A STUDY ON COMMUNITY AND LOCAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS FOR IMPROVING LOCAL ABILITY OF DISASTER PREVENTION : Analysis of questionnaire survey to neighborhood associations in Yokohama city

Abstract

This study aims to improve local ability of disaster prevention in neighborhood associations and makes following things clear by the questionnaire survey for neighborhood associations in Yokohama city 1) As characteristic of neighborhood associations established recently, character of a shared territorial bond become weak. 2) Neighborhood associations to be active usually make menu of local disaster management rich. 3) Extracting neighborhood associations with the small number of households, established recently or new development area constructed by condominiums as the targets to take measures for impoving local ability of disaster prevention.