This study is based on the analysis of social sampling random surveys conducted in the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake impacted area Mar 2006 and Oct 2006. Those s [...]

Central government of Japan set strategic goals for disaster reduction against high risk earthquake disasters such as Tokai-Tonankai-Nankai Earthquake and Tokyo Metropoli [...]

Once a major disaster hit a community, its victims immediately begin to suffer from many devastating situations. They need various kinds of help and support from various [...]

Once disaster occurs, local government has responsibility to provide various services to the affected people. But it is very difficult to identify who are really affected [...]