The Possibility of Wide Area Evacuation in the Event of Natural Disasters: A Survey in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Possibility of Wide Area Evacuation in the Event of Natural Disasters: A Survey in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture

Published:2024-02-01 Issue:1 Volume:19 Page:105-112
ISSN:1883-8030
Container-title:Journal of Disaster Research
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Disaster Res.

Author:

Sawada Masahiro¹^ORCID, ,Sato Takao¹

Affiliation:

1. Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance, University of Hyogo, 1-5-2 Wakinohama-Kaigandori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-0067, Japan

Abstract

In industrial clusters that are affected by earthquakes and tsunamis, advance countermeasures are necessary to ensure the continuity of business operations of companies. This article presents the results of a questionnaire survey of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, to determine the current status of disaster countermeasures, and a questionnaire survey of residents’ awareness of risks and their current countermeasures.

Funder

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Publisher

Fuji Technology Press Ltd.

Subject

Engineering (miscellaneous),Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Reference8 articles.

1. P. Blaikie, T. Cannon, I. Davis, and B. Wisner, “At Risk Natural Hazards, People’s Vulnerability and Disasters,” Routledge, 2004.

2. “Assumption of damage from a giant Nankai Trough earthquake tsunami in Hyogo Prefecture,” (in Japanese). https://web.pref.hyogo.lg.jp/kk37/jishintsunamihigaisoutei.html [Accessed August 1, 2023]

3. N. Maki et al., “Disaster Response and Recovery from Long term Flooding Damage—Case Study of Kochi City Flooding for Nankai Earthquake Disaster,” J. of Social Safety Science, No.13, pp. 195-202, 2010 (in Japanese). https://doi.org/10.11314/jisss.13.195

4. H. Maruta, “Proposal for Improvement of Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Based on the Lessons of the Great East Japan Earthquake,” J. of JSCE, Vol.1, Issue 1, pp. 12-21, 2011 (in Japanese). https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjsce.1.1_12

5. Cabinet Office of Japan, “Survey on Business Continuity and Disaster Prevention Efforts of Companies in FY2021,” 2022 (in Japanese).