Investigation on the disaster prevention consciousness of the citizens of Iwaki for earthquake

Abstract

The unprecedented Great East Japan earthquake (Mw9.0) that occurred at 2:46 pm on March 11, 2011, and the Iwaki City was severely hit by this earthquake. But the disaster prevention consciousness of the citizens of Iwaki have deteriorated with years. We conducted a questionnaire survey in 2015 targeting 819 people of Iwaki. The purpose of this study is to elucidate the disaster prevention consciousness of the citizens. As a result, the disaster prevention consciousness is still little known and the education for disaster prevention, including ICT is very important for improving the disaster prevention consciousness.