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English: Source: International Recovery Platform, Yasuo Tanaka, Yoshimitsu Shiozaki, Akihiko Hokugo, Sofia Bettencourt: "Reconstruction Policy and Planning", in: Federica Ranghieri, Mikio Ishiwatari (editors): Learning from Megadisasters - Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake, World Bank Publications, Washington, DC, 2014, ISBN (paper): 978-1-4648-0153-2, ISBN (electronic): 978-1-4648-0154-9, DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0153-2, Chapter 21, pp. 181-192, here: p. 187, "Figure 21.5 Population decrease in disaster areas and survey of population and businesses in Minamisanriku (December 2011) - Source: Ofunato City."). License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO. Context as given in the source cited above: "According to government statistics, a large number of people moved out of the aff ected municipalities following the disaster. The gap between out-migrants and in-migrants relative to the total population in 2011 was particularly high for coastal municipalities— 9.4 percent in Minamisanriku, 8.9 percent in Yamamoto, and 8.5 percent in Otsuchi. That gap was also large among young people (less than 15 years old)— up to 14.6 percent in Minamisanriku and 13.2 percent in Onagawa, further raising concerns about the aging population. In Minamisanriku, some residents gave up rebuilding altogether due to lack of funds and planned to either leave town or move to public housing (figure 21.5 and map 21.2)."