EFFECT OF RISK COMMUNICATION METHOD ON EARTHQUAKE DISASTER PREVENTION ACTIVITY

- A CASE STUDY IN TSUKUBA CITY -

Abstract

In this study, we structured the disaster risk communication method that assists disaster prevention activities in the local community and applied the method to the earthquake disaster prevention activities in the elementary school district to verify its effectiveness in improving the capability of the local community to respond to disasters. As a result, with the disaster risk communication among a variety of concerned parties in the community, we confirmed that the viable disaster prevention system that utilizes diversified social resources accumulated in the local community was restructured.