ANALYSIS OF EVACUATION CHANCE TO SHELTER OF AFFECTED AGED PERSON WITH DESEASES DURING LARGE SCALE EARTHQUAKE DISASTER SCENARIO —USING KDB DATABASE OF HAKUI CITY, ISHIKAWA PREFECTURE—

In Japan, older adults account for the highest proportion of the population of any country in the world. When large-scale earthquake disasters strike, large numbers of casualties are known to particularly occur among seniors. Many are physically or mentally vulnerable and require assistance during the different phases of disaster response, including rescue, evacuation, and living in an evacuation center. However, the growing number of older adults has made it difficult, after a disaster, to quickly gather information on their locations and assess their needs. The authors are developing a proposal to enable vulnerable people to signal their location and needs in the aftermath of a disaster to response teams by deploying radar reflectors that can be detected in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery. The purpose of this study was to develop a radar reflector kit that seniors could easily assemble in order to make this proposal feasible in practice. Three versions of the reflector were tested for detectability, and a sample of older adults was asked to assemble the kits and provide feedback regarding problems they encountered and regarding their interest in using the reflectors in the event of a large-scale disaster.

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The Practical Research of Engineering Materials for the Temporary House after Earthquake

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.978.27 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 978 ◽

pp. 27-30

Author(s):

Si Ru Qian

Keyword(s):

Wenchuan Earthquake ◽

Large Scale ◽

Earthquake Disaster ◽

The Wenchuan Earthquake ◽

Disaster Area ◽

Practical Research ◽

Engineering Materials ◽

First Time ◽

Large Scale Project

After the WenChuan earthquake in may 12,2008,Many province government built the temporary houses for earthquake disaster area.For the first time, they initiate such large scale project, there are many problems emerged during the process of construction such problem like economy ,environment, engineering materials and technology. In this article, we collect problems and analysis them ,seek for the possible measures of construct the temporary house and the effective way to rebuilt the disaster area.

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EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REMOTE BUILDING DAMAGE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM DURING LARGE SCALE EARTHQUAKE DISASTER

Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser A1 (Structural Engineering & Earthquake Engineering (SE/EE)) ◽

10.2208/jscejseee.70.i_263 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 70 (4) ◽

pp. I_263-I_272

Author(s):

Makoto FUJIU ◽

Miho OHARA ◽

Kimiro MEGURO

Keyword(s):

Damage Assessment ◽

Large Scale ◽

Building Damage ◽

Assessment System ◽

Earthquake Disaster

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Development of Urban Disaster Prevention Systems in Japan – from the Mid-1980s

Journal of Disaster Research ◽

10.20965/jdr.2006.p0046 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 46-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Itsuki Nakabayashi ◽

Keyword(s):

Disaster Management ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Local Governments ◽

Large Scale ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Disaster Prevention ◽

Earthquake Disaster ◽

Tokyo Metropolitan ◽

Metropolitan Government

This treatise outlines developments in disaster management focusing on earthquake disaster measures taken by the Japanese and Tokyo Metropolitan Governments since the 1980s. The 1978 Large-Scale Earthquake Measures Special Act on conditions for predicting the Tokai Earthquake significantly changed the direction of earthquake disaster measures in Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government undertook its own earthquake disaster measures based on lessons learned from the 1964 Niigata Earthquake. In the 1980s, it began planning urban development disaster management programs for upgrading areas with high wooden houses concentration - still a big problem in many urban areas of Japan - which are most vulnerable to earthquake disasters. The 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in Kobe brought meaningful insight into both to earthquake disaster measures by the Japanese Government and by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and other local governments nationwide. Long-term predictions concerning possible earthquake occurrence have been conducted throughout Japan and new earthquake disaster measures have been adopted based on this long-term prediction. The Tokyo Government has further completely revised its own earthquake disaster measures. As a review of measures against foreseeable earthquake disasters based on developments in disaster management measures, this treatise provides invaluable insights emphasizing urban earthquake disaster prevention developed in Japan over the last 30 years that readers are sure to find both interesting and informative in their own work.

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Disaster and Emergency Management: Canadian Nurses' Perceptions of Preparedness on Hospital Front Lines

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x00024043 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 23 (S1) ◽

pp. s11-s19 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Tracey L. O'Sullivan ◽

Darcie Dow ◽

Michelle C. Turner ◽

Louise Lemyre ◽

Wayne Corneil ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Disaster Response ◽

Large Scale ◽

Online Survey ◽

Disease Outbreaks ◽

Full Time ◽

Emergency Plan ◽

Perceptions Of Risk ◽

Nurses Perceptions ◽

Socio Demographic Factors ◽

Disaster Scenario

AbstractIntroduction:Three years following the global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a national, Web-based survey of Canadian nurses was conducted to assess perceptions of preparedness for disasters and access to support mechanisms, particularly for nurses in emergency and critical care units.Hypotheses:The following hypotheses were tested: (1) nurses' sense of preparedness for infectious disease outbreaks and naturally occurring disasters will be higher than for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN)-type disasters associated with terrorist attacks; (2) perceptions of preparedness will vary according to previous outbreak experience; and (3) perceptions of personal preparedness will be related to perceived institutional preparedness.Methods:Nurses from emergency departments and intensive care units across Canada were recruited via flyer mailouts and e-mail notices to complete a 30-minute online survey.Results:A total of 1,543 nurses completed the survey (90% female; 10% male). The results indicate that nurses feel unprepared to respond to large-scale disasters/attacks. The sense of preparedness varied according to the outbreak/disaster scenario with nurses feeling least prepared to respond to a CBRN event. A variety of socio-demographic factors, notably gender, previous outbreak experience (particularly with SARS), full-time vs. part-time job status, and region of employment also were related to perceptions of risk. Approximately 40% of respondents were unaware if their hospital had an emergency plan for a large-scale outbreak. Nurses reported inadequate access to resources to support disaster response capacity and expressed a low degree of confidence in the preparedness of Canadian healthcare institutions for future outbreaks.Conclusions:Canadian nurses have indicated that considerably more training and information are needed to enhance preparedness for frontline healthcare workers as important members of the response community.

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A Decision-Making Model for Distribution Center Location during Earthquake Responses

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.629.808 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 629 ◽

pp. 808-814

Author(s):

Wei Dong Tian ◽

Hai Qiu Jiang ◽

Hong Juan Zhou ◽

Dan Guo ◽

Wen Bo Li ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Large Scale ◽

Distribution Center ◽

The Other ◽

Yushu Earthquake ◽

Earthquake Disaster ◽

Center Location ◽

Location Methods ◽

Decision Making Model ◽

Distribution Center Location

Different from the other distribution center location methods, there are new characteristics in distribution center location during earthquake disaster responses. In this paper, we investigate the factors impacting the location of distribution center during earthquake responses, and propose a decision-making model based on improved AHP framework for this issue. The improved AHP is extended to automatically calculate large scale judgment matrices by the crosstie model. This decision-making model was successfully applied in the simulation case of Yushu earthquake responses in 2010. The results show that the proposed decision-making model is reasonable.

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