Analysis of the Effects of Workshop on Disaster Prevention in the Depopulated and Aging Community

Community-Mediated Individual Disaster Preparedness Practices: A Case Study in Kochi, Japan

“…For example, The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MILT) in Japan promotes "My timeline," an action planning tool for individuals that helps them and their households understand how to act appropriately during floods based on evacuation information that is pertinent to their circumstance [8]. Additionally, there are some other supplementary actions and tools, such as "Nige-Kid" ("Nige" means to escape in Japanese), a tool that allows children to quickly study "My Timeline" together with their parents [9], timelines for elementary schools [10] and districts [11,12], an educational card game [13], zone-specific hazard maps [14], and town walk programs in which both residents and experts participate [15]. All of these initiatives were implemented either by experts or the government.…”