| Project/Area Number |
15510148
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Natural disaster science
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
MIYAJIMA Masakatsu Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Professor, 自然科学研究科, 教授 (70143881)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KITAURA Masaru Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Professor, 自然科学研究科, 教授 (70026269)
IKEMOTO Toshikazu Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Research Associate, 自然科学研究科, 助手 (60311677)
MURATA Akira Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Research Associate, 自然科学研究科, 助手 (30283097)
NOJIMA Nobuto Gifu University, Department of Civil Engineering, Associate professor, 工学部, 助教授 (20222200)
YOSHIDA Masaho Fukui National College of Technology, Assistant Professor, 助教授 (90210723)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2004
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
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| Keywords | Life saving / Lifeline / Health care facility / Risk analysis / Seismic countermeasure |
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| Research Abstract |
The present study is focusing on a seismic safety of health care facilities, especially lifeline facilities of hospitals. First, damage to health care facilities during the past damaging earthquakes that have occurred in the recent yeas in the world such as the 2003 Zemuri Earthquake in Algeria, the 2003 Miyagiken-Hokubu Earthquake in Japan, the 2003 Tokachi-oki Earthquake in Japan, the 2003 Barn Earthquake in Iran, 2004 Niigata-ken Chuetsu Earthquake in Japan and so on, was clarified and the effects of the damage on functions of the health care facilities were studied. Next, the performance of hospitals in these earthquakes was examined by using the results of questionnaire survey conducted by the authors. According to the results of the questionnaire survey, it is clarified that the performance of electricity and water supply strongly affects the treatment in hospitals just after an earthquake.
The lessons we can get from the cited earthquake experiences above are as follows : health care facilities, which are typically expected to receive and treat injuries, can be affected by malfunction of lifeline after earthquakes ; and closing or reducing the capacity of a hospital has remarkable impact on treatment of patients and victims alike. Therefore preparation of hospitals is an obvious step that should concern both physical and functional parts of lifelines in all hospitals. With regards to the physical part, both structural and non-structural elements have to be protected.
Moreover, a method of seismic evaluation of water supply system in health care facilities was studied. This methodology considers life saving as its main goal unlike other methods that consider economical savings as more important.
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