INVESTIGATION OF THE GASOLINE SUPPLY PROBLEM IN THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE BY USING SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH

Abstract

The Great East Japan Earthquake exerted serious damage over an unprecedentedly wide range. The earthquake prevented the supply of materials indispensable to restoration and revival in its aftermath, including fuels such as gasoline. In this study, we apply a system dynamics solution to investigate the causes and bottlenecks of this problem in order to ameliorate similar problems in wide-ranging disasters that are expected to occur, such as the Huge Nankai Trough Quake.