on a comparative analysis of reconstruction plans, visions, proposed land use/zoning in plans/sections, and other various hard and soft infrastructures. These studies will be developed into a series of diagrams that are cohesive and easily comparable for analysis.

Site Documentation

Along with the photographs gathered from a short site documentation conducted in January 2012, the summary of the initial site visit will be posted on the website along with description of the damages in the social, cultural, natural and physical built environment.

Comparative Analysis on Reconstruction Progress

An important part of the project will be to continue updating the website with the progress of recon-struction work and to report on the issues and challenges that exist in reality. Topics of investigation will range from the subject of planning, urban design, architecture and to landscape architecture at various scales:

Physical and legislative framework / social, cultural, economic and ecological systems Land reclamation history / disaster mitigation planning / proposed land use and zoning Consolidation and relocation of settlements Temporary (interim) housing and transition to permanent housing Employment and industry recovery Emergence of new typology of public and community spaces Natural and physical infrastructural systems towards disaster prevention and mitigation Waste, debris, and remediation of contaminated site


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PROJECT DESCRIPTION cont.During Travel / Website used as a Communication Tool

During the two weeks of travel, the website will be used to its maximum potential while conducting research among various outputs of information currently available in the Tokyo – Kanto region. Postings of interviews with different constituents, site documentation of completed projects, and attending exhibits will be made public throughout the visit. Fluency in Japanese would help me access resources available from different institutions and navigate around in the region where most transpor-tation systems have failed and have not yet recovered.

Forum Various institutions have been hosting periodic discussions to facilitate collaboration among Japanese and international designers, architects and planners contributing to the long-term revitalization. One example is TPF² (Tohoku Planning Forum) in collaboration with Architecture for Humanity Tokyo chapter. It brings professionals, activists and citizen groups from Tohoku communities to international grounds to foster the exchange of ideas, best practice experiences and the delivery of practical support to the region. The goal is to be able to participate in the forum and get a feedback for this real-time cumulative research methodology and the comparative analysis on reconstruction progress.

ExhibitsA yearafter the 3.11 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster, documentation of the catastrophe and the recovery efforts has been archived and exhibited at various academic, non-profit organizations, and museums in Tokyo and Sendai. Although the specificity of exhibits may vary depending on the travel dates, organizations such as Archi+Aid / Nikken Sekkei Tokyo Headquarters / Tohoku University hosts on-going exhibits featuring various aspects of the Earthquake, Tsunami and reconstruction efforts. The website will include reports from these exhibits that aim to educate the public and create an historic archive.

TIMELINEBasic Guidelines for Reconstruction (National)

Iwate Prefecture Reconstruction PlanMiyagi Prefecture Disaster Recovery Plan

Rekuzentakata Reconstruction PlanKesennuma Reconstruction PlanMinamisanriku Reconstruction PlanIshinomaki Reconstruction Plan

Disaster Recovery Reconstruction Plan Imprementation

Mar2011 Jun Aug Oct Dec



Interviews Interviewees range from researchers, urban planners & designers, communities, and municipalities. (Tentative list shown below) Dr. Christian Dimmer / Architecture for Humanity, Tohoku Planning Forum Project Partner Dr. Agim Reci & Dr. Kit Waddle / Tohoku Planning Forum Project Partners Mariko Saigo / Urban Designer, CEO, Town Planning Company, SHEEP Network Elizabeth Ann Maly /PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture, Kobe University Assistant Researcher at International Recovery Platform (IRP)

Visits of Completed Projects from Reconstruction Phase 1Completed projects include those that were built by communities and municipalities with the assis-tance of activists, volunteers and design communities. The range of topics includes: reviving housing, reviving public & community space and reviving livelihood and industry. Please refer to the itinerary section for a full list of completed projects.

Site Documentation Photographic site documentation and conversations with municipalities and communities will be recorded and posted as a live-journal on the website.

Additional ResearchAdditional research will be conducted as necessary at local institutions such as Sendai Mediatheque (public library and media archive) and local municipalities with departments of reconstruction estab-lished post 3.11.

Post Travel / Website used as archive of ongoing research and platform for dialogue

Report & Website Active research and editorial processes will take place on the website to categorize the posts by a matrix of geographic location, topics of discussion, and timeline. It will continue its role as a platform for dialogue on the reconstruction progress of physical and legislative environment towards designing resilient cities.

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Comparative Analysis on Plans

Site Visit Travel Fellowship

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Comparative Analysis on Progess

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Website

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INTRODUCTION Following the earthquake that struck the greater Kanto-Tohoku region, a major tsunami brought destruction along the Pacific coastline of Japan’s northern islands resulting in the loss of thousands of lives and the devastation of the built, natural and socio-economic environment.

The coastal region of Tohoku is known for its unique geographical condition of Ria, a coastal inlet formed by the submergence of a river valley, a drowned river valley that opens to the sea. In the past, land reclamation and urbanization occurred in the flat land between the high lands and the sea. The geographical condition presents challenges to these towns and cities because of its limited inhabit-able land, limited connectivity to the greater region, and a high susceptibility to a tsunami. Histori-cally, the region has been challenged by natural and manmade disasters (1896 Meiji Tsunami, 1933 Showa Tsunami, 1945 Naval bombing,1960 Chile Tsunami, and 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami). Reconstruction plans with a focus on protection and safety against nature were imple-mented after each disaster: a flood zone was clearly marked on maps and grounds, evacuation areas and routes were designated, disaster mitigation measures were implemented in municipalities, and large investments were made in a defensive infrastructural system such as a see wall and river gate. With the expectation and anticipation that these systems would function properly in a case of an emergency, land reclamation continued and city centers gradually shifted towards the newly reclaimed low lands. However, these measures could not withstand the force of the recent 3.11 Tsunami, resulting in paralyzing most of the city’s infrastructure. This event once again reminded the Tohoku region about its geographical vulnerability to natural disasters. The damage extended not only to the destruction of the built environment but also to the surrounding natural environment which supported local industries. In addition to battling with a vulnerability to natural disasters, these smaller cities and towns have been struggling socio-economically in the midst of a rural shrinking process due to depopulation, an aging population, a lack of social and municipal services, and a dependency on limited sectors for employment and industry.

After a year, signs of recovery and reconstruction efforts have started to appear. The devastated towns are gradually moving from an existing temporal stage to a long-term recovery and reconstruc-tion stage. It is a crucial time when a holistic and comprehensive design approach is needed to construct a more resilient and sustainable Tohoku region. What are the lessons that can be learned from the historical defensive planning strategies against the nature? How would each municipality reconsider their relationship with the water and implement long-term strategies towards living with the water? What are the mechanisms that are required in hard and soft infrastructure to assure the community protection and gear them towards reconstructing a city that will react, respond and adapt to their needs?

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KESENNUMA

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HISTORY

Occured at 14:46 (JST), March 11, 2011Magnitude: 9.0The forth strongest earthquake in the world since 1900 and historically the greatest earthquake recorded in Japan

TSUNAMI

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HOKKAIDO

IWATE

MIYAGI

FUKUSHIMA

IBARAKI

DAMAGE Deaths: 15,091 Missing: 9, 093Houses destroyed: 90,321Medium house destruction: 37,161Partial house destruction: 257,898Evacuees: approx. 260,000 Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters May 17, 2011

92.5% of the deaths in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures were due to drowning by tsunami Miyagi Prefecture Police, Apr 19, 2011

3.11.20112:46 PM

East Japan Earthquake

6.15.189610:10 PM

Meiji Tsunami

3.3.19333:05 AM

Showa Tsunami1945

Naval Bombing

5.24.19604:30 AM

Chile Tsunami

20001900 1950

EARTHQUAKE

3:20 PMEast Japan Tsunami

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200ft 1km

INTRODUCTION TO FOUR CITIES

ISHINOMAKI

Google Terrain + Buiding FootprintsDigital Archive of Japan’s 2011, Harvard University

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KESENNUMA

RIKUZENTAKATA

Building Footprint layerTo be updated

TOPOGRAPHY+ SETTLEMENT PATTERN

232.29 sq.km

333.37 sq.km

163.74 sq.km

555.36 sq.km



200ft 1kmESRI World ImageryDigital Archive of Japan’s 2011, Harvard University

In 1955, nine villages conglomerated to become the city of Rikuzentakata. The city is well known for its scenery along “takata-matsuhara”, two kilometer stretch of pine tree forest that protected the low farmland from the sea and provided passive and active recreation area for the city. Although fishing and oyster farming were major industries, tourism flourished around historic sites and various festivals held throughout the year. The city had been suffering from a declining youth population.

Age Distribution, Census 2005, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication

POPULATION + AGE DISTRIBUTIONLAND OCCUPATION DESCRIPTION

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23,302

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164,294

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Kesennuma City grew over time as it annexed neigh-boring cities in 1953, 1955, 2006, and 2009.The city is centered around commercial fishing and tourism industries. Until 2011, it was one of Japan’s busiest national and international port for the fishing industry as 85% of the workforce was employed in associated sectors from ship-building, aquaculture, food processing and transportation. Since it is the largest center in northeast Miyagi, Kesennuma is also an education hub for the neighboring towns and villages.

The area has a rich history dating back to the late600s as a religious hub (Buddhism and later Shintoism) as various temples and shrines were constructed throughout its history. In 2005, a few villages were merged into a town that is Minamisanriku to provide equal access to services needed for a shrinking popu-lation in neighboring villages. Once known for silk-farming, the industry has shifted to aquaculture and tourism featuring historic sites, vistas and seafood. As a part of typical Ria coastline, the geogra-phy presents a high vulnerability to a tsunami.

Established during the Kamakura period around 1200s, Ishinomaki thrived as a port city around its fishing industry. It was a birth place for oyster aquaculture that later spread to the world. Unlike the villages and towns in the northern region, there is abundant and fertile flat land used for agriculture. The coast line has developed into an industrial area for ship building, food processing, paper processing and other manufacturing. In order to prevent further outflow of surplus workforce, the city had been putting an effort in shifting its existing labor based industry to a knowledge based industry.


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KESENNUMA

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SENDAI

TOKYO

ITINERARY

Day 1 / TRAVEL TO TOKYO

Day 2 / TOKYO Forum / Tohoku Planning Forum #5, Present Reseach Project & Website Interview / Dr.Christian Dimmer / Architecture for Humanity, Tohoku Planning Forum Project Partner Dr. Agim Reci & Dr. Kit Waddle / Tohoku Planning Forum Project Partners

Day 3 / TOKYO Exhibits / Archi+Aid & Nikken Sekkei Tokyo Headquarters Interview / Mariko Saigo / Urban Designer, CEO, Town Planning Company, SHEEP Network

Day 4 / TOKYO - SENDAI Research / Sendai Mediatheque – Public Library & Media Archive

Day 5 / SENDAI Exhibit / Tohoku University, Department of Architecture and Building Science, Graduate School of Engineering Visit / Archi+Aid Office

Day 6 / SENDAI - ISHINOMAKI Completed Projects / H / Home for all / Kumamoto Artpolis Tohoku Support Group:Toyo Ito, Hideaki Katsura, Kaoru Suehiro, Masashi Sogabe H / Container Temporary Housing in Onagawa / Voluntary Architects Network, Shigeru Ban Architects, TSP TAIYO H / Donguri House / Tokai University Student Project Center 3.11 Life Care Project Visit / City of Ishinomaki, Reconstruction Department & Meet with community group Site Documentation

Day 7 / ISHINOMAKI - MINAMISANRIKU Completed Projects / LI / Shizugawa Banya Project (Fisherman’s base) / Miyagi University Takeuchi Lab/ PS / Cycle II – Action Research Project at Shizugawa Elementray School / Playground Supporters) H / LI / IB Archi+Aid community projects in Oshika Peninsula Site Documentation

Completed Projects Legend / H / Reviving Housing PS / Reviving Public & Community SpaceLI / Reviving Livelihood and Industry


Ishinomaki


Day 8 / MINAMISANRIKU Completed Projects / H / Temporary Emergency Housing / Shoichi Haryu Architects and Associates PS / Utatsu Community Pavilion / GSD+ Keio University + Miyagi University PS / Baba-Doru 5 Cho-me / MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative Project Team Visit / City of Minami Sanriku, Reconstruction Department & community groups Site Documentation

Day 9 / MINAMISANRIKU - KESENNUMA Completed Projects/ PS / Ark of Bamboo / Toki.Lab. Univ of Shiga Prefecture + Takahas Industry) LI / Kesennuma Fish Market LI+PS / Kesennuma Fukkou Yatai Mura (Community Market) / City of Kesennuma H / Ex-Container Project / Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects Visit / City of Kesennuma, Reconstruction Department & community groups Site Documentation

Day 10 / KESENNUMA TO RIKUZENTAKATA Completed Projects / PS / A Small Wood Brick House Assembly Hall / Masao Hayagi Architects H / Interim Housing for Rikuzentakata / Masayuki Harada, Daisuke Sugawara Visit / City of Rikuzentakata Reconstruction Department & community groups Site Documentation

Day 11 / RIKUZENTAKATA - SENDAI - TOKYO Visit / City of Ofunato Reconstruction Department Research / 3.11 Reconstruction Archive Center (Mapping Center)

Day 12 / TOKYO Workshop / Tohoku Planning Forum / Tokyo Office

Day 13 / TOKYO Reserved day for additional research

Day 14 / DEPART TOKYO Travel / From TokYo, Japan to Austin, TX (Residence)

ISHINOMAKI

MINAMI-SANRIKU

KESENNUMA

RIKUZENTAKATA

SENDAI

TOKYO

Ishinomaki


BUDGET

Air Transportation Flight / Austin, TX to Tokyo, JPN $1350(Average Price Jun-July $1200-1500, Source:Kayak.com)

Transportation

Tohoku Region Rail / Japan Rail East / Tokyo to Sendai, one-way 5,780 yen x 2 = 11,560yen $ 142 (Y11,560) Rental Car / Japan Rail Station Rental Car / 7 day, From Sendai station $ 506 (Y41,300) Gas / approx. 400km@10km/liter=40 liters@150yen/liter=6,000 yen $ 74 (Y 6,000)

Tokyo Metropolitan Area Transportation

Tokyo Metro / 2-Day + Bus Pass / Narita Airport – Tokyo $ 74 (Y 6,000)Tokyo Metro / 4 Days / approx. $500 yen/day $ 24 (Y 2,000)

Accommodation

2 nights / Sendai / Mitsui Garden Hotel Sendai, 8,000 yen/night $ 196 (Y16,000) 2 nights / Minamisanriku / Kanyo Hotel 10,700 yen/night with meals included $ 257 (Y21,000)3 nights / Kesennuma / Kanyo Hotel 8,400 yen/night with meals included $ 309 (Y25,200)5 nights / Tokyo-Yokohama / acquaintance & relative’s houses $ 0

Food

7 days (12-5) @ 3000 yen per day $ 255 (Y21,000) *not included in total requested

Total $2755

Total Requested $2500

* Conversion Rate 1 US Dollar = 81.6 Japanese Yen as of April 8, 2012, Tax included



CONTACTSConfirmed

Dr. Hitoshi Abe / UCLA / Archi+Aid UCLA Chair of Architecture and Urban Design and Co-founding partner of Archi+Aid, a reconstruc-tion assisting network of architects that coordinates efforts in needing affected [email protected]://archiaid.org/

Dr.Christian Dimmer / Architecture for Humanity / Tohoku Planning ForumCo-founding partner of Tohoku Planning Forum and the Tokyo chapter of the design-led charitable disaster response organization, Architecture for Humanity. Urban designer and research associate at the University of Tokyo and Waseda University.http://architectureforhumanity.org/programs/tohoku-earthquake-and-tsunami-rebuildinghttp://tpf2.net/

Dr. Agim Reci / Tohoku Planning ForumCo-founding partner of Tohoku Planning Forum. Professor at Research Center for Advanced Studies and Technologies at the University of Tokyo until 2005.His main research centered on housing, social mobility and spatial forms of the [email protected]

Unconfirmed as of April 10, 2012

Mariko Saigo / Machizukuri (Town Planning) Company Sheep NetworkUrban Designer and president of Sheep Network. She has carried out citizen-participation town development in many parts of Japan. She is a member of the Study Group of Reconstruction Design Council in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and has been actively participating in reconstruction efforts since the disaster.

Elizabeth Ann Maly / Kobe UniversityPhD Candidate, Department of Architecture, Assistant Researcher at International Recovery Platform at Kobe University. Host of Recoving Tohoku blog. http://recoveringtohoku.wordpress.com/

Ila Berman / California College of ArtsDirector of Architecture at California College of Arts and principal of Studio Matrixx. Recently hosted a studio workshop in Tohoku Region.

Dept. of Reconstruction / City of Rikuzentakata, Kesennuma, Minamisanriku, Ishinomaki

Advisor

Mojdeh Baratloo / GSAPPAdvisor for Independent [email protected]


Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. “Analysis on the Great East Japan Earthquake: Overview and summariza-tion for policy and recommendation from public and private sectors.” Published July, 2011. Last accessed February 2012. http://www.tekes.fi/fi/gateway/PTARGS_0_201_403_994_2095_43/http%3B/tekes-ali1%3B7087/publishedcontent/publish/programmes/tuotantokonseptit/documents/part2tohokuquakeanalysis.pdf.

Japan International Cooperation Agency. “Project Study: the Study on the Effective Countermeasures Against Earthquake and Tsunami Disasters.” Last accessed March 23, 2012. http://www.jica.go.jp/english/operations/thematic_issues/water/earthquake/related06.html

Reconstruction Agency. “Basic Guidelines for Reconstruction in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake.” Published July 29, 2011. http://www.reconstruction.go.jp/english/topics/documents.html

Iwate Prefectural Government. “Iwate Prefecture Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Reconstruction Plan.” Published August 2011.http://www.pref.iwate.jp/~hp0212/fukkou_net/fukkoukeikaku_english.html

Miyagi Prefectural Government. “Miyagi Prefecture Earthquake Disaster Recovery Plan.” Published October 2011. http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/seisaku/sinsaihukkou/keikaku/keikakugaiyou_en.pdf

East Japan Earthquake Reconstruction Planning Resource Portal (Japanese)Japan Institute of Construction Engineering http://www.jice.or.jp/sinsai/

Rikuzentakata City. “Rekuzentakata Reconstruction Plan. 陸前高田市震災復興計画” Published December 22, 2011. http://www.jice.or.jp/sinsai/plan/13%8A%E2%8E%E8%8C%A7/12%97%A4%91O%8D%82%93c%8Es/31%97%A4%91O%8D%82%93c%8Es%90k%8D%D0%95%9C%8B%BB%8Cv%89%E62011.12.22.pdf

Ishinomaki City. “Ishinomaki Basic Reconstruction Plan. 石巻市震災復興基本計画. ” Published December 22, 2011. http://www.jice.or.jp/sinsai/plan/14%8B%7B%8F%E9%8C%A7/03%90%CE%8A%AA%8Es/33%90%CE%8A%AA%8Es%90k%8D%D0%95%9C%8B%BB%8A%EE%96%7B%8Cv%89%E62011.12.22.pdf

Minami-Sanriku Town. “Minamisanriku Reconstruction Plan. 南三陸町震災復興計画. ” Published December 26, 2011. http://www.jice.or.jp/sinsai/plan/14%8B%7B%8F%E9%8C%A7/02%93%EC%8EO%97%A4%92%AC/31%93%EC%8EO%97%A4%92%AC%90k%8D%D0%95%9C%8B%BB%8Cv%89%E62011.12.26.pdf

Kesennuma City. “Kesennuma Reconstruction Plan. 気仙沼市震災復興計画.” Published October 7, 2011. http://www.jice.or.jp/sinsai/plan/14%8B%7B%8F%E9%8C%A7/01%8BC%90%E5%8F%C0%8Es/50%8BC%90%E5%8F%C0%8Es%90k%8D%D0%95%9C%8B%BB%8Cv%89%E62011.10.7.pdf

RESOURCEEarthquake and Tsunami

Government Reconstruction Plan

Prefectural Reconstruction Plans

Municipal Reconstruction Plans



Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, 被災地支援に係る地理空間情報提供Zgate.gsi.go.jp/SaigaiSHuyaku/gdlist/gdlist.html

Harvard University, Digital Archive of Japan's 2011 Disasters http://jdarchive.org/

3.11 Archives Reconstruction Map Center I 3.11 まるごとアーカイブス > 復興地図センターhttp://311archives.jp/index.php?gid=10576

ArcGIS Web Topography Maphttp://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html

Satellite Images on Google Mapshttp://maps.google.co.jp/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=ja&t=h&brcurrent=3,0x34674e0fd77f192f:0xf54275d47c665244,1&msa=0&msid=204258741904521852157.00049e53455ac25dd3c9a&ll=37.701207,141.262207&spn=3.533172,5.377808&z=8

Tohoku Planning Forum. http://tpf2.net/

Archi+Aid｜アーキエイドhttp://archiaid.org/

Architecture for Humanity, Headquartershttp://www.architectureforhumanity.org/programs/tohoku-earthquake-and-tsunami-rebuilding

Architecture for Humanity, Tokyo Chapterhttp://tokyo.architectureforhumanity.org/

IDRO International Disaster Relief Organization Japanhttp://www.idrojapan.org/

Ishinomaki Architecture Workshop- Université Libre de Bruxelles/Tohoku Universityhttp://www.iaw-2011.com/

Design Acts - Keio University + Harvard GSD + Miyagi Universityhttp://designacts.org/

MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative – MIT + Keio University + Miyagi University http://japan311.scripts.mit.edu/wp/

Rikuzentakada Community Cafe Project｜陸前高田まちのリビングプロジェクト

Tokai University Life Care Project｜3.11生活復興支援プロジェクトhttp://deka.challe.u-tokai.ac.jp/3.11lcp/

GIS / Maps / Archives

Organizations

Collaboration Projects

Eri Suzuki [email protected]

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Writing Sample 1

Documents

tohoku region

reconstruction plans

local community

tohoku earthquake tsunami

local conditions

local strategies

independent research

resilient future