The meeting place in residential area, that is not a designation place of refuge, became the information source of neighborhood inhabitants at the time of disaster, and it played a role as the place of “themeal” and a place of the information exchange through “carry-on food” “support supplies” “distribution of boiled rice” even other than a person knowing each other by sight.
However, the consciousness of the meeting place user varied by the nature and age. Generally speaking, evaluation of the meeting place which was old and small was relatively low.
Conversely it may be said that the functional role of meeting place at time of emergency can be improved by seismic strengthening and the management in the normal time.
