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Originally Posted by evanny
John, 74% is a lot. i don't think any other disaster has witnessed such a fast recovery.
all the damage from the storm Katrina in US, as far as i know, hasn't been completely restored, or if it has, then only recently. same goes for Haiti.
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74% refers to the percentage of
temporary housing (roughly what a trailer park has to offer). And that's temporary. Who knows what the government has set for them in the future. This housing must be on someone's land or the government's because it sure isn't where the people lost their homes. There are towns that look much the same as Hiroshima did, where just a few structures remain for kilometers. Not much construction has been commenced because the rubble has to be removed. And where is that rubble to go? Much of the demolition cannot take place because the owners haven't been notified (they're either missing, dead, or perhaps not being contacted) So no progress can be made in those instances. Those people are still out of work, so they're not earning any income and yet they still have mortgages to pay for the homes they don't have or can't access (as in the case of the Fukushima evacuees). It's a messed up situation for many people.
All the info above is just from watching NHK Newsline on a regular basis, so the info may be lacking a lot of substance, such as the laws regarding any rights the population has when something like this happens, etc.
Is the reconstruction better than Haiti, of course. Haiti is a third world country and Japan is a first world country. Katrina was just an example of what doesn't work in government. At least it seems Japan is more united in its struggle than the U.S. was....