Accumulation and Utilization of Information based on Disaster Records for Local Communities

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  • INAGAKI Keiko
    Graduate School of Environment and lnfomnation Sciences，Yokehama National University
  • SADOHARA Satoru
    Graduate School of Environment and lnfomnation Sciences，Yokehama National University

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  • 地域コミュニティにおける災害履歴情報の集約と活用
  • チイキ コミュニティ ニ オケル サイガイ リレキ ジョウホウ ノ シュウヤク ト カツヨウ

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<p>It is important to detemine specific regional characteristics in order to develop local community strategies againgt disasters．This paper outlines a study that deals with methods for gathering information about past disasters and providing disaster wamings to various communities in order to help develop safe communities in Yokohama, Japan. In the study, local citizens were asked at neighborhood meetings to provide graphic descriptions of known disasters in their local communities on paper maps. Consequently, the characteristics of their recognition of regional disasters (especially storms) and the metheds for accumulating and utilizing such disaster records for community safety were clarified. The information collected about disasters in each community was recorded as regional history.</p>

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