2020 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 35-45
In recent years, flood damage has been frequently every year, and, in particular, there have been a lot of human damage caused by the delay of escape. In this research, in order to contribute to effective and efficient disaster prevention and mitigation activities by residents and municipality officers in charge of disaster management, we have developed a "flood disaster VR experience application" in which the situation of flood time is expressed using virtual reality (VR) technology that has made remarkable progress in recent years. And it was verified by a questionnaire whether the residents' awareness about the flood and their intentions for disaster mitigation activities change by experiencing the app.
As a result, it was shown that a group who had not experienced flood disasters felt that the flood came actually in the simulated flood using the app, and that they were more afraid of the flood comparing with other groups. And the group who had not experienced flood disasters increased their concern for flood disasters after experiencing the simulated flood using this app. In addition, it was shown that the group that increased the level of concern for flood disaster after the simulated flood had a higher intention to view a flood hazard map.
From these results, it was shown that the flood disaster VR experience was particularly effective for those who don't have flood experience and may greatly contribute to effective disaster prevention awareness and disaster prevention action intention.
