Development of the Method for Supporting Managing Temporary Shelters for Stranded Commuters in Areas around Shinjuku Station

Abstract

In the metropolitan area, local governments are trying to increase temporary shelters as a part of earthquake preparedness. However, it is difficult for private sector to provide temporary shelters because of lack of know-how to accept stranded persons as well as liability issues. In order to address these issues, the authors have developed standard manuals to manage temporary shelters and opening kits which visualize manuals based on local action guidelines around Shinjuku Station and verified through field training. These are also verified through a table-top exercise (KUG). In this paper, the authors introduce the method which supports to provide temporary shelter from the examination stage to the implementation stage.