2018.9.7
Studying Problems of Kitakukonnansha (People Who Had Difficulty Returning Home at the Time of Disaster) in Provincial Cities
At the time of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the kitakukonnansha (commuters stranded because of a disaster) in the Tokyo metropolitan area garnered attention. In metropolitan areas, paralysis of the transportation network had created several issues, as many people had to give up on returning home and stayed in temporary accommodations, or even had a great struggle to walk home for a long distance. At that time, the issue of kitakukonnansha arose not only in metropolitan cities but ...