A Study on Refuge Life of Kumamoto Earthquakes Through a Survey on Life Conditions Outside Shelters

Katsuno, Koji; Ono, Yoshiyasu; Kakino, Yoshinori

doi:10.3130/aijt.23.969

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“…Initially, this could require evacuation of overflow by car or bus. Many people were evacuated by car during the 2012 Emilia earthquake and the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake [ 21 ]. Evacuation by car increases the risk of pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis [ 16 , 38 ].…”

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Construction of an evacuee placement model for tsunami shelters considering physical distancing to prevent COVID-19 infection

Nakai

Itatani

Horiike³

2021

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Earthquakes and tsunamis are expected to occur within the next 30 years along Japan's Nankai Trough. Existing disaster prevention plans and calculated evacuation capacities in the coastal areas that would be affected do not account for physical distancing in the context of COVID-19. Therefore, we developed a tsunami evacuation placement model incorporating physical distance guidelines for infection control and living space per person into calculations of evacuation center accommodation capacities in Aki City, Kochi Prefecture. Using available administrative, population, and tsunami inundation data, we counted and mapped evacuation centers in the estimated inundated area within three zones constructed for smooth evacuation using the ArcGIS software Build Balanced Zones Tool. We calculated the space per evacuee using the Sphere handbook standard of 3.5 m 2 or double the Sphere standard at 7 m 2 plus the recommended physical distance of 11 m 2 per person. We then compared the results with planned capacities. A total of 27 shelters are located in the area projected to be inundated at depths of 0.3–10 m, and their planned capacity, 2 m 2 for each evacuee, would accommodate 32.9% of Aki's population and result in 9639 unaccommodated evacuees. Allotting 14.5 m 2 (living space) or 18 m 2 (living space plus space to maintain physical distancing) would reduce accommodation capacities to 57.1% and 28.6% (12,133 and 12,371 unaccommodated evacuees, respectively). Given these accommodation shortages, we recommend that evacuation centers are set aside for vulnerable people and that alternative evacuation sites such as parking lots and mountain campsites are preplanned.

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Construction of an evacuee placement model for tsunami shelters considering physical distancing to prevent COVID-19 infection

Nakai

Itatani

Horiike³

2021

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Consideration of the Outdoor Parking Situation After the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake in Mashiki Town, Kumamoto Prefecture

Masayuki

Mamiduka

2020

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Analysis of the choice of evacuation parking as shown in outdoor parking distribution and transition of the number of vehicles parked after the earthquake 1 2Masayuki IKEZOE and Shuji MAMIDUKAThe analysis subject of this study is the central part of Mashiki town. We used aerial pictures which were taken before and after the earthquake, and carried out on-the-spot investigation. We revealed when comparing the number of vehicles parked in publicly owned open spaces until after the main shock, the vehicle numbers increased consecutively. However, the degree of increase differed according to the usage of the open space.. As for the relationship between the open space attributes and the number of parked vehicles, difference in the attributes was only seen in the open space in the publicly owned open sites.

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Actual Conditions and Roles of Emergency Shelters in Rural Area

Noguchi

Kikuchi

2021

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This study aims to describe the actual conditions and roles of emergency shelters in rural areas through the participant observation in Nishihara village after Kumamoto Earthquake. This description shows that refugees made round trips everyday from the designated shelter to the land they had lived, so that they could make their evacuation life stable. Non-designated shelters they managed provided opportunities to recover on their own.In this paper, we described and contrasted designated shelters with non-designated ones. As a result, we pointed out that both of them could play important roles each other in the reconstruction process of rural area.

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A Study on Refuge Life of Kumamoto Earthquakes Through a Survey on Life Conditions Outside Shelters

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Construction of an evacuee placement model for tsunami shelters considering physical distancing to prevent COVID-19 infection

Construction of an evacuee placement model for tsunami shelters considering physical distancing to prevent COVID-19 infection

Consideration of the Outdoor Parking Situation After the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake in Mashiki Town, Kumamoto Prefecture

Actual Conditions and Roles of Emergency Shelters in Rural Area

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