Development of Disaster Prevention Educational Program After Kumamoto Earthquake on a basis of Local Myths and the Coexistence with Nature in Aso area

Abstract

Aso National Park suffered from recent natural disasters such as the Kumamoto earthquake (April 2016), the northern Kyushu torrential rain (July 2012), and the eruptions of Mt. Aso (September 2015, October 2016).After the disasters, the knowledge of the coexistence with Nature and the local attachment are considered to have helped the children’s motivation and attitude to participate in reconstruction. This study aims to propose the method of disaster prevention educational program on a basis of the local myths and the coexistence with volcanoes and nature in the Aso area on Kumamoto Earthquake 2016 cases. This education program proposes the four learning objectives. a) It aims to turn children’s attention to the values of local community and local lives such as the grassland management. b) It used the National Park and GIHAS, Geo-Park for realization of the local lives. c) It introduced the local myths for phenomena and local disaster prevention. d) It introduced the local historical land use and the coexistence with volcanoes and nature in the Aso. This educational program was demonstrated educational effects in Knowledge and understanding of local historical disaster prevention and local identity.