In schools, disaster prevention plans and manuals are being developed along with training and disaster prevention education. In special-needs schools in particular, there is a movement to formulate business continuity plans that meet the needs of students with highly individualized disabilities. Therefore, we conducted a survey on how teachers think about the continuity of important business operations in the event of a disaster, as well as on their own disaster awareness and efforts. The results revealed that they consider the continuation of educational projects to be a low priority, and that they do not consider cooperation among teachers to be high.
This study examined the possibility of participation by nursing professionals in disaster mitigation and recovery activities in their residential areas. The results indicated that nursing professionals could meet the expectations of local residents for "first aid" and "psychological care. However, it was suggested that there were concerns when they had not experienced disaster-related activities in the community. It was suggested that measures to lower the hurdles to participation may encourage participation in disaster mitigation and recovery activities.
In population decline situation, it is necessary to consider the trends for the post-disaster reconstruction. However, it is not clear how pre-disaster situation, the damage seriousness, and the efforts for the reconstruction, especially in village revitalization acts, affects post-disaster demographics. This study quantitatively evaluates the impact by them through the case study on the 2004 Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake, and discuss about the thoughts of the reconstruction based on the results. The analysis result shows the differences in post-disaster demographics between damaged areas and others dependeing on regional residential characteristics, and quantitative relationships between damages and postdisaster long-term demographics. It showed the importance of pre-disaster situation and damages for the reconstruction.
A disaster prevention system for special needs education schools requires a school BCP(Business Continuity Plan)that covers the entire process from disaster occurrence, emergency response, evacuation, and reopening of schools. The process of continuous improvement through formulation, training, and review of school BCP is important in itself. Through the participation of various actors, special needs education schools need a mechanism to foster understanding of not only disaster prevention but also welfare for the disabled. To address the issues of community collaboration identified in the questionnaire survey, the use of individual education support plans that involve families (parents) and community disaster management plans that involve the community may be the one of solutions.
<p>Radio plays an important role in functioning in times of disaster even if power and communication are disrupted. This study conducted a survey of 100 radio stations affiliated with the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association. The results show that radio is a medium to deliver information to the victims in the disaster area, and that disaster broadcasting is closely related to daily broadcasting. In addition to the four elements of disaster broadcasting that have been identified in previous studies― "disaster preparedness", "disaster reporting", "safety information", and "daily life information"― the "empathetic broadcasting" which links listeners and radio stations was found to play an important role in radio broadcasting.</p>
<p>This paper shows the effectiveness of joint ownership of land. Therefore, the result of the survey on the joint ownership of land is shown in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. Showed the actual state of joint share of land rights. It became clear that it is possible to not only share the benefits generated by the land but also to disperse the damage. This result shows useful land ownership and usage methods for relocation before and after natural disasters. In areas where disasters are expected to occur in the near future, advance reconstruction plans are progressing. It is one possibility to utilize this system in areas where the development pressure is not so high, where relocation is necessary to rebuild the residence.</p>
<p>This paper clarifies disaster response and recovery strategies from long term flooding damage after possible Nankai Earthquake Disaster from case studies in Kochi city. Japan has vulnerability suffering from long term flooding because many cities locate in area of below sea level. Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka have large below sea level area. Because of climate change, risk of flooding in those areas is becoming higher. In addition to climate change, M8 class earthquake cause land subsidence for fault displacement. Kochi is likely to suffer from that impact for M8 class earthquake called Nankai Earthquake, which might occur with 60% possibility within 30 years. Issues on disaster response and a strategic time line for recovery are clarified based on the analysis on recovery process of historic events, and stakeholder workshop in Kochi.</p>
地域安全学会論文集 = Journal of social safety science 11(11) 319-328 2009年11月1日 査読有り
Adapazari-city lived in 35 million people was damaged hardly by 1999 Maramara Earthquake. 3988 people died and various recovery policies has been implemented. In this study, building appearance survey conducted in disaster-stricten area over 3 years. Under building regulation limited 2 building stories, 28 percent of sample data have been rebuilt. On the contrary, 12.2 percent of that has not been rebuilt. In conclusion city-reconstruction measures in Adapazari has been took into consideration.
This paper examines the community recovery assistance and reconstruction process after the 921 earthquake in Taiwan. The Tuniu district in Shiukang village was used as a case study to investigate the reconstruction process, and indicated that there are distinct phases; (i) state of confusion after the earthquake, (ii) building trusting relationships among residents and experts and creating incentives for the reconstruction, (iii) searching ways to community reconstructing by residents and experts, (iv) building networks and infiltrating residents, and (v) community management by residents' reliance. The implications of these findings for recovery assistance and reconstruction planning are discussed.
At the Mid-Niigata Earthquake of 2004, we happened to see the problem of some isolated villages in intermediate and mountainous areas. The southern area of Kii-Peninsula, that we have examined, has same situation. And in this area, depopulation and aging are progressing. In case of the Tonankai-Nankai Earthquake, we will be confronted with a crisis of some villagestユ disappearance. So we attempt to construct the index to evaluate self-support of a region. In this paper, we take effect with field examinations, verify effective extent of the index on the model region, and consider the possibility of putting the index to practical use.
地域安全学会論文集 = Journal of social safety science 8(8) 155-162 2006年11月1日 査読有り
<p>After the Niigata-ken Chuetsu Earthquake of 2004, many housings were damaged and the risk of soil failures and inundations were increasing in intermediate and mountainous areas. And these areas have been had the problems related to depopulation by moving out their settlement because of disadvantage to the weather conditions and inconvenient location as usual. Therefore there are anxiety of many households moving out and breakdown after this earthquake in these area. Under the situation, Niigata Pref. Government adopts the community preservation. So we investigate into the households and analyze the impact on the communities and factors of moving out from their settlements. And we want to obtain empirical knowleges for community preservation at their native area in this study.</p>
地域安全学会論文集 = Journal of social safety science 8(8) 63-70 2006年11月1日 査読有り
<p>After the Niigata-ken-Chuetsu Earthquake of 2004, the public support systems which assist livelihoods of disaster victims (especially, repair and reconstruction of the housing) have been conducted. However, applying of the system is now undergoing and the whole situation of the problems, produced by operation of the systems, is not understood yet, though various problems are pointed out after the earthquake. This paper aims to understand the actual situation of problems of public supports for repair and reconstruction of housing introduced by the inconsistent policy making after the earthquake from the operation of the system and the utilization by the disaster victims point of view.</p>
地域安全学会論文集 = Journal of social safety science 7(7) 179-188 2005年11月1日 査読有り
<p>Not only disaster damage but also recovery process are different in each disaster. On the 2004 Mid Niigata Earthquake (Mw6.6), there are some characteristic issues<tt> </tt>in the response and recovery processes of follows; (1)Various spaces and facilities such as public facilities, private yards, private cars, semi-private open spaces were used as evaluation space. (2)Snow influenced recovery activities and speeds, because Niigata is heavy snow region in Japan. The Response and recovery process for a half-year after the earthquake in Kawaguchi-town was surveyed. Land-use for post-disaster activities was observed intermittently and, characteristics of recovery process in Kwaguchi-town were considered.</p>
地域安全学会論文集 = Journal of social safety science 7(7) 171-177 2005年11月1日 査読有り
<p>The purpose of this study is to draw allocation planning policy of temporary houses from analyses of victim's satisfaction after Niigata-Chuetsu Earthquake. The results are as follows; 1) "local community continuity" and "consciousness to facilities of their temporary housing" are extracted as appropriate variables to affect the victim's satisfaction by structural equation modeling. 2) In addition, it is clarified that sift arrangement by original local settlements can not be always continue the local community because many young households do not join local community. 3) It is concluded that new allocation methods that can arrange various resident needs is required.</p>
地域安全学会論文集 = Journal of social safety science 7(7) 97-102 2005年11月1日 査読有り筆頭著者
<p>This study evaluates the information sharing method powerd by GIS technology following a Mw.6.8 earthquake on the middle area of Niigata (Chuetsu area) on 23rd October 2004. We established the Chuetsu Earthquake restoration and revival support GIS project. Many kinds of data about the damage situation that the government and local governments or associated organizations owned were unified by GIS technology, and it was shown as a portal site on the Internet. The data input process was done outside the damaged area. These data were offered to the damaged area, and only practical use was expected. The effectiveness was shown as one of the methods of restoration and revival support by activity of the project.</p>
地域安全学会論文集 = Journal of social safety science 6(6) 173-180 2004年11月1日 査読有り筆頭著者
A reconstruction process from an earthquake disaster in Turkey has a special characteristic point Especially, the most characteristic points are the system of support for reconstructing a person's destroyed building caused by an earthquake disaster. Also development of a new settlement area that is considered great importance to the ground condition. These have been invented by the law, system and organization for a disaster in Turkey. In addition, after the Marmara earthquake, there were some changes in the law, system and organization about a disaster. By this change, it has been expected a different correspondence to afuture disaster. It is the purpose of this paper to examine the future changes of the characteristic points for a disaster in Turkey by arranging a series of processes.
An interruption of the water supply system caused by an earthquake will disturb an efficient use of building functions. Especially, the center of the administrations must keep these functions. This study deals with the Kasumigaseki district and investigates the following 4 issues. 1) Research and analysis of the water supply system of the government institutional buildings located in the Kasumigaseki district. 2) Case study on the possibility of keeping building functions of when the water supply is interrupted. 3) Investigates the method for keeping building functions, for example, renewal the water supply system in the buildings, introduction of a water supply system against earthquake disasters, etc. 4) Investigates the possibility of the practical use of the canal water around the Imperial Palace as water supply for refugees around the Kasumigaseki district.