Investigation on the Disaster Prevention Consciousness of Inhabitant for Flood Hazard and Measuremes for the Improvement

Saiga, Miki; Fujii, Toshihisa; Ganzu, Yoshihide; Matsumi, Yoshiharu

doi:10.2208/jscejsp.67.i_185

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“…Recognizing that being designated a hazardous area does not necessarily guarantee safety is essential. Although hazard maps raise residents' awareness of disaster prevention, they have certain limitations (Saiga et al 2011).…”

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Examining the Potential of Natural Disaster Monuments as Surrogate Indicators for Disaster Hazards in Japan

Sakamoto

2024

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Japan is prone to natural disasters because of its diverse topographical, geological, and climatic conditions. It is vital to gain a deeper understanding of disaster-prevention measures to mitigate these effects. One aspect of this understanding is the construction of natural disaster monuments to educate future generations about lessons learned from past disasters. This study focuses on the location and distribution of these monuments and examines their potential as surrogate indicators of disaster hazards. To achieve this, we employ a two-pronged approach. The first approach is to analyze the relationship between the location of disaster monuments and disaster hazards. It involves plotting the locations of monuments from a database and investigating the relationship between the disaster covered by each monument and the current hazard using a hazard map portal site. The second approach is to assess the potential for disaster hazard mapping based on the disaster monuments. It involves creating Voronoi maps based on the location of disaster monuments and applying them to the entire national land area. It produced a disaster hazard map for Japan, including areas with no disaster monuments. The results provide aggregate information on the relationship between the location of disaster monuments and disaster hazards and the effectiveness of the Voronoi diagram-based disaster hazard maps. In many cases, the current hazard at the location of disaster monuments still exists, and 70% of the areas around tsunami-related monuments are still exposed to tsunami hazards. Additionally, this study suggests that Voronoi maps are promising for disasters and can accurately represent specific disaster hazard areas.

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Examining the Potential of Natural Disaster Monuments as Surrogate Indicators for Disaster Hazards in Japan

Sakamoto

2024

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“…Japan, one of the study areas in this paper, is no exception. An examination of Japanese reports found that disaster consciousness was identified as a key determinant of evacuation success (e.g., Kawata et al, 1999;Miyase et al, 2009;Matsumoto et al, 2010;Saiga et al, 2011;Yoshida et al, 2011;Sugimoto et al, 2012;Tatsukawa et al, 2012).…”

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A Comparison of the Reasons for Evacuation Behavior during Floods

Oikawa

Keerati

Katada

et al. 2016

Journal of Natural Disaster Science

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The state of so-called disaster consciousness has generally been seen as one of the typical determinants of evacuation behavior during floods. However, the preconception that a high level of disaster consciousness ought to lead to a high rate of evacuation, and that a low rate of evacuation is because of a low level of disaster consciousness, is overly simplistic. In this paper, a counterexample from Thailand is given in which a high level of disaster consciousness leads to a low rate of evacuation, and this is then contrasted with a case from Japan in which a high level of consciousness leads to a high rate of evacuation. Using a questionnaire survey, unified data were collected. The investigation found that the respondents in Thailand tended to remain in their own homes during a flood disaster because of their high disaster consciousness. Consequently, in such a region, disaster risk management education that aims to raise disaster consciousness should be implemented after social unrest is quelled.

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A critical review of cognitive and environmental factors of disaster preparedness: research issues and implications from the usage of “awareness (ishiki)” in Japan

2023

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Investigation on the Disaster Prevention Consciousness of Inhabitant for Flood Hazard and Measuremes for the Improvement

Cited by 10 publications

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Examining the Potential of Natural Disaster Monuments as Surrogate Indicators for Disaster Hazards in Japan

Examining the Potential of Natural Disaster Monuments as Surrogate Indicators for Disaster Hazards in Japan

A Comparison of the Reasons for Evacuation Behavior during Floods

A critical review of cognitive and environmental factors of disaster preparedness: research issues and implications from the usage of “awareness (ishiki)” in Japan

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