Evacuation Capacity Evaluation and Evacuation Plan for Elderly People in Disaster

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26750123
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social systems engineering/Safety system
• Research Institution: Osaka City University
• Principal Investigator: IKUTA Eisuke 大阪市立大学, 大学院生活科学研究科, 講師 (50419678)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 避難 / 津波 / 水害 / 高齢者 / ハザードマップ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to evaluate the evacuation ability of the elderly, we analyzed comprehensively factors related to evacuation behaviors such as consciousness, preparation, hazard maps. Evacuation awareness questionnaire survey, evacuation behavior experiment, hazard map evaluation experiment was conducted. Characteristics were found in the questionnaire survey before the evacuation and in the evacuation route / evacuation location selection. In the evacuation behavior experiment, we analyzed the influence of hazard information and evacuation information on evacuation behavior. It was found from the hazard map evaluation experiment that it is related to individual differences and presence / absence of anxiety. For safe evacuation of elderly people, it is considered necessary to have evacuation plans in areas considering various factors and a system that can objectively evaluate evacuation abilities.

Free Research Field

居住安全工学