| Project/Area Number |
18510164
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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 | Fuji Tokoha University |
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Principal Investigator |
IKEDA Hirotaka Fuji Tokoha University, College of Environment and Disaster Research, Professor (80340131)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
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| Keywords | Disaster Prevention / Assistant systems for dwellings restoration / Housing / Retrofitting of existing housing / behavior for diminishing a risk |
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| Research Abstract |
Recent damaging earthquakes have clearly revealed that retrofitting of wooden houses with low earthquake-resistance is the most urgent issue in earthquake disaster reduction in Japan. In recent years some prefectures and some major cities have subsidies for seismic diagnosis and retrofitting of private houses. However, the numbers of subsidy users are very few as compared with retrofitting plans, and in recent years some prefectures in disaster stricken areas provided subsidies for damaged housing recovery after disasters. If governments subsidize victims who lost their houses regardless of their efforts to retrofit before disasters, people will expect compensation, even if they have not taken any preparatory measures. If citizens do not take responsibility for preparing their houses for earthquakes, increased damage may result if one occurs. There has been no study on the influence of financial support systems for rebuilding houses of disaster victims on homeowners^1 decisions to retrofit in order to improve earthquake-resistance before disasters. In order to gather information about this problem, a questionnaire was distributed in Fujinomiya city and Fuji city in Shizuoka prefecture. This paper describes the results, and clarifies the effect of a policy for financial compensation for rebuilding homes of victims on citizens^1 decisions to retrofit their homes as a measure of disaster preparation.
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